Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals, at Minute Maid Park, August 24, 2021 Matchups, Preview

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Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Kansas City Royals
Record 56-68
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 125
On This Date 22-27
Standing 4th (15.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 17-13
Home 32-31
Away 24-37
Extra Innings 2-3
vs. RHP 36-50
vs. LHP 20-18
1-Run Games 18-16
vs. East 10-19
vs. Central 25-29
vs. West 9-12
Inter-League 12-8

KCR Last 10 Games

Brady Singer (#51, 24, RHP, 3-8, 5.23)

Houston Astros

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Houston Astros
Record 73-52
Manager Dusty Baker
Game # 126
On This Date 34-16
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 16-14
Home 39-25
Away 34-27
Extra Innings 5-7
vs. RHP 45-30
vs. LHP 28-22
1-Run Games 12-14
vs. East 16-12
vs. Central 17-16
vs. West 34-16
Inter-League 6-8

HOU Last 10 Games

Luis Garcia (#77, 24, RHP, 9-6, 3.39)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, Aug 16, 2021@KCR7 HOU6
Tue, Aug 17, 2021@KCR3 HOU1
Wed, Aug 18, 2021@KCR3 HOU2
Thu, Aug 19, 2021 HOU6@KCR3(10)
Mon, Aug 23, 2021 KCR7@HOU1
DateAwayHomeTime
Tue, Aug 24, 2021KCR@HOU8:10pm
Wed, Aug 25, 2021KCR@HOU2:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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KCR Batters vs HOU Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
HOU Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.96 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.15 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.96 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 77. Garcia 52. Baez 93. Garcia 31. Graveman 53. Javier 88. Maton 55. Pressly 58. Raley* 45. Stanek 62. Taylor*
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 G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
49. Alberto G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 2/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ···
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 4/.000 ··· 6/1.100 ··· 3/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 5/1.100 2/1.500
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.750 2/1.000 1/.000 3/2.333 2/2.500
1. Dyson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 3/1.000 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 9/.666 ··· 1/2.000 ···
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/5.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/.650 ··· ··· 2/.500 ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/2.500 1/.000 1/.000 5/1.150 7/.000 ··· 6/.833 ···
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.533 ··· ··· 4/1.500 1/.000
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 2/2.500 2/1.000 1/ ··· 3/.000 16/.563 1/ 3/.000 ···
26. Rivera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
41. Santana# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 3/.333 3/.666 14/.895 ··· 5/1.000 13/.725 2/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000
2. Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 9/.111 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 5/.650 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
49. Alberto G ·  S ·  vP 205 .268 .284 .392 .675 103 .668 102 .683 .578 34 .604 1 1 1 7
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 384 .263 .311 .416 .727 270 .729 114 .722 .838 84 .682 8 8 12 3
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 408 .207 .279 .368 .647 287 .664 121 .606 .585 94 .686 3 2 10 5
1. Dyson* G ·  S ·  vP 127 .220 .250 .314 .564 101 .574 26 .520 .462 27 .340 7 3 0 1
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 96 .186 .245 .267 .512 67 .563 29 .395 .541 32 .661 0 0 1 3
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 395 .281 .351 .357 .707 303 .722 92 .657 .643 100 .700 18 0 1 5
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 545 .281 .323 .395 .718 397 .686 148 .803 .674 115 .688 37 2 8 6
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 200 .230 .265 .406 .671 176 .724 24 .297 .709 59 .673 0 0 9 1
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 502 .275 .311 .524 .835 362 .752 140 1.051 .727 100 .938 1 0 33 2
26. Rivera G ·  S ·  vP 65 .295 .338 .377 .716 45 .760 20 .616 .771 60 .708 1 0 1 4
41. Santana# G ·  S ·  vP 525 .226 .333 .371 .705 373 .703 152 .710 .724 109 .479 2 0 17 5
2. Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 413 .241 .301 .356 .657 296 .641 117 .695 .634 92 .647 11 4 10 3
TOTAL .245 .304 .390 .694 .682 .726 .657 .667 93 22 125 67

HOU Pitchers

HOU Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
77. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 116.2 3.39 10.6 474 .219 .666 251 .561 223 .783 .547 85 .787 15 11 5
52. Baez G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo··o······X 4.1 2.08 10.4 15 .143 .557 9 .958 6 .000 .773 15 .557 1 0 0
93. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP X··X···o·o···o 44.0 3.68 9.6 183 .233 .714 102 .653 81 .794 .578 32 .648 6 1 0
31. Graveman G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X····X·o· 42.0 1.07 9.9 157 .154 .453 83 .223 74 .718 .381 36 .551 2 1 1
21. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 155.2 3.41 6.3 623 .244 .689 385 .786 238 .530 .781 117 .707 24 6 1
53. Javier G ·  S ·  vP ····o···X····X 85.2 2.84 11.2 348 .177 .612 199 .567 149 .671 .610 44 .798 11 3 1
88. Maton G ·  S ·  vP X·X·X··o·X···· 51.2 4.70 12.0 226 .245 .768 128 .772 98 .762 .798 54 .826 5 5 3
43. McCullers G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 120.2 3.21 10.7 516 .209 .638 286 .544 230 .757 .658 131 .721 10 0 3
17. Odorizzi G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 79.2 4.52 7.9 335 .237 .755 176 .729 159 .784 .693 110 .914 15 3 2
55. Pressly G ·  S ·  vP ·X··o·····o·X· 50.0 1.98 11.3 192 .191 .508 107 .499 85 .519 .456 35 .799 4 2 0
58. Raley* G ·  S ·  vP XX·o·····o···· 36.0 5.50 12.5 160 .252 .705 96 .825 64 .518 .567 24 .492 4 2 0
45. Stanek G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X··Xo···o· 52.2 4.10 11.3 229 .193 .657 138 .555 91 .816 .687 45 .597 7 3 0
62. Taylor* G ·  S ·  vP o·o··o···o···X 31.2 3.69 9.4 145 .246 .723 90 .916 55 .432 .745 33 .864 4 0 0
59. Valdez* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 98.0 2.94 8.4 416 .225 .636 356 .647 60 .569 .607 131 .579 7 3 0
TOTAL 3.66 9.2 .226 .681 .666 .710 147 41 15
HOU Batters vs KCR Pitchers
HOU Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Astros Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.87 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Astros Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.87 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 51. Singer 58. Barlow 71. Davis 55. Lovelady* 38. Payamps 54. Santana 63. Staumont 31. Tapia 45. Zimmer
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 G  ·   S  ·   vB
27. Altuve G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 3/.666 10/.000 ··· 2/4.000 17/.823 2/.000 2/.500 ···
44. Álvarez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000
23. Brantley* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 1/.000 21/1.017 3/.000 1/.000 42/.627 1/.000 1/.000 ···
18. Castro* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 3/2.334 7/1.171 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/ ···
1. Correa G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.500 10/1.600 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000
16. Díaz G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 1/2.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000
10. Gurriel G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 2/.000 3/.333 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/1.667 2/.000 ··· ···
28. Jones G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ ··· 1/.000 1/.000
15. Maldonado G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 10/.844 1/.000 1/.000 1/
20. McCormick G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/ ··· ··· ···
6. Meyers G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.167 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000
13. Wilson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

