Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, at Kauffman Stadium, August 28, 2023 Matchups, Preview

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Pittsburgh Pirates

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record 58-73
Manager Derek Shelton
Game # 131
On This Date 67-67
Standing 4th (15.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 14-16
Home 32-36
Away 26-37
Extra Innings 2-8
vs. RHP 40-49
vs. LHP 18-24
1-Run Games 16-14
vs. East 10-10
vs. Central 17-23
vs. West 16-15
Inter-League 15-25

PIT Last 10 Games

Johan Oviedo (#24, 25, RHP, 7-13, 4.46)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Kansas City Royals
Record 41-91
Manager Matt Quatraro
Game # 132
On This Date 26-22
Standing 5th (27.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 2-8
Last 20 5-15
Last 30 12-18
Home 23-40
Away 18-51
Extra Innings 3-4
vs. RHP 31-68
vs. LHP 10-23
1-Run Games 16-19
vs. East 6-18
vs. Central 13-27
vs. West 6-19
Inter-League 16-27

KCR Last 10 Games

Zack Greinke (#23, 39, RHP, 1-12, 5.34)

Season Series

All times ET
DateAwayHomeTime
Tue, Aug 29, 2023PIT@KCR8:10pm
Wed, Aug 30, 2023PIT@KCR8:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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Pirates Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.36 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Pirates Batters (4.18 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 23. Greinke 53. Cox* 54. Hearn* 43. Hernández 37. Kowar 58. McMillon 40. Snider
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
3. Bae* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
71. Capra G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
55. Delay G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
13. Hayes G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ···
2. Joe G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.333 ··· ··· ···
22. McCutchen G  ·   S  ·   vP 38/.817 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
54. Palacios* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
60. Peguero G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
10. Reynolds# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ···
6. Rivas* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
25. Rodríguez# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
65. Suwinski* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
75. Williams G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

PIT Batters

PIT Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
3. Bae* G ·  S ·  vP 272 .237 .309 .311 .620 189 .616 83 .628 .619 33 .697 21 6 2 9
71. Capra G ·  S ·  vP 14 .167 .231 .167 .397 9 .583 5 .000 .200 14 .397 0 0 0 0
55. Delay G ·  S ·  vP 152 .272 .333 .382 .716 95 .677 57 .781 .807 34 .759 0 0 1 4
13. Hayes G ·  S ·  vP 403 .261 .300 .427 .728 280 .667 123 .864 .548 96 .873 9 6 10 5
2. Joe G ·  S ·  vP 378 .253 .349 .436 .785 225 .748 153 .841 .734 79 .933 3 5 9 2
22. McCutchen G ·  S ·  vP 446 .252 .372 .396 .768 299 .763 147 .777 .758 85 .725 10 3 12 0
54. Palacios* G ·  S ·  vP 188 .211 .253 .377 .630 149 .611 39 .701 .481 71 .544 3 0 6 2
60. Peguero G ·  S ·  vP 104 .234 .284 .415 .699 74 .682 30 .741 .551 77 .657 4 0 5 1
10. Reynolds# G ·  S ·  vP 512 .263 .324 .458 .782 356 .821 156 .699 .856 118 .858 10 0 18 2
6. Rivas* G ·  S ·  vP 77 .188 .303 .375 .678 63 .745 14 .385 .765 60 .693 0 0 2 1
25. Rodríguez# G ·  S ·  vP 108 .235 .306 .378 .683 78 .752 30 .492 .761 69 .674 0 0 2 1
65. Suwinski* G ·  S ·  vP 419 .202 .332 .434 .765 324 .825 95 .573 .870 83 .413 9 2 21 1
75. Williams G ·  S ·  vP 81 .222 .309 .292 .600 56 .763 25 .247 .825 71 .641 0 0 0 2
TOTAL .234 .313 .385 .698 .699 .697 .694 .701 96 34 127 76

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
23. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP ······X······· 114.2 5.34 6.1 476 .282 .787 263 .663 213 .941 .748 50 .760 23 2 1
53. Cox* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X······o·o· 33.0 4.09 7.9 136 .211 .623 82 .631 54 .613 .562 34 .668 1 3 1
41. Davidson* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····o·o··oX 40.0 6.53 8.6 186 .317 .864 135 .862 51 .873 .983 38 .845 4 7 0
54. Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP ···X···X·o·o·X 14.0 10.93 9.6 69 .311 .949 43 1.144 26 .584 .915 30 .940 4 3 0
43. Hernández G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····Xo·· 61.0 4.28 10.8 249 .204 .629 122 .773 127 .489 .670 39 1.035 7 2 1
37. Kowar G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X···o·X·· 16.1 6.61 9.9 83 .279 .836 53 .870 30 .775 .508 24 .870 2 2 0
24. Lyles G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 142.1 6.51 6.1 606 .262 .832 300 .811 306 .852 .768 127 1.011 33 7 2
67. Marsh G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X····X· 49.1 5.47 10.8 227 .262 .919 113 1.009 114 .826 .884 118 .854 14 10 1
58. McMillon G ·  S ·  vP ·X····o··o·o·· 4.0 2.25 18.0 13 .077 .385 9 .000 4 1.250 1.250 13 .385 1 0 0
55. Ragans* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 59.0 3.66 10.8 247 .233 .650 183 .625 64 .725 .767 121 .602 5 3 2
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 143.1 5.15 7.8 627 .276 .783 253 .799 374 .771 .698 124 .674 16 10 2
40. Snider G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X·········· 6.1 5.68 5.7 31 .360 .892 12 .533 19 1.126 .875 6 1.100 0 1 0
61. Zerpa* G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X····X·· 17.1 7.27 7.3 81 .306 .898 61 1.032 20 .513 .731 81 .898 4 0 1
TOTAL 5.22 8.2 .264 .780 .780 .827 171 91 24

