Kansas City Royals vs. St. Louis Cardinals, at Kauffman Stadium, August 12, 2023 Matchups, Preview

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St. Louis Cardinals

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 St. Louis Cardinals
Record 51-66
Manager Oliver Marmol
Game # 117
On This Date 69-54
Standing 5th (12.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 7-13
Last 30 15-15
Home 25-33
Away 26-33
Extra Innings 4-5
vs. RHP 39-50
vs. LHP 12-16
1-Run Games 9-23
vs. East 10-9
vs. Central 13-20
vs. West 10-16
Inter-League 18-21

STL Last 10 Games

Steven Matz (#32, 32, LHP, 3-7, 3.91)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Kansas City Royals
Record 38-80
Manager Matt Quatraro
Game # 118
On This Date 24-26
Standing 5th (22.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 13-17
Home 22-36
Away 16-44
Extra Innings 3-3
vs. RHP 28-59
vs. LHP 10-21
1-Run Games 14-14
vs. East 6-18
vs. Central 13-27
vs. West 4-11
Inter-League 15-24

KCR Last 10 Games

Cole Ragans (#55, 25, LHP, 3-3, 3.86)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, May 29, 2023 KCR7@STL0
Tue, May 30, 2023@STL2 KCR1
Fri, Aug 11, 2023@KCR12 STL8

Last 10 games head-to-head

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Cardinals Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.30 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Cardinals Batters (4.67 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 55. Ragans* 41. Davidson* 54. Hearn* 49. Heasley 43. Hernández 66. McArthur 64. Wittgren
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
28. Arenado G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 6/1.417
41. Burleson* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000
3. Carlson# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000
40. Contreras G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 7/.429
19. Edman# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 2/2.000 1/3.000 1/
35. Fermín G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
46. Goldschmidt G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 6/.500
16. Gorman* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/ 1/.000 ··· 1/.000
7. Knizner G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
55. Motter G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
21. Nootbaar* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ···
27. O'Neill G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000
18. Walker G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ···

STL Batters

STL Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
28. Arenado G ·  S ·  vP 473 .282 .330 .507 .837 372 .845 101 .806 .796 105 .823 2 3 24 5
41. Burleson* G ·  S ·  vP 264 .244 .292 .413 .706 240 .728 24 .477 .601 68 .854 0 1 8 0
3. Carlson# G ·  S ·  vP 255 .219 .318 .333 .651 170 .592 85 .771 .643 58 .461 3 0 5 1
40. Contreras G ·  S ·  vP 388 .259 .353 .446 .800 299 .767 89 .898 .849 64 .966 6 2 13 6
19. Edman# G ·  S ·  vP 347 .244 .308 .405 .713 242 .693 105 .757 .735 40 .864 15 2 8 7
35. Fermín G ·  S ·  vP 16 .214 .267 .214 .481 9 .500 7 .452 .311 12 .606 0 0 0 0
46. Goldschmidt G ·  S ·  vP 509 .272 .360 .445 .804 386 .831 123 .723 .776 114 .693 9 2 18 2
16. Gorman* G ·  S ·  vP 401 .241 .327 .490 .817 339 .802 62 .899 .681 85 1.023 6 2 24 6
7. Knizner G ·  S ·  vP 150 .255 .275 .483 .758 100 .734 50 .807 .759 35 1.029 1 0 9 1
55. Motter G ·  S ·  vP 54 .180 .241 .220 .461 38 .408 16 .583 .434 32 .385 0 0 0 0
21. Nootbaar* G ·  S ·  vP 371 .286 .384 .460 .844 286 .887 85 .703 .927 108 1.087 8 1 12 2
27. O'Neill G ·  S ·  vP 170 .247 .318 .416 .733 129 .673 41 .933 .653 71 .898 2 0 6 1
18. Walker G ·  S ·  vP 293 .256 .314 .407 .721 229 .757 64 .595 .776 87 .570 5 4 10 1
TOTAL .258 .331 .433 .764 .767 .754 .751 .801 68 24 163 44

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
55. Ragans* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 42.0 3.86 9.9 176 .227 .657 121 .611 55 .764 .730 70 .564 4 3 1
65. Coleman G ·  S ·  vP ·X··o···o··X·o 15.1 9.39 10.0 80 .276 .881 46 .758 34 1.059 .792 44 .855 2 2 0
53. Cox* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····o··X·· 29.2 3.34 7.6 118 .190 .578 71 .582 47 .573 .529 36 .672 1 3 1
41. Davidson* G ·  S ·  vP ·o··o··o······ 34.1 6.55 8.7 160 .326 .877 114 .913 46 .784 .981 19 .924 3 6 0
54. Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP ··X··········· 8.1 12.96 7.6 43 .324 .905 28 1.180 15 .350 .784 9 1.413 2 3 0
49. Heasley G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X··X···· 15.0 7.20 5.4 63 .288 .928 31 .839 32 1.018 1.009 45 1.112 5 1 0
43. Hernández G ·  S ·  vP ·o···X··X··X·X 56.0 4.18 10.6 226 .195 .603 109 .720 117 .493 .611 49 .759 6 1 1
24. Lyles G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 126.1 6.13 6.3 535 .256 .789 262 .739 273 .838 .702 122 .788 24 7 1
67. Marsh G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X···X·· 33.0 6.27 9.5 153 .279 .967 69 .938 84 .990 .954 111 .947 10 6 1
66. McArthur G ·  S ·  vP ·o····X······· 4.0 20.25 2.2 22 .500 1.450 10 .800 12 2.067 1.951 12 .879 1 0 0
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 128.1 5.05 7.6 556 .271 .772 219 .821 337 .739 .731 130 .560 13 6 2
64. Wittgren G ·  S ·  vP ·X···o··X··X·· 28.1 5.08 5.4 123 .255 .733 57 .802 66 .674 .876 35 .349 2 1 1
61. Zerpa* G ·  S ·  vP ·X··o··X··X··· 9.1 7.71 2.9 41 .308 .880 24 1.156 17 .485 .697 41 .880 2 0 0
TOTAL 5.18 7.9 .263 .770 .768 .764 143 77 21