HOU Batters

HOU Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Altuve G ·  S ·  vP 525 .280 .352 .489 .842 357 .885 168 .752 .952 113 .816 4 2 25 6
44. Álvarez* G ·  S ·  vP 451 .285 .348 .533 .881 275 .902 176 .850 .882 95 .944 1 0 25 0
23. Brantley* G ·  S ·  vP 438 .315 .368 .454 .822 279 .941 159 .615 .684 95 .654 1 0 8 1
18. Castro* G ·  S ·  vP 148 .197 .329 .344 .673 96 .734 52 .559 .717 36 .625 0 0 4 1
1. Correa G ·  S ·  vP 498 .275 .367 .476 .843 322 .842 176 .843 .844 101 .842 0 0 19 7
16. Díaz G ·  S ·  vP 228 .302 .351 .476 .827 150 .772 78 .933 .662 102 .889 0 1 7 2
10. Gurriel G ·  S ·  vP 462 .317 .383 .479 .862 299 .796 163 .984 .910 69 .961 1 1 13 5
28. Jones G ·  S ·  vP 102 .240 .265 .406 .671 71 .555 31 .939 .765 40 .992 0 0 2 0
15. Maldonado G ·  S ·  vP 332 .177 .283 .309 .592 234 .545 98 .696 .570 67 .649 0 0 9 5
20. McCormick G ·  S ·  vP 248 .260 .319 .466 .784 165 .817 83 .718 .743 76 .776 3 2 11 0
6. Meyers G ·  S ·  vP 52 .313 .346 .563 .909 35 .859 17 1.000 .842 52 .909 1 0 3 0
13. Wilson G ·  S ·  vP 21 .150 .190 .300 .490 10 .856 11 .182 1.067 14 .599 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .268 .339 .442 .782 .783 .778 .777 .807 43 13 164 49

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ·····X······X· 98.0 5.23 9.2 453 .288 .775 203 .726 250 .816 .822 48 .856 8 9 3
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ··oo·X·oX····o 60.0 2.55 11.1 248 .225 .623 141 .575 107 .686 .596 42 .645 3 4 0
50. Bubic* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 93.0 4.94 7.9 403 .256 .840 340 .830 63 .896 .902 105 .837 20 1 1
71. Davis G ·  S ·  vP ·o··X···o·X··o 36.2 6.63 7.4 162 .268 .798 97 .809 65 .780 .852 39 .464 7 4 0
43. Hernandez G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X······ 59.0 3.97 9.2 247 .229 .698 138 .768 109 .605 .649 115 .625 6 0 0
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 129.1 5.43 8.1 592 .297 .827 293 .841 299 .813 .862 117 .746 17 5 4
55. Lovelady* G ·  S ·  vP o··oo····X··X· 18.2 3.86 9.6 76 .217 .639 46 .687 30 .563 .443 43 .581 3 0 1
52. Lynch* G ·  S ·  vP X·····X······X 43.2 4.74 7.4 193 .282 .795 170 .853 23 .340 .804 119 .721 4 1 0
23. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 141.2 5.34 8.8 599 .255 .763 508 .769 91 .724 .779 100 .851 23 3 3
38. Payamps G ·  S ·  vP ·o··X········· 32.0 2.53 6.2 127 .193 .583 86 .704 41 .330 .483 8 .536 3 0 0
54. Santana G ·  S ·  vP o···o···X·X·o· 51.0 4.76 6.9 209 .245 .765 120 .664 89 .907 .725 39 .483 9 2 0
63. Staumont G ·  S ·  vP ··o·ooo··o···o 49.1 3.28 10.2 204 .203 .635 118 .600 86 .682 .600 42 .508 6 2 0
31. Tapia G ·  S ·  vP X·o·oo··X·o·XX 16.0 2.25 8.4 63 .182 .540 42 .615 21 .396 .673 48 .470 1 1 1
45. Zimmer G ·  S ·  vP X············· 42.0 4.71 8.6 171 .215 .696 98 .863 73 .457 .657 10 1.400 5 1 1
TOTAL 4.77 8.8 .254 .755 .768 .691 149 35 17

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