Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox, at Kauffman Stadium, May 9, 2021 Matchups, Preview

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Chicago White Sox

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Chicago White Sox
Record 18-13
Manager Tony La Russa
Game # 32
On This Date 54-45
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 13-7
Last 30 18-12
Home 9-6
Away 9-7
Extra Innings 0-3
vs. RHP 12-12
vs. LHP 6-1
1-Run Games 3-3
vs. East 2-2
vs. Central 9-6
vs. West 6-4
Inter-League 1-1

CHW Last 10 Games

Lucas Giolito (#27, 26, RHP, 1-3, 4.99)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Kansas City Royals
Record 16-16
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 33
On This Date 21-25
Standing 3rd (2.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 2-8
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 14-16
Home 8-11
Away 8-5
Extra Innings 1-0
vs. RHP 11-11
vs. LHP 5-5
1-Run Games 6-2
vs. East 4-3
vs. Central 7-10
vs. West 4-2
Inter-League 1-1

KCR Last 10 Games

Mike Minor (#23, 33, LHP, 2-1, 5.23)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Thu, Apr 08, 2021@CHW6 KCR0
Sun, Apr 11, 2021 KCR4@CHW3(10)
Fri, May 07, 2021 CHW3@KCR0
Sat, May 08, 2021 CHW9@KCR1
DateAwayHomeTime
Sun, May 09, 2021CHW@KCR2:10pm
Fri, May 14, 2021KCR@CHW3:10pm
Fri, May 14, 2021KCR@CHW8:10pm
Sat, May 15, 2021KCR@CHW7:10pm
Sun, May 16, 2021KCR@CHW2:10pm
Mon, Jul 26, 2021CHW@KCR8:10pm
Tue, Jul 27, 2021CHW@KCR8:10pm
Wed, Jul 28, 2021CHW@KCR8:10pm
Thu, Jul 29, 2021CHW@KCR2:10pm
Tue, Aug 03, 2021KCR@CHW8:10pm
Wed, Aug 04, 2021KCR@CHW8:10pm
Thu, Aug 05, 2021KCR@CHW8:10pm
Fri, Sep 03, 2021CHW@KCR8:10pm
Sat, Sep 04, 2021CHW@KCR7:10pm
Sun, Sep 05, 2021CHW@KCR2:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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White Sox Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.97 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
White Sox Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.97 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 23. Minor* 58. Barlow 59. Brentz* 50. Bubic* 71. Davis 35. Holland 24. Junis 54. Santana 63. Staumont 53. Zuber
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
79. Abreu G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.334 7/.929 ··· 10/.700 13/.413 12/.533 20/.671 27/1.061 5/.400 6/.500
7. Anderson G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/1.000 3/2.333 1/ 10/1.167 3/.000 5/1.000 16/.742 22/.559 2/.000 1/.000
21. Collins* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· 3/.500 1/.000 ··· ···
12. Eaton* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 14/.895 4/.500 3/.333 18/.977 ··· ···
28. Garcia# G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.238 2/.500 1/ 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 18/.411 11/.455 1/2.000 ···
24. Grandal# G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.125 ··· 1/ 11/1.080 7/1.429 7/.572 2/1.000 6/1.000 4/1.250 3/1.167
Hamilton# G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.533 ··· ··· ··· 6/.000 5/.400 ··· 10/.333 ··· ···
23. Lamb* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 3/.333 3/.666 ··· ···
1. Madrigal G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 1/2.000 1/.000 9/.444 2/.000 2/1.000 2/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000
20. Mendick G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 5/.000 3/.666 1/ 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000
73. Mercedes G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 1/ ··· 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ···
10. Moncada# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.334 8/.393 ··· 7/.143 1/.000 4/.000 24/1.214 4/.250 3/.000 4/.833
25. Vaughn G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 1/ 2/1.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