Royals Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.91 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.98 RS/G) vs. Pirates Pitchers (4.91 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 24. Oviedo 51. Bednar 67. Bolton 43. Borucki* 61. Hernandez* 35. Holderman 41. Jackson
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
27. Beaty* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
44. Blanco G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Duffy G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 9/.125 ··· ··· ···
34. Fermin G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
28. Isbel* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
19. Massey* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
1. Melendez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ···
Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
17. Velázquez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
6. Waters# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Beaty* G ·  S ·  vP 58 .280 .379 .360 .739 53 .788 5 .200 .795 47 .733 0 0 0 0
44. Blanco G ·  S ·  vP 102 .250 .317 .435 .752 68 .718 34 .820 .872 34 .812 16 5 1 0
15. Duffy G ·  S ·  vP 182 .257 .313 .317 .631 87 .520 95 .734 .774 45 .551 1 0 1 9
34. Fermin G ·  S ·  vP 205 .277 .309 .476 .785 148 .801 57 .744 .708 68 .657 0 0 9 8
11. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 398 .279 .325 .372 .696 306 .665 92 .797 .770 97 .666 19 5 4 7
28. Isbel* G ·  S ·  vP 255 .241 .272 .386 .658 209 .626 46 .806 .640 73 .665 6 1 5 0
19. Massey* G ·  S ·  vP 371 .224 .270 .359 .629 296 .620 75 .663 .648 99 .638 6 2 10 2
1. Melendez* G ·  S ·  vP 502 .232 .301 .389 .689 372 .724 130 .592 .659 95 .876 6 3 12 8
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 486 .248 .292 .417 .709 355 .751 131 .590 .780 95 .666 0 0 19 1
Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 64 .200 .286 .273 .558 36 .497 28 .644 .613 23 .759 8 0 0 1
17. Velázquez G ·  S ·  vP 75 .239 .280 .606 .886 46 1.046 29 .637 1.245 43 .851 0 0 8 0
6. Waters# G ·  S ·  vP 256 .230 .301 .404 .705 186 .723 70 .659 .874 76 .808 10 4 8 3
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 564 .278 .318 .502 .820 440 .805 124 .873 .898 108 1.049 38 9 26 9
TOTAL .242 .299 .392 .691 .690 .692 .729 .753 129 35 127 64

PIT Pitchers

PIT Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
24. Oviedo G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 145.1 4.46 8.0 633 .236 .727 287 .670 346 .775 .773 117 .731 16 7 1
51. Bednar G ·  S ·  vP ···Xo·o··o···X 54.0 2.17 10.3 222 .220 .592 113 .592 109 .592 .506 49 .805 2 1 0
67. Bolton G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ 13.1 7.42 9.4 72 .356 1.015 40 .975 32 1.069 1.333 14 .690 2 0 0
43. Borucki* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X·X·X· 28.0 3.54 8.4 110 .208 .645 54 .712 56 .572 .576 46 .640 4 4 1
44. Falter* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 64.1 5.04 6.9 279 .297 .828 225 .752 54 1.137 .826 104 .831 12 7 3
38. Hatch G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X··X·X···· 18.2 3.38 7.7 85 .288 .745 51 .745 34 .746 .584 63 .726 0 2 1
61. Hernandez* G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X··o···X· 41.2 4.54 11.2 182 .236 .752 114 .747 68 .756 .978 56 .865 7 3 0
35. Holderman G ·  S ·  vP ····o·X··X···o 45.0 3.20 10.2 194 .253 .690 104 .739 90 .634 .606 44 .619 4 5 2
41. Jackson G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 36.2 4.91 8.8 156 .253 .754 81 .853 75 .643 .653 77 .630 7 2 0
23. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 163.2 4.01 9.8 694 .247 .704 329 .615 365 .785 .756 130 .758 19 12 1
48. Ortiz G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 57.0 5.37 6.2 269 .316 .903 146 .714 123 1.134 .917 22 1.075 11 2 0
52. Selby G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X··X·o··X 10.2 5.91 13.5 48 .268 .776 29 .530 19 1.127 1.203 48 .776 2 0 0
62. Zastryzny* G ·  S ·  vP ··o·X········· 19.0 5.21 6.6 90 .293 .798 51 .929 39 .632 .865 7 .714 1 1 1
TOTAL 4.62 8.7 .255 .751 .757 .775 142 103 18

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