Royals Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.91 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Cardinals Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 32. Matz* 65. Gallegos 47. King* 68. Naile 53. Pallante 59. Romero* 31. Suárez* 34. VerHagen
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
27. Beaty* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
44. Blanco G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Duffy G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.833 1/.000 2/3.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 3/.666
34. Fermin G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
11. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
28. Isbel* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/ ··· ··· ···
19. Massey* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/ 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000
1. Melendez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/
14. Olivares G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 5/1.400
Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
17. Velázquez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 3/2.667 ··· ···
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/5.000

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Beaty* G ·  S ·  vP 33 .233 .303 .333 .636 30 .704 3 .000 .583 22 .573 0 0 0 0
44. Blanco G ·  S ·  vP 86 .241 .294 .418 .712 57 .670 29 .792 .842 36 .917 14 4 0 0
15. Duffy G ·  S ·  vP 159 .260 .314 .322 .636 76 .503 83 .761 .749 43 .481 0 0 1 8
34. Fermin G ·  S ·  vP 170 .302 .337 .535 .872 127 .871 43 .876 .741 64 1.015 0 0 9 6
11. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 349 .286 .330 .384 .715 262 .677 87 .821 .784 114 .682 18 3 4 4
28. Isbel* G ·  S ·  vP 214 .232 .263 .384 .647 175 .615 39 .797 .665 82 .702 6 1 4 0
19. Massey* G ·  S ·  vP 313 .220 .275 .369 .644 252 .642 61 .649 .643 93 .752 5 1 10 1
1. Melendez* G ·  S ·  vP 451 .223 .299 .382 .681 338 .699 113 .629 .625 105 .869 6 2 12 8
14. Olivares G ·  S ·  vP 304 .250 .303 .407 .710 204 .718 100 .692 .707 57 .730 9 3 6 3
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 432 .251 .296 .433 .729 319 .774 113 .598 .773 96 .750 0 0 18 1
Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 54 .196 .283 .261 .544 30 .381 24 .769 .661 16 .813 6 0 0 1
17. Velázquez G ·  S ·  vP 36 .273 .333 .697 1.030 20 1.450 16 .521 1.363 4 1.750 0 0 4 0
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 502 .270 .311 .480 .791 388 .776 114 .843 .864 111 .961 34 9 21 7
TOTAL .240 .299 .392 .691 .687 .700 .719 .774 115 29 114 53

STL Pitchers

STL Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
32. Matz* G ·  S ·  vP ·······X·····X 99.0 3.91 8.5 427 .268 .734 342 .769 85 .586 .771 110 .594 10 13 1
65. Gallegos G ·  S ·  vP ···o···o·····X 47.0 3.45 9.0 187 .223 .665 111 .564 76 .813 .517 38 .411 7 4 0
43. Hudson G ·  S ·  vP ···X······X··· 31.1 4.31 6.3 137 .270 .777 86 .809 51 .725 .938 110 .793 4 1 0
47. King* G ·  S ·  vP ···o··X····o·· 21.2 4.98 4.6 92 .322 .773 62 .729 30 .864 .676 11 .545 1 0 0
52. Liberatore* G ·  S ·  vP ··X······X···· 45.2 5.72 5.9 208 .282 .809 170 .835 38 .691 .783 50 .513 4 4 1
39. Mikolas G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 141.1 4.20 6.3 600 .277 .726 322 .733 278 .719 .730 108 .791 13 7 2
68. Naile G ·  S ·  vP ·o······XX···· 11.0 9.00 4.9 61 .396 .947 41 .908 20 1.029 1.227 13 .558 0 0 0
53. Pallante G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X·oX··X··· 47.0 4.79 6.9 207 .280 .758 95 .874 112 .661 .841 62 .718 4 9 3
59. Romero* G ·  S ·  vP ··XX··X···o··X 26.0 3.81 10.4 105 .191 .567 74 .709 31 .233 .605 50 .579 1 0 1
31. Suárez* G ·  S ·  vP ········X····· 8.2 7.27 3.1 40 .278 .906 26 .742 14 1.198 1.364 40 .906 2 0 0
57. Thompson* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X··X···· 25.0 3.96 12.2 109 .266 .715 65 .734 44 .684 .939 54 .669 2 1 0
34. VerHagen G ·  S ·  vP ···oo·o··X·o·· 45.2 4.53 9.9 209 .243 .750 143 .725 66 .805 .880 37 .706 7 5 0
50. Wainwright G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X····· 66.2 8.78 5.3 331 .375 1.042 184 .946 147 1.168 1.055 77 1.149 14 3 0
TOTAL 4.62 8.1 .272 .770 .776 .768 114 70 15

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