Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals, at Minute Maid Park, July 7, 2022 Matchups, Preview

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Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2022 Kansas City Royals
Record 30-50
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 80
On This Date 24-24
Standing 5th (14.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 14-16
Home 14-25
Away 16-25
Extra Innings 3-2
vs. RHP 19-36
vs. LHP 11-14
1-Run Games 8-8
vs. East 4-9
vs. Central 13-18
vs. West 9-15
Inter-League 4-8

KCR Last 10 Games

Kris Bubic (#50, 24, LHP, 1-5, 7.06)

Houston Astros

Team Summary
Team Page 2022 Houston Astros
Record 53-28
Manager Dusty Baker
Game # 81
On This Date 23-29
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 8-2
Last 20 16-4
Last 30 20-10
Home 26-12
Away 27-16
Extra Innings 1-2
vs. RHP 37-20
vs. LHP 16-8
1-Run Games 15-6
vs. East 6-8
vs. Central 15-4
vs. West 24-12
Inter-League 8-4

HOU Last 10 Games

Justin Verlander (#35, 39, RHP, 10-3, 2.03)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, Jun 03, 2022 HOU10@KCR3
Sat, Jun 04, 2022@KCR6 HOU0
Sun, Jun 05, 2022 HOU7@KCR4
Mon, Jul 04, 2022@HOU7 KCR6
Tue, Jul 05, 2022@HOU9 KCR7
Wed, Jul 06, 2022 KCR7@HOU4

Last 10 games head-to-head

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KCR Batters vs HOU Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
HOU Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.37 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.95 RS/G) vs. Astros Pitchers (3.37 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 35. Verlander 52. Abreu 61. Martinez 88. Maton 47. Montero 50. Neris 55. Pressly 45. Stanek
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
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP 15/.383 ··· 2/1.000 3/.000 3/.000 6/.833 4/.500 7/1.071
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/1.417 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 2/.000 2/1.000 4/1.750
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
28. Isbel* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 8/.393 2/1.500 1/3.000 ··· 2/.500
1. Melendez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ 2/1.000 1/5.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 22/.559 ··· 1/.000 6/1.250 2/2.000 3/.000 7/.000 10/.500
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 8/.661 ··· 1/ ··· 4/1.500
14. Olivares G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
9. Pasquantino* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/ 1/ ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000
26. Rivera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.500
2. Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 6/.533 5/1.350 16/.698 3/2.000 5/.400
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/ 2/1.000 2/.500 ··· 1/

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 336 .316 .387 .404 .791 235 .850 101 .655 .820 111 .798 2 2 3 0
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 287 .263 .328 .443 .770 206 .776 81 .752 .839 87 .851 2 3 9 1
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 31 .259 .310 .407 .718 17 .690 14 .747 .670 13 .614 0 0 0 1
28. Isbel* G ·  S ·  vP 118 .223 .254 .348 .602 96 .666 22 .325 .495 41 .641 3 1 2 1
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 261 .229 .289 .280 .569 203 .594 58 .479 .509 65 .618 5 1 0 5
1. Melendez* G ·  S ·  vP 213 .226 .319 .425 .744 158 .677 55 .933 .741 96 .725 0 1 9 4
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 360 .239 .292 .337 .629 253 .630 107 .628 .692 115 .747 14 2 4 2
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 61 .196 .246 .268 .514 51 .553 10 .311 .661 8 .375 0 0 1 0
14. Olivares G ·  S ·  vP 70 .273 .314 .470 .784 42 .512 28 1.201 .639 32 .639 2 1 3 0
9. Pasquantino* G ·  S ·  vP 34 .154 .353 .269 .622 30 .671 4 .250 .704 34 .622 0 0 1 0
26. Rivera G ·  S ·  vP 159 .209 .264 .405 .670 100 .567 59 .850 .806 47 .687 0 0 6 3
2. Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 224 .265 .345 .388 .733 155 .754 69 .686 .583 92 .747 1 1 5 1
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 322 .236 .286 .444 .730 237 .778 85 .599 .679 103 .826 12 3 12 8
TOTAL .240 .307 .380 .687 .678 .711 .691 .754 47 15 70 35

