Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals, at Rogers Centre, September 8, 2023 Matchups, Preview

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Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Kansas City Royals
Record 44-97
Manager Matt Quatraro
Game # 141
On This Date 23-26
Standing 5th (29.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 3-7
Last 20 5-15
Last 30 8-22
Home 26-46
Away 18-51
Extra Innings 3-4
vs. RHP 33-73
vs. LHP 11-24
1-Run Games 17-19
vs. East 7-20
vs. Central 15-28
vs. West 6-19
Inter-League 16-30

KCR Last 10 Games

Collin Snider (#40, 27, RHP, 0-0, 4.22)

Toronto Blue Jays

Team Summary
Team Page 2023 Toronto Blue Jays
Record 77-63
Manager John Schneider
Game # 140
On This Date 19-18
Standing 3rd (11.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 17-13
Home 35-30
Away 42-33
Extra Innings 9-8
vs. RHP 59-50
vs. LHP 18-13
1-Run Games 22-19
vs. East 12-25
vs. Central 19-10
vs. West 16-12
Inter-League 30-16

TOR Last 10 Games

Yusei Kikuchi (#16, 32, LHP, 9-5, 3.63)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, Apr 03, 2023@KCR9 TOR5
Tue, Apr 04, 2023 TOR4@KCR1
Wed, Apr 05, 2023 TOR3@KCR0
Thu, Apr 06, 2023 TOR6@KCR3
DateAwayHomeTime
Sat, Sep 09, 2023KCR@TOR3:07pm
Sun, Sep 10, 2023KCR@TOR1:37pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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Royals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.09 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.09 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 16. Kikuchi* 92. Cabrera* 44. Francis 93. García 37. Green 12. Hicks 35. Jackson 58. Mayza* 33. Richards 68. Romano
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
44. Blanco G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Duffy G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/2.200 2/.500 ··· 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.333 2/1.000
34. Fermin G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
11. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
28. Isbel* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000
12. Loftin G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
19. Massey* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ···
1. Melendez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/.000
14. Olivares G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/ ··· ··· 2/4.000 1/.000 4/.000
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.000 4/1.250 ··· 3/.666 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 5/.800 2/1.000
32. Pratto* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
17. Velázquez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/
6. Waters# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 3/2.334 1/.000

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
44. Blanco G ·  S ·  vP 113 .238 .313 .406 .718 76 .685 37 .789 .672 27 .734 18 5 1 0
15. Duffy G ·  S ·  vP 188 .254 .309 .312 .621 90 .503 98 .732 .476 32 .548 1 0 1 9
34. Fermin G ·  S ·  vP 231 .276 .313 .458 .771 168 .775 63 .759 .862 61 .482 0 0 9 8
11. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 431 .283 .328 .383 .711 330 .674 101 .830 .627 84 .728 20 5 4 7
28. Isbel* G ·  S ·  vP 268 .232 .262 .374 .636 219 .596 49 .819 .673 58 .645 6 1 5 0
12. Loftin G ·  S ·  vP 19 .400 .526 .600 1.126 10 .844 9 1.500 19 1.126 0 0 0 0
19. Massey* G ·  S ·  vP 402 .226 .272 .366 .637 322 .635 80 .646 .612 94 .581 6 2 11 2
1. Melendez* G ·  S ·  vP 534 .238 .311 .401 .712 400 .760 134 .573 .720 87 .868 6 3 14 8
14. Olivares G ·  S ·  vP 320 .258 .309 .441 .750 211 .751 109 .749 .712 20 1.450 9 4 9 3
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 517 .245 .286 .416 .702 378 .721 139 .648 .645 89 .679 0 0 21 2
32. Pratto* G ·  S ·  vP 299 .238 .324 .375 .700 225 .671 74 .786 .685 1 1 7 4
17. Velázquez G ·  S ·  vP 112 .250 .304 .644 .948 73 1.073 39 .719 .415 80 .953 0 0 12 0
6. Waters# G ·  S ·  vP 287 .236 .307 .391 .698 210 .719 77 .642 .564 78 .686 12 4 8 4
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 600 .273 .312 .496 .808 468 .785 132 .889 .748 103 .916 39 10 28 10
TOTAL .243 .300 .396 .697 .692 .710 .655 .748 135 37 141 69

