LIVE Bottom 6th Mar 26
PIT 5 +105 o7.0
NYM 9 -113 u7.0
LIVE Bottom 4th Mar 26
CHW 1 +167 o8.0
MIL 5 -183 u8.0
LIVE Bottom 4th Mar 26
WAS 7 +178 o7.0
CHC 2 -196 u7.0
LIVE Bottom 2nd Mar 26
MIN 0 +125 o8.5
BAL 0 -135 u8.5
LAA +154 o8.0
HOU -168 u8.0
DET -120 o7.0
SD +111 u7.0
BOS -153 o8.0
CIN +141 u8.0
TEX +142 o8.5
PHI -154 u8.5
TB -128 o8.0
STL +118 u8.0
AZ +237 o9.0
LAD -265 u9.0
CLE +159 o6.5
SEA -173 u6.5
New York

New York vs Kansas City Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Boxscore

Livescore Details
Team R H E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
New York Yankees NYY NY Yankees 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kansas City Royals KC Kansas City 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NY Yankees Pitcher Hiroki Kuroda H. Kuroda (L)

Kansas City Pitcher James Shields J. Shields (W)

Game Info

Location  Kauffman Stadium

Temperature  Temperature

Attendance  - attendance

Home  Mike DiMuro

1st  Mike Estabrook

2nd  Bob Davidson

3rd  Jerry Layne

Batting Stats

NY Yankees Batting Stats Table
POS AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
B. Gardner LF 5 0 2 0 0 1 5 .279
D. Jeter SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .254
J. Ellsbury CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .287
C. Beltrán DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .218
B. McCann C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .225
Y. Solarte 3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .299
I. Suzuki RF 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .320
B. Roberts 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .239
K. Johnson 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .216
     M. Teixeira PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .238
Totals 35 1 8 1 2 12 23

Battling

  • 2B - Jacoby Ellsbury (15), Yangervis Solarte (14), Brian Roberts (8)
  • 3B - Brett Gardner (4)
  • TB - Brett Gardner 4, Jacoby Ellsbury 2, Yangervis Solarte 3, Ichiro Suzuki 2, Brian Roberts 2
  • RBI - Ichiro Suzuki (8)
  • Team LOB - 23

Fielding

  • DP - 3
Kansas City Batting Stats Table
POS AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
N. Aoki RF 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .256
     J. Dyson CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
O. Infante 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .230
E. Hosmer 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .256
B. Butler DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .249
A. Gordon LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .288
S. Pérez C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .271
L. Cain CF -RF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .331
M. Moustakas 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .151
A. Escobar SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277
Totals 26 2 5 2 2 3 6

Battling

  • 2B - Lorenzo Cain (8)
  • TB - Omar Infante 1, Salvador Pérez 1, Lorenzo Cain 2, Michael Moustakas 1, Alcides Escobar 1
  • RBI - Lorenzo Cain (24), Michael Moustakas (20)
  • GIDP - Eric Hosmer (8), Salvador Pérez (13)
  • Team LOB - 6

Baserunning

  • CS - Omar Infante (2 off Kuroda/McCann)

Pitching Stats

NY Yankees Pitching Stats Table
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
H. Kuroda (L 4-4) 7 .0 5 2 2 2 3 0 4.12
A. Warren 1 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.38
  • Pitches-Strikes - Hiroki Kuroda 0-0, Adam Warren 0-0
  • Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Hiroki Kuroda 11-2, Adam Warren 2-0
  • Batters Faced - Hiroki Kuroda 25, Adam Warren 3
Kansas City Pitching Stats Table
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J. Shields (W 7-3) 6 .0 6 1 0 2 8 0 3.44
A. Crow (H 6) 1 .0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.60
W. Davis (H 9) 1 .0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.27
G. Holland (S 17) 1 .0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.46
  • Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 0-0, Aaron Crow 0-0, Wade Davis 0-0, Gregory Holland 0-0
  • Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 7-1, Aaron Crow 1-0, Wade Davis 1-0, Gregory Holland 1-1
  • Batters Faced - James Shields 26, Aaron Crow 4, Wade Davis 3, Gregory Holland 4

