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| 923 | CLEVELAND | +120 | Ov 8,-105 | +110 | Ov 8,-125 | | 924 | KANSAS CITY | -130 | Un 8,-115 | -120 | Un 8,+105 |
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| All Games | 51-51 | -2.7 | 51-48 | 4.4 | 0.254 | 0.320 | 4.4 | 0.256 | 0.319 | | Road Games | 22-32 | -8.2 | 24-28 | 4.4 | 0.245 | 0.312 | 4.3 | 0.264 | 0.330 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 38-32 | +3.4 | 39-29 | 4.8 | 0.263 | 0.329 | 4.4 | 0.258 | 0.321 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -0.7 | 1-6 | 3.6 | 0.224 | 0.303 | 2.9 | 0.221 | 0.280 | | Grass Games | 48-48 | -3 | 48-47 | 4.3 | 0.251 | 0.317 | 4.4 | 0.255 | 0.319 | | Night Games | 31-31 | -0.4 | 34-25 | 4.6 | 0.260 | 0.318 | 4.4 | 0.263 | 0.323 | | Division | 22-23 | -4 | 22-22 | 4.5 | 0.267 | 0.330 | 4.3 | 0.252 | 0.314 |
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| All Games | 4.4 | 0.254 | 0.320 | 102 | 3526 | 896 | 287 | 97 | 0.03 | 433 | 341 | 754 | 59 | 732 | 92 | 80 | 95 | 61 | | Road Games | 4.4 | 0.245 | 0.312 | 54 | 1893 | 463 | 150 | 48 | 0.03 | 227 | 187 | 431 | 31 | 390 | 47 | 39 | 45 | 36 | | Righty Starters | 4.8 | 0.263 | 0.329 | 70 | 2427 | 638 | 217 | 77 | 0.03 | 325 | 240 | 523 | 47 | 511 | 58 | 57 | 69 | 40 |
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| All Games | 3.00 | 1.245 | 333.3 | 130 | 111 | 284 | 30 | 131 | 328 | 23-13 | 26 | 12 | 68.4% | | Road Games | 2.92 | 1.338 | 172.7 | 66 | 56 | 157 | 16 | 74 | 160 | 10-7 | 10 | 4 | 71.4% |
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| All Games | 51-50 | -6.1 | 45-51 | 4.0 | 0.262 | 0.311 | 3.9 | 0.254 | 0.311 | | Home Games | 23-25 | -9.5 | 22-25 | 3.6 | 0.252 | 0.302 | 4.4 | 0.266 | 0.318 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 38-35 | -3.5 | 35-34 | 4.2 | 0.265 | 0.312 | 3.8 | 0.253 | 0.309 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -1 | 1-6 | 2.4 | 0.238 | 0.295 | 2.7 | 0.223 | 0.309 | | Grass Games | 47-47 | -7.6 | 42-48 | 3.9 | 0.260 | 0.310 | 3.9 | 0.253 | 0.310 | | Night Games | 32-31 | -3.4 | 29-30 | 4.1 | 0.267 | 0.313 | 4.0 | 0.254 | 0.312 | | Division | 21-23 | -5.4 | 22-21 | 4.0 | 0.265 | 0.316 | 4.3 | 0.266 | 0.323 |
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| All Games | 4.0 | 0.262 | 0.311 | 101 | 3491 | 916 | 256 | 57 | 0.02 | 372 | 245 | 602 | 84 | 698 | 101 | 58 | 76 | 37 | | Home Games | 3.6 | 0.252 | 0.302 | 48 | 1576 | 397 | 112 | 24 | 0.02 | 164 | 114 | 266 | 41 | 303 | 40 | 24 | 36 | 24 | | Righty Starters | 4.2 | 0.265 | 0.312 | 73 | 2535 | 673 | 192 | 42 | 0.02 | 284 | 173 | 423 | 63 | 496 | 71 | 34 | 56 | 24 |
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| All Games | 3.40 | 1.281 | 285.6 | 118 | 108 | 248 | 19 | 118 | 276 | 17-12 | 27 | 8 | 77.1% | | Home Games | 4.52 | 1.389 | 143.3 | 74 | 72 | 138 | 11 | 61 | 143 | 9-4 | 16 | 3 | 84.2% |
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| 7/11/2014 | KLUBER(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | NOESI(R) | 7-4 | W | -225 | 7.5 ov | O | 10 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | | 7/12/2014 | MCALLISTER(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | CARROLL(R) | 2-6 | L | -185 | 9 ev | U | 6 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | | 7/13/2014 | BAUER(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | 3-2 | W | -165 | 8.5 ev | U | 9 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 1 | | 7/18/2014 | BAUER(R) | @ DETROIT | SANCHEZ(R) | 9-3 | W | 155 | 8.5 ov | O | 14 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | | 7/19/2014 | KLUBER(R) | @ DETROIT | VERHAGEN(R) | 6-2 | W | -135 | 8.5 ov | U | 12 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 7/19/2014 | MCALLISTER(R) | @ DETROIT | SCHERZER(R) | 5-2 | W | 175 | 8.5 un | U | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | | 7/20/2014 | TOMLIN(R) | @ DETROIT | SMYLY(L) | 1-5 | L | 110 | 9 ev | U | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | | 7/21/2014 | HOUSE(L) | @ MINNESOTA | JOHNSON(L) | 3-4 | L | -110 | 9.5 un | U | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | | 7/22/2014 | SALAZAR(R) | @ MINNESOTA | PINO(R) | 8-2 | W | -135 | 9 un | O | 11 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 7/23/2014 | BAUER(R) | @ MINNESOTA | SWARZAK(R) | 1-3 | L | -135 | 8.5 un | U | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | | 7/24/2014 | KLUBER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | 1-2 | L | 110 | 7 ev | U | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | 7/25/2014 | TOMLIN(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | | | 7/26/2014 | MCALLISTER(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | GUTHRIE(R) | | | 7/27/2014 | SALAZAR(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | CHEN(L) | | | 7/29/2014 | BAUER(R) | SEATTLE | IWAKUMA(R) | | | 7/30/2014 | KLUBER(R) | SEATTLE | HERNANDEZ(R) | | | 7/31/2014 | TOMLIN(R) | SEATTLE | YOUNG(R) | | | 8/1/2014 | | TEXAS | | |