TOR Pitchers

TOR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
16. Kikuchi* G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 143.2 3.63 9.5 602 .251 .729 474 .758 128 .624 .678 93 .683 23 14 1
40. Bassitt G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 173.1 3.69 8.2 719 .234 .709 362 .584 357 .840 .559 127 .633 25 10 6
17. Berríos G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 164.0 3.68 8.4 680 .244 .707 318 .597 362 .804 .711 119 .794 23 11 3
92. Cabrera* G ·  S ·  vP ····o·Xo···oX· 50.1 3.40 9.3 212 .221 .683 112 .767 100 .590 .829 30 .567 7 5 0
44. Francis G ·  S ·  vP ···o······X··· 32.0 1.69 9.0 118 .170 .534 59 .500 59 .565 .514 44 .415 5 1 0
93. García G ·  S ·  vP ····o·oX····XX 57.0 4.11 10.9 246 .267 .733 149 .767 97 .676 .632 38 .748 7 5 1
34. Gausman G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 159.1 3.39 11.7 660 .244 .687 355 .659 305 .720 .674 97 .857 16 19 4
37. Green G ·  S ·  vP ··o··o·X······ 2.2 13.50 6.8 13 .385 1.077 9 .778 4 1.750 13 1.077 0 0 0
12. Hicks G ·  S ·  vP ·····o·o···Xo· 54.2 3.62 11.5 241 .240 .697 145 .700 96 .690 .823 33 .774 4 1 2
35. Jackson G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o·o··X··X· 26.2 2.36 8.4 104 .179 .580 64 .621 40 .499 .790 34 1.030 4 0 0
58. Mayza* G ·  S ·  vP ·····oo·····oo 47.1 1.33 8.4 189 .251 .622 84 .707 105 .556 .632 26 .878 1 3 1
33. Richards G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X·o···X·X 63.2 3.96 13.3 267 .215 .688 145 .685 122 .693 .564 42 .807 11 1 0
68. Romano G ·  S ·  vP ····Xo·o····X· 49.2 2.54 11.1 205 .209 .626 108 .538 97 .724 .643 29 .481 5 9 1
99. Ryu* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 34.0 2.65 7.4 138 .219 .655 108 .686 30 .536 .795 102 .616 5 3 1
TOTAL 3.72 9.4 .240 .708 .683 .704 171 117 23

Blue Jays Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.34 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Blue Jays Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.34 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 40. Snider 53. Cox* 64. Cruz 41. Davidson* 23. Greinke 43. Hernández 37. Kowar 66. McArthur 61. Zerpa*
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
13. Belt* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 45/.753 ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Biggio* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 9/.222 2/1.500 ··· ··· ···
28. Clement G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ···
5. Espinal G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000
27. Guerrero G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 15/.666 3/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000
55. Heineman# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ···
48. Horwitz* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
39. Kiermaier* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ···
30. Kirk G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/.400 3/.666 1/3.000 ··· 2/1.000
10. McCoy G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 13/1.455 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
36. Schneider G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
4. Springer G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/ ··· ··· 3/.333 18/1.244 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 3/.333
25. Varsho* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.900 1/5.000 ··· ··· ···