NYY vs KCRecords

NYY vs KCRecords

Team Table
Team W/L H/A $ RF RA Tot O/U
NY Yankees logo NYY 31-30 18-14 -231 4.07 4.56 8.62 28-33
Kansas City logo KC 30-32 15-16 -529 3.90 4.16 8.06 28-30

NYY vs KCHead To Head

Win / Loss
7-3
Over / Under
5-5-0
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U NYY Starter (IP) KC Starter (IP)
Jun 07, '14 KC Kansas City logo 8 - 4 KC -117 o8.0 D. Phelps (5.2) D. Duffy (5.2)
Jun 06, '14 KC New York logo 4 - 2 NYY -114 u8.0 C. Whitley (7.0) J. Guthrie (7.0)
Jul 11, '13 NYY New York logo 8 - 4 NYY -117 o8.0 A. Pettitte (5.2) E. Santana (5.0)
Jul 10, '13 NYY New York logo 8 - 1 NYY -142 o8.5 I. Nova (8.0) W. Davis (5.0)
Jul 09, '13 NYY Kansas City logo 3 - 1 KC +133 u7.5 C. Sabathia (9.0) J. Shields (7.0)
Jul 08, '13 NYY Kansas City logo 5 - 1 KC +136 u9.0 P. Hughes (4.0) J. Guthrie (6.2)
May 12, '13 KC New York logo 4 - 2 NYY +106 u7.0 H. Kuroda (7.2) E. Santana (6.1)
May 11, '13 KC New York logo 3 - 2 NYY +142 u7.5 A. Pettitte (7.0) J. Shields (8.0)
May 10, '13 KC New York logo 11 - 6 NYY +112 o8.0 P. Hughes (5.2) W. Davis (5.0)
May 23, '12 NYY New York logo 8 - 3 NYY -203 o9.0 A. Pettitte (7.0) W. Smith (3.1)

NY Yankees logo New York Record Last 10

Win / Loss
4-6-0
Over / Under
5-5-0
ML
-$287
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
Jun 07, '14 @ Kansas City logo KC L 4 - 8 L +108 o8.0 D. Phelps (5.2) D. Duffy (5.2)
Jun 06, '14 @ Kansas City logo KC W 4 - 2 W -114 u8.0 C. Whitley (7.0) J. Guthrie (7.0)
Jun 05, '14 Athletics logo ATH W 2 - 1 W -146 u7.5 M. Tanaka (6.0) T. Pomeranz (7.0)
Jun 04, '14 Athletics logo ATH L 4 - 7 L +125 o9.0 V. Nuño III (4.2) J. Chavez (6.0)
Jun 03, '14 Athletics logo ATH L 2 - 5 L +109 u8.5 H. Kuroda (6.2) S. Kazmir (6.1)
Jun 02, '14 Seattle logo SEA L 2 - 10 L +121 o7.5 D. Phelps (6.0) F. Hernández (7.0)
Jun 01, '14 Minnesota logo MIN L 2 - 7 L -131 o8.5 C. Whitley (5.0) P. Hughes (8.0)
May 31, '14 Minnesota logo MIN W 3 - 1 W -258 u8.5 M. Tanaka (8.0) K. Correia (6.0)
May 30, '14 Minnesota logo MIN L 1 - 6 L -138 u9.0 V. Nuño III (6.2) C. Nolasco (6.0)
May 28, '14 @ St. Louis logo STL W 7 - 4 W +118 o7.5 H. Kuroda (5.2) S. Miller (5.0)