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| 7/11/2014 | DUFFY(L) | DETROIT | SANCHEZ(R) | 1-2 | L | +115 | 8.5 un | U | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | 7/12/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | DETROIT | PORCELLO(R) | 1-5 | L | -125 | 8 ev | U | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | | 7/13/2014 | CHEN(L) | DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | 5-2 | W | +120 | 8.5 ev | U | 10 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | | 7/18/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | @ BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 4-5 | L | 110 | 8 un | O | 12 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | | 7/19/2014 | DUFFY(L) | @ BOSTON | DE LA ROSA(R) | 1-2 | L | 120 | 8 un | U | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | 7/20/2014 | VENTURA(R) | @ BOSTON | LESTER(L) | 0-6 | L | 145 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 7/21/2014 | GUTHRIE(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 1-3 | L | 160 | 7 ov | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | | 7/22/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | CARROLL(R) | 7-1 | W | -145 | 9 un | U | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | | 7/23/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 2-1 | W | 100 | 7.5 un | U | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | | 7/24/2014 | DUFFY(L) | CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 2-1 | W | -120 | 7 ev | U | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | | 7/25/2014 | VENTURA(R) | CLEVELAND | TOMLIN(R) | | | 7/26/2014 | GUTHRIE(R) | CLEVELAND | MCALLISTER(R) | | | 7/27/2014 | CHEN(L) | CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | | | 7/29/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | MINNESOTA | SWARZAK(R) | | | 7/30/2014 | DUFFY(L) | MINNESOTA | HUGHES(R) | | | 7/31/2014 | VENTURA(R) | MINNESOTA | CORREIA(R) | | | 8/1/2014 | | @ OAKLAND | | |
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| |  | CLEVELAND: CLEVELAND (AP) - Jason Kipnis didn't want it to end. He had plenty of company.
After the final out ended the club's magical, turnaround season so jarringly last October, Kipnis, who made his first All-Star team in 2013 and a few of his teammates lingered in the dugout and watched as Tampa Bay's players celebrated their 4-0 win in the AL wild-card playoff game.
One and done. Hardly the finish Cleveland wanted.
And once again, the city would remain without a major sports championship, a drought approaching its 50-year anniversary.
But despite their brief postseason appearance in manager Terry Francona's first year, the Indians intend to play in October again - and again.
''We don't want it to be a fluke,'' Kipnis said. ''We don't want to be a one-trick pony. We want to be at the top and we want to stay there.''
Hoping to build off their unexpected 92-win campaign, the Indians enter 2014 confident they can not only contend this season, but go even further.
During spring training in Arizona, first baseman Nick Swisher, who also serves as the club's high-energy hype man, handed out ''Unfinished Business'' T-shirts to his teammates.
The Indians aren't satisfied.
''Last season, hopefully, was a steppingstone that we needed to get us going in the right direction,'' Swisher said. ''Last year was that amazing year to get us in the right mind frame to say, `Hey, we can do this. We are a team. And people need to start recognizing it.'''
Cleveland had to win its final 10 games just to make the playoffs. The late-season kick wouldn't have been necessary if the Indians had played more consistently, and more evenness has been a focus for Francona, who feels his club has the makings to do something special again.
''I love our team,'' said the AL's manager of the year. ''I love coming to the ballpark and watching them play. They are easy to like because they try hard. When you can show up with a group of guys and you respect the way they go about things it makes the challenging times more fulfilling. We know we can do it now. We've got to try and go do it better.''
| | KANSAS CITY: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - James Shields thinks back to last year, thoughtfully piecing together what was missing from the Kansas City Royals as they made a late push for the postseason.
