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923 | CHI WHITE SOX | +100 | Ov 7,+105 | +100 | Ov 6.5,+100 | 924 | KANSAS CITY | -110 | Un 7,-125 | -110 | Un 6.5,-120 |
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All Games | 69-82 | +0.3 | 75-71 | 4.1 | 0.255 | 0.306 | 4.7 | 0.264 | 0.332 | Road Games | 30-44 | -1.7 | 35-35 | 4.1 | 0.255 | 0.302 | 4.6 | 0.269 | 0.338 | vs Right-handed Starters | 49-59 | -1.5 | 54-49 | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.306 | 4.7 | 0.265 | 0.335 | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +4.4 | 3-3 | 4.1 | 0.272 | 0.310 | 3.3 | 0.228 | 0.311 | Grass Games | 66-81 | -2.3 | 74-68 | 4.2 | 0.256 | 0.308 | 4.7 | 0.265 | 0.332 | Night Games | 49-50 | +11.4 | 52-43 | 4.2 | 0.259 | 0.312 | 4.7 | 0.266 | 0.330 | Division | 31-37 | -0.3 | 35-30 | 4.4 | 0.267 | 0.321 | 4.8 | 0.280 | 0.342 |
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All Games | 4.1 | 0.255 | 0.306 | 151 | 5176 | 1318 | 439 | 146 | 0.03 | 588 | 387 | 1268 | 80 | 999 | 149 | 96 | | | Road Games | 4.1 | 0.255 | 0.302 | 74 | 2576 | 658 | 224 | 77 | 0.03 | 287 | 173 | 615 | 37 | 475 | 86 | 48 | | | Righty Starters | 4.1 | 0.251 | 0.306 | 108 | 3696 | 927 | 313 | 97 | 0.03 | 411 | 296 | 917 | 58 | 728 | 109 | 64 | | |
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All Games | 4.35 | 1.482 | 445.3 | 234 | 215 | 442 | 37 | 218 | 352 | 23-29 | 33 | 19 | 63.5% | Road Games | 4.05 | 1.430 | 200 | 98 | 90 | 191 | 15 | 95 | 144 | 10-16 | 17 | 7 | 70.8% |
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All Games | 82-68 | +2.6 | 66-76 | 4.0 | 0.261 | 0.308 | 3.9 | 0.251 | 0.306 | Home Games | 40-36 | -8.8 | 35-39 | 3.7 | 0.252 | 0.302 | 4.2 | 0.264 | 0.316 | vs Left-handed Starters | 22-19 | +2.4 | 16-23 | 3.8 | 0.266 | 0.317 | 4.3 | 0.259 | 0.308 | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -3.6 | 4-2 | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.318 | 4.1 | 0.242 | 0.292 | Grass Games | 78-65 | +1.1 | 63-73 | 4.0 | 0.259 | 0.308 | 3.9 | 0.251 | 0.305 | Night Games | 58-43 | +7 | 42-52 | 4.1 | 0.261 | 0.308 | 3.7 | 0.248 | 0.303 | Division | 32-32 | -6.6 | 32-30 | 4.1 | 0.266 | 0.317 | 4.4 | 0.265 | 0.321 |
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All Games | 4.0 | 0.261 | 0.308 | 150 | 5123 | 1335 | 374 | 90 | 0.02 | 558 | 353 | 894 | 142 | 988 | 142 | 96 | | | Home Games | 3.7 | 0.252 | 0.302 | 76 | 2488 | 628 | 180 | 40 | 0.02 | 263 | 177 | 432 | 81 | 469 | 61 | 46 | | | Lefty Starters | 3.8 | 0.266 | 0.317 | 41 | 1398 | 372 | 106 | 26 | 0.02 | 151 | 104 | 251 | 35 | 279 | 51 | 33 | | |
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All Games | 3.41 | 1.258 | 422 | 175 | 160 | 372 | 30 | 159 | 399 | 26-16 | 48 | 11 | 81.4% | Home Games | 4.13 | 1.360 | 224.3 | 107 | 103 | 216 | 18 | 89 | 224 | 18-7 | 27 | 6 | 81.8% |
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9/3/2014 | DANKS(L) | @ MINNESOTA | MAY(R) | 4-11 | L | 100 | 9.5 un | O | 9 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 9/5/2014 | SALE(L) | @ CLEVELAND | HOUSE(L) | 1-2 | L | -150 | 7 ov | U | 9 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9/6/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | @ CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 1-3 | L | 145 | 7 un | U | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9/7/2014 | CARROLL(R) | @ CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | 0-2 | L | 187 | 8 un | U | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 9/8/2014 | NOESI(R) | OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | 5-4 | W | +150 | 8.5 ev | O | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9/9/2014 | DANKS(L) | OAKLAND | LESTER(L) | 2-11 | L | +175 | 8.5 un | O | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 9/10/2014 | BASSITT(R) | OAKLAND | SAMARDZIJA(R) | 2-1 | W | +190 | 8.5 ev | U | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9/11/2014 | SALE(L) | OAKLAND | KAZMIR(L) | 1-0 | W | -140 | 7 un | U | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9/13/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | MINNESOTA | HUGHES(R) | 5-1 | W | +105 | 7 un | U | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9/13/2014 | CARROLL(R) | MINNESOTA | DARNELL(L) | 7-6 | W | -120 | 9 un | O | 11 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 9/14/2014 | NOESI(R) | MINNESOTA | MAY(R) | 4-6 | L | -125 | 8.5 un | O | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 9/15/2014 | DANKS(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 3-4 | L | 210 | 7 un | P | 13 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9/16/2014 | BASSITT(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | HENDRIKS(R) | 7-5 | W | 165 | 8 un | O | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 9/17/2014 | SALE(L) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | | 9/19/2014 | QUINTANA(L) | @ TAMPA BAY | HELLICKSON(R) | | 9/20/2014 | CARROLL(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | | 9/21/2014 | NOESI(R) | @ TAMPA BAY | COLOME(R) | | 9/22/2014 | DANKS(L) | @ DETROIT | PORCELLO(R) | | 9/23/2014 | BASSITT(R) | @ DETROIT | PRICE(L) | | 9/24/2014 | | @ DETROIT | | |
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9/3/2014 | VARGAS(L) | TEXAS | TEPESCH(R) | 4-1 | W | -170 | 8 ev | U | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 9/5/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | @ NY YANKEES | PINEDA(R) | 1-0 | W | 110 | 7.5 un | U | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9/6/2014 | DUFFY(L) | @ NY YANKEES | MCCARTHY(R) | 2-6 | L | 110 | 7.5 un | O | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 9/7/2014 | VENTURA(R) | @ NY YANKEES | GREENE(R) | 2-0 | W | -105 | 7.5 ev | U | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9/8/2014 | GUTHRIE(R) | @ DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | 5-9 | L | 125 | 8.5 un | O | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 9/9/2014 | VARGAS(L) | @ DETROIT | SCHERZER(R) | 2-4 | L | 155 | 7.5 ev | U | 10 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9/10/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | @ DETROIT | PORCELLO(R) | 3-0 | W | 100 | 8.5 un | U | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9/11/2014 | HENDRIKS(R) | BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 3-6 | L | -125 | 7.5 un | O | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9/12/2014 | VENTURA(R) | BOSTON | WEBSTER(R) | 2-4 | L | -195 | 7 un | U | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9/13/2014 | GUTHRIE(R) | BOSTON | DE LA ROSA(R) | 7-1 | W | -140 | 7.5 un | O | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9/14/2014 | VARGAS(L) | BOSTON | KELLY(R) | 4-8 | L | -165 | 7.5 un | O | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9/15/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | 4-3 | W | -230 | 7 un | P | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 9/16/2014 | HENDRIKS(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | BASSITT(R) | 5-7 | L | -175 | 8 un | O | 9 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9/17/2014 | VENTURA(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | | 9/19/2014 | VARGAS(L) | DETROIT | LOBSTEIN(L) | | 9/20/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | DETROIT | VERLANDER(R) | | 9/21/2014 | GUTHRIE(R) | DETROIT | SCHERZER(R) | | 9/22/2014 | DUFFY(L) | @ CLEVELAND | CARRASCO(R) | | 9/23/2014 | VENTURA(R) | @ CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | | 9/24/2014 | | @ CLEVELAND | | |
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| | | CHI WHITE SOX: CHICAGO (AP) - From rock bottom last season to contention this year? The Chicago White Sox see no reason why it can't happen.