New York Next 3 Games

Kansas City logo Kansas City Record Last 10

Win / Loss
6-4-0
Over / Under
4-5-1
ML
$265
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
Jun 07, '14 New York logo NYY W 8 - 4 W -117 o8.0 D. Duffy (5.2) D. Phelps (5.2)
Jun 06, '14 New York logo NYY L 2 - 4 L +105 u8.0 J. Guthrie (7.0) C. Whitley (7.0)
Jun 05, '14 St. Louis logo STL W 3 - 2 W +105 u7.5 Y. Ventura (6.0) M. Wacha (6.0)
Jun 04, '14 St. Louis logo STL L 2 - 5 L +115 P7.0 J. Vargas (8.0) A. Wainwright (8.0)
Jun 03, '14 @ St. Louis logo STL W 8 - 7 W +109 o7.0 J. Shields (5.1) J. García (5.0)
Jun 02, '14 @ St. Louis logo STL W 6 - 0 W +133 u7.5 D. Duffy (6.0) S. Miller (7.0)
Jun 01, '14 @ Toronto logo TOR L 0 - 4 L +136 u8.5 J. Guthrie (7.0) M. Buehrle (8.0)
May 31, '14 @ Toronto logo TOR L 2 - 12 L +156 o9.5 A. Brooks (0.2) M. Stroman (6.0)
May 30, '14 @ Toronto logo TOR W 6 - 1 W +118 u8.5 J. Vargas (6.0) J. Happ (7.2)
May 29, '14 @ Toronto logo TOR W 8 - 6 W +115 o8.0 J. Shields (7.0) R. Dickey (5.0)

Kansas City Next 3 Games

Series Stats

Series Game Records

NY Yankees - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 11-11 21-9 7-17
Game 2 8-13 9-18 14-11
Game 3 9-6 11-9 14-12
Game 4 3-0 4-2 4-0
Kansas City - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 9-12 22-14 14-10
Game 2 13-8 20-15 10-13
Game 3 6-10 11-10 16-10
Game 4 2-2 3-4 3-2

Next 3 Series

NY Yankees
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Wed, Jun 11 - Fri, Jun 13 @ SEA logo SEA 87-75 41-40 H
Sat, Jun 14 - Sun, Jun 15 @ ATH logo ATH 88-74 48-33 H
Tue, Jun 17 - Thu, Jun 19 vs TOR logo TOR 83-79 37-44 A
Kansas City
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Wed, Jun 11 - Wed, Jun 11 vs CLE logo CLE 85-77 37-44 A
Sat, Jun 14 - Sun, Jun 15 @ CHW logo CHW 73-89 40-41 H
Mon, Jun 16 - Thu, Jun 19 @ DET logo DET 90-72 45-36 H

NYY vs KC Preview

Last Meeting ( Jun 7, 2014 ) NY Yankees 4, Kansas City 8

NYY vs KCInjury report

New York logoNew York's Injuries

New York Starters Last Game

Pitchers
POS # Player
SP 0 Michael Pineda
RP 0 Esmil Rogers
RP 0 Adam Warren
RP 0 David Phelps
Hitters
POS # Player
RF 0 Ichiro Suzuki
RF 40 * Eury Perez
DH 0 Derek Jeter
PR-DH 0 * Brian McCann
PH-DH 0 * John Ryan Murphy
CF 0 Brett Gardner
PH-1B 0 * Austin Romine
1B 0 Mark Teixeira
CF 0 * Antoan Richardson
3B 0 Chase Headley
SS 0 Stephen Drew
SS 0 * Brendan Ryan
C 0 Francisco Cervelli
2B 0 Jose Pirela
(* - Change In Order)

Kansas City's Injuries

Kansas City Starters Last Game

Pitchers
POS # Player
SP 0 Jeremy Guthrie
RP 0 Kelvin Herrera
RP 0 Wade Davis
RP 0 Greg Holland
Hitters
POS # Player
SS 0 Alcides Escobar
RF 0 Nori Aoki
CF 0 Lorenzo Cain
1B 0 Eric Hosmer
DH 0 Billy Butler
LF 0 Alex Gordon
C 0 Salvador Perez
3B 0 Mike Moustakas
2B 0 Omar Infante
(* - Change In Order)