The pitching was strong. The offense was coming around. The defense was sublime.
He finally settled on experience.
''These guys that didn't realize or have never been to September, when you're fighting for a playoff spot, now you have that experience,'' Shields said. ''And I think that was one of the things we were lacking last season, the experience. You tend to put too much on your shoulders. And I think the second half we definitely relaxed and put all that aside and had fun and played the game the way we know how to play, and it showed.
''I think with the experience factor now,'' Shields concluded, ''we're ready to go.''
After finishing 86-76 a year ago, and contending into September for the first time in a decade, the Royals have their sets sight squarely on their first playoff appearance since 1985 this year.
Anything less would be a disappointment. Anything less would be a failure.
''Last year was a blast. When the end of the season came in Chicago, nobody wanted to leave,'' first baseman Eric Hosmer said. ''They knew how close we were. We were right there. And it left a good taste in everyone's mouth going into the offseason, knowing how good everyone can be.''
Indeed, the Royals return most of their key players from a year ago, signing left-hander Jason Vargas to replace their only significant loss, starting pitcher Ervin Santana. They also upgraded at their weakest spots, trading for Norichika Aoki to play right field and bat leadoff and signing Omar Infante to settle a second base position that has been a black hole for years.
All of which left the notoriously frugal franchise with a record-setting payroll.
Royals manager Ned Yost hopes all those moves will pay off for a rotation that was among the league's best last year, and an offense that was among the league's worst.
''It's going to be a lineup that has offensive sequence from one to nine. You're not going to have any dead spots,'' Yost said. ''You're not going to get something going and then bam, run into a wall and have to get going again. At least, I hope not. I don't think so.''
So with more experience and an upgraded lineup, Kansas City enters its season opener Sunday at Detroit with boundless enthusiasm. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (CLEVELAND-KANSAS CITY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Indians-Royals Preview* ========================
By JON PALMIERI STATS Editor
Cleveland (51-51) at Kansas City (51-50), 8:10 p.m. EDT
Following one of the worst performances of his career, Yordano Ventura should be eager to face the Cleveland Indians.
Ventura looks to continue his mastery of the Indians and help the Kansas City Royals to a fourth straight win Friday night at Kauffman Stadium.
Since reeling off 10 consecutive wins last month for a brief stay atop the AL Central, the Royals (51-50) have lost 18 of 30. They have, however, shown signs lately with wins in their last three games, including a 2-1, 14-inning victory in Thursday's opener of this four-game series.
Nori Aoki singled home Lorenzo Cain for the winning run, lifting Kansas City to its seventh win in eight home meetings against Cleveland. Aoki's hit was only the Royals' fifth in 14 innings and made them 1 for 3 with runners in scoring position.
"It was one of the best feelings, and hopefully we have more of those moments the rest of the season," Aoki said.
Cleveland wasted a brilliant start from Corey Kluber, who took a perfect game into the seventh and allowed one unearned run and two hits with 10 strikeouts in nine innings.
"I wish we'd had some runs so we could sit back and really enjoy it, because that was special," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "You can use all the adjectives you want. He had dominating stuff."
Facing Ventura promises to be another challenge for the slumping Indians (51-51), who have lost four of five while batting .198 and totaling 14 runs - eight in one game.
Ventura (7-8, 3.59 ERA) struggled mightily in his first start after the All-Star break, allowing career highs of six runs and nine hits with four walks over 4 1-3 innings in a 6-0 loss at Boston on Sunday. He failed to record a strikeout for the first time in 21 big league starts.
"After the third inning, I don't know what happened, but I couldn't throw pitches for a strike," Ventura told MLB's official website.
Returning home to face Cleveland should help him bounce back. The right-hander has a 2.63 ERA in his last four starts overall in Kansas City and one of those games was a seven-inning, one-run performance June 11 in a 4-1 victory over Cleveland.
He also came up just shy of a shutout in Cleveland on July 4, allowing a leadoff homer to Michael Brantley in the ninth and getting pulled one out later in the 7-1 victory.
Ventura is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA in three career starts against the Indians.
Brantley, mired in a 1-for-18 slump, is 4 for 10 against Ventura.
Josh Tomlin (5-7, 4.43) seeks his first win in four starts for Cleveland. Since tossing a one-hitter with a career-high 11 strikeouts in a 5-0 win at Seattle on June 28, the right-hander is 0-2 with a 6.88 ERA in three starts. He lasted 4 1-3 innings in a 5-1 loss at Detroit on Sunday, allowing four runs and six hits.
The first of his three outings this month came opposite Ventura on July 4 and he was tagged for five runs and 10 hits over 5 2-3 innings in the loss.
Tomlin, though, has been sharp in his last two outings at Kauffman Stadium, yielding two runs and 10 hits in 13 1-3 innings.
Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer was held out of the starting lineup for the third time in four games Thursday due to a bruised right hand. He entered in the ninth inning as a defensive replacement.
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| | Last Updated: 4/25/2024 10:07:42 PM EST. |
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