They're ready to put last season's 99-loss wreck behind them and make a jump at least back to respectability, if not a run at the AL Central title.
They see a team with solid pitching, a new slugger in Jose Abreu and renewed vigor. Now, all they have to do is back it up.
''You have to pitch, you have to hit, you have to score,'' said manager Robin Ventura, entering his third season. ''You have to play defense. You have to do all of them in our division. Detroit has won it the last few years. They have a combination of everything. Unless you do that, you're not going to be close. We proved that last year.''
They had the pitching part down last season. The rest? Well, that's where things got dicey.
| | 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 (CHI WHITE SOX-KANSAS CITY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*White Sox-Royals Preview* ==========================
By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior Writer
Chicago (69-82) at Kansas City (82-68), 8:10 p.m. EDT
Coming off an ugly defeat in the heat of a playoff race, perhaps the last pitcher the Kansas City Royals want to face next is the AL's ERA leader.
Looking to improve to 3-0 against the Royals in 2014, Chris Sale and the Chicago White Sox try to send their AL Central rivals to a third straight series loss Wednesday night.
After failing to hold a pair of one-run leads, Kansas City (82-68) lost 7-5 to Chicago on Tuesday in a game that lasted 4 hours, 16 minutes - the longest nine-inning game in Royals history - and featured 15 pitchers.
The loss was the seventh in 11 games for the Royals, who still trail first-place Detroit by 1 1/2 games in the Central and hold a one-game lead over Seattle for the second wild-card spot.
"You make your own momentum every night," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Your momentum's as good as your starting pitcher."
Though the Royals have scored 20 runs while splitting their last four contests, they don't expect an easy time against Sale (12-3, 1.99 ERA) after he allowed one run, struck out 14 and walked two over 15 innings in his first two starts against them this season.
After yielding four hits in eight scoreless innings of a 5-1 victory over Kansas City on April 6, Sale has allowed one run and 10 hits over 15 1-3 innings to go 1-0 in his last two at Kauffman Stadium.
He has allowed a run and seven hits over 14 innings while going 1-0 in his last two outings overall. The left-hander gave up two of those hits and struck out nine in eight innings of a 1-0 victory over Oakland on Thursday to mark the fourth time in nine starts that he's not yielded an earned run.
"I'm not a numbers guy, I don't care about any of that stuff," said Sale, who is the first White Sox pitcher to lead the AL in ERA since Joe Horlen in 1967.
Nori Aoki is 0 for 3 against Sale, but recorded his second straight four-hit game Tuesday. The Kansas City leadoff hitter is batting .511 (23 for 45) in 11 games against the White Sox (69-82) this season.
Alcides Escobar, who had two hits Tuesday, is hitting .381 lifetime versus Sale.
Billy Butler is 1 for 27 in his last eight games and had hit .412 (14 for 34) with three homers versus Sale before going 0 for 5 against him this season.
Kansas City's Yordano Ventura (12-10, 3.27) allowed four runs despite walking 11 over 18 1-3 innings during a three-start winning streak that ended Friday when he gave up four runs in seven innings of a 4-2 home defeat to Boston.
The right-hander yielded four runs in six innings of a 7-6 home loss to the White Sox on May 20 that dropped him to 0-2 with a 7.20 ERA against them.
Ventura has never faced Jose Abreu, who got his 103rd RBI on Tuesday. The Cuban rookie went 0 for 4 after batting .440 in his previous seven games.
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| Last Updated: 3/19/2024 5:31:05 AM EST. |
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