NYY vs KC Starters Recent Games

Win / Loss
2-3
ERA
4.03
Avg. IP
5.2
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Jun 03, '14 NYY 2 - ATH 5
L +109 u8.5 6.2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0.0 1.8
May 28, '14 STL 4 - NYY 7
W +118 o7.5 5.2 9 3 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 4.0
May 23, '14 CHW 6 - NYY 5
L -139 o8.5 4.2 8 4 2 3 2 1 0 0.0 1.2
May 18, '14 NYY 4 - PIT 3
W -150 u8.5 6.0 5 3 3 7 2 2 0 0.0 1.5
May 12, '14 NYY 7 - NYM 9
L -166 o8.5 6.0 7 4 4 3 0 2 0 0.0 5.5
Last 5 Avg. 5.2 6.2 3.0 2.6 3.6 1.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 2.8
Last Vs Kansas City
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
May 12, '13 KC 2 - NYY 4
W +106 u7.0 7.2 6 2 2 1 1 0 0 0.0 2.0
May 21, '12 NYY 0 - KC 6
L -160 u8.5 5.1 7 3 3 4 3 1 103 19.3 0.0
May 05, '12 KC 5 - NYY 1
L -136 u9.0 4.1 6 3 2 2 3 0 91 21.0 1.3
Last 3 Avg. 5.2 6.3 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.3 64.7 13.4 1.1
Win / Loss
5-0
ERA
5.29
Avg. IP
6.1
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Jun 03, '14 STL 7 - KC 8
W +109 o7.0 5.1 9 7 5 1 4 2 0 0.0 4.5
May 29, '14 TOR 6 - KC 8
W +115 o8.0 7.0 8 6 6 6 0 3 0 0.0 3.5
May 24, '14 LAA 4 - KC 7
W -103 o7.0 6.0 9 4 4 4 2 2 0 0.0 5.0
May 18, '14 KC 8 - BAL 6
W -137 o7.0 7.0 9 3 3 3 1 0 0 0.0 1.8
May 13, '14 KC 5 - COL 1
W -144 u7.0 7.0 5 1 1 8 0 0 0 0.0 9.0
Last 5 Avg. 6.1 8.0 4.2 3.8 4.4 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 4.8
Last Vs New York
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Jul 09, '13 NYY 1 - KC 3
W +133 u7.5 7.0 5 1 1 5 2 0 0 0.0 2.0
May 11, '13 KC 2 - NYY 3
L -154 u7.5 8.0 6 3 2 5 2 1 0 0.0 0.3
Sep 15, '12 NYY 5 - TB 3
L +100 u9.0 6.1 6 4 4 4 1 2 103 16.3 6.0
Last 3 Avg. 7.0 5.7 2.7 2.3 4.7 1.7 1.0 34.3 5.4 2.8

NYY vs KCStats

NYY vs KC Stats Analysis

All Pitchers
Team ERA AVG. OBP WHIP IP HR BB K
New York logo New York 4.02 .259 .311 1.27 8.2 1.1 2.3 8.6
Kansas City logo Kansas City 3.82 .251 .313 1.27 8.2 0.9 2.7 7.0

More Stats

NY Yankees Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
David Huff (L) 102 15 17.1 22 14 13 2 5 11 6.88 1.56 23:8
Last 3 3 3.1 3 4 4 0 2 2 12.00 1.50 5:1
Esmil Rogers (R) 102 16 20.2 28 17 16 5 7 21 7.20 1.69 16:18
Last 3 3 4.1 4 3 3 0 1 3 6.75 1.15 5:4
Shawn Kelley (R) 32 16 15.1 12 6 6 0 5 16 3.60 1.11 14:11
Last 3 3 3.0 2 3 3 0 3 4 9.00 1.67 3:1
Preston Claiborne (R) 4 15 17.2 18 7 7 1 6 14 3.71 1.36 16:14
Last 3 3 3.1 4 2 2 0 3 3 6.00 2.10 3:2
Adam Warren (R) 3 27 33.0 31 9 9 2 9 32 2.45 1.21 33:17
Last 3 3 2.1 6 3 3 1 1 3 13.50 3.00 1:2
Dellin Betances (R) 1 26 36.0 17 6 6 1 10 61 1.50 0.75 27:7
Last 3 3 3.1 2 1 1 0 1 5 3.00 0.90 4:0
David Robertson (R) 1 21 21.0 17 10 9 3 7 36 3.86 1.14 16:5
Last 3 3 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0.00 1.00 4:0
Kodi Whitley (R) 1 5 26.0 26 7 7 0 3 18 2.42 1.12 29:18
Last 3 3 17.0 18 6 6 0 0 11 3.18 1.06 17:13
David Phelps (R) 0 16 51.2 56 32 26 5 21 46 4.59 1.49 49:27
Last 3 3 17.2 24 18 14 2 6 13 7.41 1.70 18:9
Bullpen Total 246 157 238.2 227 108 99 19 73 255 3.73 1.26 223:125
Last 3 27 57.1 65 40 36 3 18 48 5.65 1.45 60:32
Available Bullpen 243 89 104.0 111 53 51 10 32 94 4.41 1.38 102:68