HOU Pitchers

HOU Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
35. Verlander G ·  S ·  vP ········X····X 97.1 2.03 8.3 372 .183 .527 202 .595 170 .443 .580 102 .501 11 2 2
52. Abreu G ·  S ·  vP ·XX···o····o·· 30.1 2.08 12.5 128 .218 .602 71 .613 57 .585 .573 32 .429 1 3 1
77. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X······ 82.2 3.81 9.5 338 .219 .685 181 .648 157 .727 .729 112 .799 15 4 0
53. Javier G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 74.2 3.01 12.3 299 .177 .586 139 .549 160 .619 .564 115 .483 8 5 2
61. Martinez G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o·····o·· 21.2 .83 7.9 82 .125 .403 51 .400 31 .406 .363 29 .454 1 0 0
88. Maton G ·  S ·  vP ··oo·o·····X·X 33.2 3.74 8.8 146 .244 .788 77 .937 69 .624 .570 42 .865 7 1 0
47. Montero G ·  S ·  vP ··X·o··o·····X 32.2 1.93 9.6 128 .190 .510 65 .524 63 .494 .476 38 .465 1 5 0
50. Neris G ·  S ·  vP ·Xo·o··o····X· 35.0 3.86 9.3 138 .176 .558 74 .697 64 .403 .568 46 .575 2 3 1
17. Odorizzi G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 35.2 4.04 6.1 150 .252 .663 76 .654 74 .673 .682 22 1.074 2 1 2
55. Pressly G ·  S ·  vP ····X··oo···o· 23.0 3.52 9.0 90 .228 .612 43 .510 47 .711 .355 31 .544 2 0 1
45. Stanek G ·  S ·  vP ·X·X···X···X·· 28.2 .63 9.7 113 .165 .501 71 .562 42 .400 .393 40 .623 1 2 1
65. Urquidy G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 80.1 4.15 7.1 347 .272 .788 190 .838 157 .728 .696 94 .501 15 2 1
59. Valdez* G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 101.0 2.67 8.3 411 .208 .583 349 .591 62 .533 .716 131 .600 6 4 0
TOTAL 3.02 8.9 .212 .625 .608 .594 74 32 11
HOU Batters vs KCR Pitchers
HOU Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Astros Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.19 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Astros Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.19 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 50. Bubic* 58. Barlow 45. Clarke 65. Coleman 74. Cuas 24. Garrett* 37. Kowar 41. Mills 38. Payamps
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/.000 6/.334 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 2/4.000
44. Álvarez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/2.000 2/3.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 2/5.000 2/1.500 2/.000
2. Bregman G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/5.000 2/.000 1/ 2/1.500
16. Díaz G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/1.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/5.000 2/.000 1/.000
14. Dubon G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 6/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
10. Gurriel G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 3/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/ 4/.500 2/1.000
38. Lee G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ ···
15. Maldonado G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500
13. Matijevic* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
20. McCormick G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 1/ ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000
6. Meyers G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/.000
3. Pena G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/ ···
30. Tucker* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/1.000

HOU Batters

HOU Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
27. Altuve G ·  S ·  vP 286 .278 .364 .528 .891 223 .837 63 1.072 1.030 103 .901 6 1 16 7
44. Álvarez* G ·  S ·  vP 302 .313 .411 .660 1.071 201 1.185 101 .834 1.001 87 1.184 0 1 25 2
2. Bregman G ·  S ·  vP 330 .242 .361 .414 .775 224 .869 106 .580 .917 100 .910 0 0 10 4
16. Díaz G ·  S ·  vP 160 .227 .275 .347 .622 122 .568 38 .801 .692 46 .701 0 1 5 1
14. Dubon G ·  S ·  vP 122 .214 .248 .330 .578 79 .430 43 .838 .699 45 .600 1 3 3 0
10. Gurriel G ·  S ·  vP 291 .227 .282 .390 .672 204 .655 87 .713 .583 89 .796 3 0 7 4
38. Lee G ·  S ·  vP 5 .000 .200 .000 .200 4 .250 1 .000 .200 5 .200 0 0 0 0
15. Maldonado G ·  S ·  vP 205 .147 .222 .293 .515 146 .488 59 .583 .557 60 .674 0 0 7 1
13. Matijevic* G ·  S ·  vP 26 .200 .231 .520 .751 24 .815 2 .000 .976 21 .936 0 0 2 0
20. McCormick G ·  S ·  vP 192 .229 .313 .424 .736 139 .657 53 .940 .786 41 .796 1 2 8 1
6. Meyers G ·  S ·  vP 41 .300 .293 .475 .768 34 .809 7 .571 1.030 41 .768 0 0 1 0
3. Pena G ·  S ·  vP 254 .270 .320 .472 .792 189 .751 65 .910 .837 59 .788 6 1 12 12
30. Tucker* G ·  S ·  vP 307 .262 .352 .487 .839 210 .824 97 .869 .719 97 .847 14 2 16 1
TOTAL .241 .320 .429 .749 .751 .743 .775 .822 40 13 119 40

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
50. Bubic* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 43.1 7.06 7.7 206 .309 .882 153 .754 53 1.272 .868 115 .790 7 4 0
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ·X·oo·X·o··o·X 37.2 2.39 9.1 151 .207 .634 86 .562 65 .726 .556 55 .609 5 2 0
45. Clarke G ·  S ·  vP ·X·Xo·o·XX··X· 36.1 4.21 8.2 152 .271 .734 92 .669 60 .835 .717 58 .507 5 0 0
65. Coleman G ·  S ·  vP ·o··X····X··XX 33.1 3.51 9.7 147 .183 .661 92 .710 55 .580 .641 45 .706 4 0 1
74. Cuas G ·  S ·  vP ·X··ooo··o···o 14.0 1.93 6.4 61 .220 .670 44 .529 17 1.108 .846 45 .758 1 1 1
24. Garrett* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o··oX··o· 20.0 6.75 9.9 90 .171 .584 54 .778 36 .319 .495 35 .902 0 4 0
23. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····X 68.2 4.85 4.5 293 .283 .762 172 .804 121 .702 .918 70 .762 10 4 1
49. Heasley G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 51.0 4.76 6.7 224 .246 .769 114 .600 110 .941 .768 107 .666 8 1 1
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 90.2 4.37 5.9 383 .259 .729 213 .703 170 .761 .731 107 .829 11 3 2
37. Kowar G ·  S ·  vP ··X·o·····X··· 10.2 8.44 10.1 53 .340 1.011 35 .874 18 1.289 .840 32 .720 2 0 0
41. Mills G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o········ 10.2 5.06 6.8 43 .171 .617 34 .554 9 .778 .754 9 .762 0 0 1
38. Payamps G ·  S ·  vP ·····X········ 27.1 2.96 6.9 121 .262 .741 83 .650 38 .944 .980 20 .829 2 0 1
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 58.2 4.30 8.9 243 .257 .739 126 .663 117 .825 .718 98 .737 10 0 1
TOTAL 4.97 7.4 .265 .766 .776 .739 88 32 12

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