TOR Batters

TOR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
13. Belt* G ·  S ·  vP 380 .252 .371 .473 .844 344 .874 36 .564 .816 61 1.006 0 0 16 1
8. Biggio* G ·  S ·  vP 254 .223 .323 .368 .691 211 .686 43 .717 .739 65 .715 5 2 8 2
28. Clement G ·  S ·  vP 41 .410 .415 .564 .979 18 1.167 23 .820 1.000 31 .935 1 0 1 2
5. Espinal G ·  S ·  vP 226 .241 .308 .325 .633 124 .594 102 .679 .665 49 .733 2 1 2 9
27. Guerrero G ·  S ·  vP 598 .266 .343 .436 .779 486 .788 112 .733 .691 104 .737 5 3 21 8
55. Heineman# G ·  S ·  vP 34 .222 .382 .259 .642 31 .624 3 .667 .607 4 .500 1 0 0 0
48. Horwitz* G ·  S ·  vP 24 .300 .417 .500 .917 20 1.038 4 .250 14 1.095 0 0 1 0
39. Kiermaier* G ·  S ·  vP 342 .274 .334 .426 .760 258 .750 84 .790 .762 43 .826 12 1 7 3
30. Kirk G ·  S ·  vP 351 .256 .339 .359 .698 239 .666 112 .768 .828 58 .695 0 0 6 4
10. McCoy G ·  S ·  vP 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 .000 .000 1 .000 0 0 0 0
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 541 .283 .325 .399 .725 410 .714 131 .759 .700 104 .543 25 9 11 5
36. Schneider G ·  S ·  vP 82 .385 .512 .846 1.358 44 1.294 38 1.433 1.672 55 1.439 1 0 7 1
4. Springer G ·  S ·  vP 587 .260 .333 .403 .735 456 .739 131 .721 .741 95 .770 19 5 17 0
25. Varsho* G ·  S ·  vP 517 .221 .287 .373 .660 413 .641 104 .736 .541 88 .769 15 7 16 1
TOTAL .260 .333 .420 .753 .744 .785 .735 .775 91 33 163 66

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
40. Snider G ·  S ·  vP ····X·o··X··o· 10.2 4.22 4.2 47 .293 .801 21 .549 26 1.014 .892 22 .749 1 1 0
45. Clarke G ·  S ·  vP ··X··o···o···· 51.2 5.40 9.8 231 .300 .834 113 .746 118 .920 .823 24 .553 8 0 3
53. Cox* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····o·o· 35.1 4.58 8.2 147 .224 .664 87 .748 60 .547 .673 29 1.008 2 3 1
64. Cruz G ·  S ·  vP ····o·oX··X··· 3.2 9.82 12.3 20 .250 1.025 12 .833 8 1.333 20 1.025 1 0 0
41. Davidson* G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X···oX·X 44.2 6.65 8.7 207 .317 .885 146 .859 61 .953 .773 51 .935 6 7 0
23. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 123.0 5.34 5.9 514 .285 .795 280 .662 234 .953 .824 52 .723 24 2 1
43. Hernández G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····oo·· 63.1 4.41 10.5 260 .209 .661 129 .782 131 .541 .580 35 1.033 8 2 1
37. Kowar G ·  S ·  vP ···o··X··o·X·X 21.1 5.91 9.7 103 .276 .802 62 .810 41 .790 .952 44 .775 2 2 0
24. Lyles G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 155.2 6.24 6.0 657 .259 .818 328 .802 329 .834 .883 122 .943 35 7 2
67. Marsh G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 52.0 6.23 10.4 244 .277 .963 119 .990 125 .936 .936 91 .956 15 10 1
66. McArthur G ·  S ·  vP ··X··Xo······· 10.2 10.12 6.8 49 .364 1.070 25 .882 24 1.274 .536 31 .858 2 0 0
55. Ragans* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 72.0 3.00 10.9 290 .212 .587 217 .558 73 .676 .545 114 .481 5 3 2
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 148.1 5.34 7.7 651 .280 .799 266 .830 385 .777 .898 95 .955 19 10 2
61. Zerpa* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···X 26.0 6.23 6.9 116 .305 .867 89 .976 27 .528 1.167 94 .850 5 1 1
TOTAL 5.21 8.1 .264 .782 .781 .851 185 92 24

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