Kansas City Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Jason Frasor (R) 102 24 21.0 14 5 4 1 10 22 1.71 1.14 22:10
Last 3 3 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0.00 1.33 3:2
Aaron Brooks (R) 8 2 2.2 12 13 13 1 3 2 58.50 5.63 3:1
Last 3 2 2.2 12 13 13 1 3 2 58.50 5.63 3:1
Gregory Holland (R) 2 25 23.2 17 4 4 1 6 37 1.57 0.97 16:10
Last 3 3 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 0.33 1:0
Wade Davis (R) 2 24 27.1 11 4 4 0 10 44 1.33 0.77 18:11
Last 3 3 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 0.67 3:2
Kelvin Herrera (R) 0 29 29.1 27 9 8 0 13 23 2.48 1.36 32:16
Last 3 3 2.1 4 3 3 0 1 1 13.50 2.14 3:1
Michael Mariot (R) 0 11 20.1 26 15 15 0 7 15 6.75 1.62 22:13
Last 3 3 5.1 8 5 5 0 1 3 9.00 1.69 7:2
Bullpen Total 114 115 124.1 107 50 48 3 49 143 3.47 1.25 113:61
Last 3 17 19.1 27 21 21 1 9 17 9.78 1.86 20:8
Available Bullpen 114 75 74.2 54 26 25 3 29 105 3.01 1.11 59:32
NY Yankees All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Brandon McCarthy (R) 102 13 79.0 92 49 45 12 11 72 5.13 1.30 106:23
Christopher Capuano (L) 102 25 27.2 25 10 9 2 10 25 3.00 1.27 29:12
Iván Nova (R) 49 4 20.2 32 19 19 6 6 12 8.55 1.84 24:12
Michael Pineda (R) 45 4 19.2 17 4 4 1 3 15 1.89 1.02 11:18
Shane Greene (R) 44 1 0.1 0 3 0 0 3 1 0.00 9.00 1:0
Carsten Sabathia (L) 28 8 46.0 58 31 27 10 10 48 5.28 1.48 54:19
Masahiro Tanaka (R) 3 12 84.2 68 22 19 8 13 92 2.04 0.96 84:34


Kansas City All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Jason Vargas (L) 3 13 85.0 83 32 31 11 21 62 3.28 1.22 82:56
Yordano Ventura (R) 2 11 63.1 60 25 24 6 21 60 3.43 1.28 75:29
Jeremy Guthrie (R) 1 13 85.2 85 39 39 13 20 41 4.13 1.23 96:63
Daniel Duffy (L) 0 13 47.0 33 19 17 4 19 33 3.26 1.11 36:34
Umpire G W-L AVG PIT STR B STR% STR BB K/BB HR O/U
Mike DiMuro 0 0-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0-0




Vs Yankees
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter
May 14, 2014 NYM 0 - NYY 4 L +135 U 6.5 Masahiro Tanaka (R) Rafael Montero (R)


Vs Royals
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter


Vs Hiroki Kuroda (R)
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter


Vs James Shields (R)
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter

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  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds
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  • IP: Innings pitched by the starter
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  • SO: Strikeouts thrown by the starter
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Betting Terminology

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  • BB: Average bases on balls (walks) per game
  • EB Hits: Average extra base hits per game
  • SB: Average stolen bases per game
  • OBP: On base percentage
  • R: Runs allowed
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  • AVG: Batting average allowed
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