CHW Batters

CHW Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
79. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP 134 .211 .306 .404 .709 111 .683 23 .828 .850 96 .708 1 0 6 3
7. Anderson G ·  S ·  vP 97 .301 .330 .462 .792 82 .823 15 .619 .895 82 .828 6 2 4 0
21. Collins* G ·  S ·  vP 49 .220 .347 .415 .762 39 .734 10 .856 .762 32 .735 0 0 2 1
12. Eaton* G ·  S ·  vP 113 .212 .304 .364 .667 96 .759 17 .180 .693 79 .653 1 0 3 3
28. Garcia# G ·  S ·  vP 85 .200 .229 .263 .491 64 .406 21 .750 .400 64 .587 2 1 0 2
24. Grandal# G ·  S ·  vP 86 .121 .388 .259 .647 71 .497 15 1.714 .923 59 .542 0 0 2 3
Hamilton# G ·  S ·  vP 26 .130 .200 .130 .330 20 .217 6 .667 .440 13 .000 2 0 0 0
23. Lamb* G ·  S ·  vP 28 .143 .357 .143 .500 28 .500 .489 23 .462 0 0 0 0
1. Madrigal G ·  S ·  vP 106 .306 .349 .388 .737 81 .686 25 .898 .662 77 .757 1 1 0 1
20. Mendick G ·  S ·  vP 26 .350 .500 .500 1.000 18 .940 8 1.089 .930 18 .817 0 0 1 0
73. Mercedes G ·  S ·  vP 103 .371 .408 .577 .985 81 .979 22 1.009 .934 75 .804 0 1 5 1
10. Moncada# G ·  S ·  vP 125 .262 .360 .393 .753 102 .770 23 .681 .633 93 .773 0 0 3 3
25. Vaughn G ·  S ·  vP 76 .258 .342 .348 .691 55 .556 21 1.064 .601 59 .716 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .255 .339 .390 .729 .701 .847 .747 .716 17 6 27 23

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
23. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 31.0 5.23 8.7 133 .235 .761 114 .720 19 1.009 .703 109 .780 6 1 0
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ···X·oo····oX· 17.1 2.60 11.4 74 .239 .639 38 .632 36 .646 .684 55 .707 0 2 0
59. Brentz* G ·  S ·  vP oXo·o··X··X··X 14.2 3.07 9.8 66 .212 .655 37 .889 29 .341 .673 58 .687 2 0 0
50. Bubic* G ·  S ·  vP X·o···X······· 7.2 2.35 4.7 30 .185 .563 25 .507 5 .800 .351 30 .563 0 0 0
71. Davis G ·  S ·  vP X··Xo···X····X 12.2 7.11 9.2 54 .261 .750 31 .893 23 .561 .763 45 .739 2 3 0
30. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 35.2 1.26 10.1 143 .211 .559 112 .539 31 .626 .691 121 .589 2 0 1
35. Holland G ·  S ·  vP ····XoX····Xo· 11.0 4.09 9.8 53 .267 .933 25 .684 28 1.168 .939 43 .776 3 0 0
24. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ···o·X·····X·· 26.0 5.19 10.0 108 .253 .710 45 .505 63 .860 .913 83 .824 4 0 1
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 28.1 7.31 7.0 141 .336 .970 65 1.036 76 .910 .853 109 .798 5 0 0
52. Lynch* G ·  S ·  vP X····X········ 5.1 18.56 5.1 31 .458 1.408 27 1.460 4 1.000 1.408 31 1.408 1 0 0
54. Santana G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X····· 11.0 3.27 4.9 45 .214 .743 23 .536 22 .968 .776 45 .743 2 0 0
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 29.0 3.41 9.0 123 .211 .576 56 .508 67 .632 .600 104 .503 2 5 1
63. Staumont G ·  S ·  vP ····XX····X·o· 15.0 2.40 9.0 59 .120 .454 31 .448 28 .460 .668 49 .503 0 0 0
53. Zuber G ·  S ·  vP o·X·XX··X·X··· 10.2 4.22 8.4 44 .225 .745 24 .393 20 1.139 .683 44 .745 2 0 0
TOTAL 4.66 8.9 .247 .738 .766 .733 36 11 3

Royals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (3.48 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.19 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (3.48 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 27. Giolito 39. Bummer* 45. Crochet* 63. Foster 31. Hendriks 65. Heuer 34. Kopech 43. Marshall 66. Ruiz
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
49. Alberto G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/1.111 7/.762 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 4/.250 1/.000 2/2.000
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 16/1.001 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.000 3/.333 2/.000 5/.000 2/1.000
1. Dyson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 1/.000 ···
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 12/.417 3/.333 1/ 3/1.667 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 35/.564 7/.000 1/ 2/.000 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 4/.000 3/.333
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP 19/.526 2/2.000 ··· 1/ 3/.666 2/.500 ··· 3/.666 1/.000
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 15/.734 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 10/1.700 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ···
48. Rivero G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ···
41. Santana# G  ·   S  ·   vP 15/.871 7/.453 2/.000 2/2.000 19/.763 2/.500 2/1.000 3/.667 1/2.000
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP 20/.829 2/.000 ··· 3/2.334 7/.500 2/.000 2/1.500 4/.000 4/2.000
2. Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
49. Alberto G ·  S ·  vP 63 .213 .226 .344 .570 37 .556 26 .589 .669 50 .496 0 1 0 2
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 124 .265 .331 .389 .720 86 .819 38 .507 .510 97 .794 5 4 3 2
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 106 .163 .226 .398 .624 77 .588 29 .720 .697 94 .693 1 1 5 2
1. Dyson* G ·  S ·  vP 24 .300 .417 .550 .967 18 .817 6 1.333 1.113 23 .941 2 0 0 0
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 104 .200 .310 .271 .581 75 .545 29 .671 .558 82 .524 2 0 0 4
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 143 .262 .322 .405 .726 100 .650 43 .909 .762 115 .618 10 1 4 3
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 36 .219 .306 .438 .743 32 .844 4 .000 .690 36 .743 0 0 2 0
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 134 .283 .321 .512 .833 99 .966 35 .465 .950 108 .820 0 0 7 2
48. Rivero G ·  S ·  vP 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 .000 .000 4 .000 0 0 0 0
41. Santana# G ·  S ·  vP 137 .263 .380 .456 .836 98 .813 39 .885 .884 110 .916 1 0 6 1
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 127 .194 .268 .343 .611 97 .662 30 .441 .776 101 .593 0 0 2 0
2. Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 106 .265 .321 .347 .668 77 .676 29 .646 .744 82 .533 3 1 2 1
TOTAL .235 .304 .387 .691 .705 .653 .735 .678 25 8 31 22

CHW Pitchers

CHW Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
27. Giolito G ·  S ·  vP ······X····X·· 30.2 4.99 12.0 134 .223 .720 56 .898 78 .586 .825 92 .837 6 2 0
39. Bummer* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·····oo····· 9.2 1.86 12.1 46 .256 .626 27 .730 19 .485 .598 32 .661 0 1 0
84. Cease G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 30.1 2.37 11.9 125 .208 .572 65 .695 60 .434 .625 103 .523 2 0 2
45. Crochet* G ·  S ·  vP ·············X 9.0 1.00 8.0 43 .265 .669 25 .652 18 .688 .437 31 .856 0 2 0
63. Foster G ·  S ·  vP o·····o·o··X·· 9.1 8.68 14.5 41 .250 .762 23 .577 18 .977 .906 25 .461 2 0 0
31. Hendriks G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X··o··o···· 12.2 3.55 14.9 51 .224 .730 27 .669 24 .792 .748 41 .700 4 0 0
65. Heuer G ·  S ·  vP ·o····X····o·· 14.1 5.65 10.7 61 .356 .909 36 .724 25 1.160 .958 44 .864 3 0 1
60. Keuchel* G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 38.0 3.79 4.0 156 .230 .662 113 .560 43 .920 .699 114 .610 3 0 1
34. Kopech G ·  S ·  vP X··X···X·····X 22.1 1.61 14.1 87 .152 .470 42 .449 45 .491 .552 72 .494 1 3 0
33. Lynn G ·  S ·  vP X······X······ 29.2 1.52 10.6 117 .193 .523 61 .471 56 .582 .504 63 .587 2 2 0
43. Marshall G ·  S ·  vP o·······o····· 13.0 6.23 5.5 55 .280 .875 30 1.045 25 .659 .920 36 .742 3 1 0
55. Rodon* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·······X···· 31.0 .58 12.8 118 .114 .367 95 .422 23 .139 .535 96 .338 1 3 0
66. Ruiz G ·  S ·  vP ····X·o····X·X 11.1 1.59 8.7 44 .103 .358 23 .178 21 .569 .480 33 .421 0 0 0
TOTAL 3.16 10.4 .217 .628 .689 .622 28 15 4

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