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MLB : ATS Matchup
Wednesday 5/4/2016Line$ LineOU LineScore
WASHINGTON  STRASBURG )
 
KANSAS CITY  MEDLEN )
-1.5  +105

+1.5  -125
-140

+130

7.5un
 
13
Final
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WASHINGTON (18 - 8) at KANSAS CITY (14 - 12)
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Wednesday, 5/4/2016 2:15 PM
STEPHEN STRASBURG (R) vs. KRIS MEDLEN (R)
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
977WASHINGTON-140Ov 7.5,+105-145Ov 7.5,+110
978KANSAS CITY+130Un 7.5,-125+135Un 7.5,-130
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
WASHINGTON - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games18-8+6.59-134.10.2380.3050.3990.7032.60.2150.2750.3060.581
Road Games10-4+5.24-74.50.2450.3010.4380.7392.40.2180.2680.3190.587
vs Right-handed Starters15-7+4.58-114.00.2410.3020.3900.6912.70.2110.2730.3080.581
Past 7 Games4-3+0.12-33.60.2210.2710.3770.6482.70.2310.2820.3060.587
Grass Games18-8+6.59-134.10.2380.3050.3990.7032.60.2150.2750.3060.581
Day Games7-4+1.33-53.70.2220.2960.3730.6692.80.2050.2630.3080.571
Interleague4-1+3.13-24.80.2750.3240.4460.7693.20.1970.2490.2450.493
WASHINGTON - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.10.2380.30526878209374320.3991048421211172168268
Road Games4.50.2450.30114482118232220.438613912038694154
Righty Starters4.00.2410.30222747180303250.390856517710146126207
WASHINGTON - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games2.801.05474232358720744-410283.3%
Road Games2.971.04636.312123147392-25271.4%

KANSAS CITY - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games14-12+1.46-183.40.2530.3040.3760.6803.50.2350.3170.3650.681
Home Games9-4+4.43-104.10.2580.3130.4040.7173.00.2330.2980.3350.633
vs Right-handed Starters12-10+1.66-143.50.2550.3050.3760.6813.60.2370.3160.3710.687
Past 7 Games2-5-3.52-52.40.2460.2890.3190.6084.10.2510.3350.4220.756
Grass Games14-12+1.46-183.40.2530.3040.3760.6803.50.2350.3170.3650.681
Day Games3-3-0.11-53.20.2290.2620.3510.6132.50.2180.2900.2990.590
Interleague2-2-0.11-32.70.2200.2610.2520.5133.20.2450.3140.3810.695
KANSAS CITY - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games3.40.2530.30426870220364210.376826417821179267146
Home Games4.10.2580.31313423109184120.404503481108311415
Righty Starters3.50.2550.30522736188323170.376735214820147227105
KANSAS CITY - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games2.651.24981.7252470732864-19375%
Home Games3.191.30042.3151540415493-04180%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
WASHINGTON - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
4/20/2016ROSS(R)@ MIAMICHEN(L)3-1W-1108 unU740530
4/21/2016SCHERZER(R)@ MIAMIKOEHLER(R)1-5L-1857 ovU240960
4/22/2016GONZALEZ(L)MINNESOTAGIBSON(R)8-4W-1558 unO971870
4/23/2016ROARK(R)MINNESOTAHUGHES(R)2-0W-1208 ovU760260
4/24/2016STRASBURG(R)MINNESOTADUFFEY(R)6-5W-1607 unO161401191
4/26/2016SCHERZER(R)PHILADELPHIAVELASQUEZ(R)3-4L-1957 ovP790981
4/27/2016GONZALEZ(L)PHILADELPHIAHELLICKSON(R)0-3L-2007 ovU241780
4/28/2016ROARK(R)PHILADELPHIANOLA(R)0-3L-1357.5 unU460650
4/29/2016STRASBURG(R)@ ST LOUISLEAKE(R)5-4W-1457 unO7311060
4/30/2016ROSS(R)@ ST LOUISGARCIA(L)6-1W1307 ovP661893
5/1/2016SCHERZER(R)@ ST LOUISMARTINEZ(R)6-1W-1207 unP1150650
5/2/2016GONZALEZ(L)@ KANSAS CITYVOLQUEZ(R)2-0W1107.5 unU970570
5/3/2016ROARK(R)@ KANSAS CITYYOUNG(R)6-7L1107.5 unO12701150
5/4/2016STRASBURG(R)@ KANSAS CITYMEDLEN(R) 
5/5/2016ROSS(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSHENDRICKS(R) 
5/6/2016SCHERZER(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSLACKEY(R) 
5/7/2016GONZALEZ(L)@ CHICAGO CUBSHAMMEL(R) 
5/8/2016ROARK(R)@ CHICAGO CUBSARRIETA(R) 
5/9/2016STRASBURG(R)DETROITSANCHEZ(R) 
5/10/2016ROSS(R)DETROITFULMER(R) 
5/11/2016 DETROIT  

KANSAS CITY - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
4/20/2016KENNEDY(R)DETROITZIMMERMANN(R)2-3L-1307.5 ovU1090991
4/21/2016VOLQUEZ(R)DETROITPELFREY(R)4-0W-1558.5 ovU1081561
4/22/2016YOUNG(R)BALTIMOREGALLARDO(R)4-2W-1308.5 unU840540
4/23/2016MEDLEN(R)BALTIMOREWILSON(R)3-8L-1209 unO7501481
4/24/2016VENTURA(R)BALTIMOREWRIGHT(R)6-1W-1408.5 ovU1170451
4/25/2016KENNEDY(R)@ LA ANGELSRICHARDS(R)1-6L1057 unP480851
4/26/2016VOLQUEZ(R)@ LA ANGELSWEAVER(R)4-9L-1257.5 unO9611490
4/27/2016YOUNG(R)@ LA ANGELSTROPEANO(R)2-4L1107.5 unU1090520
4/29/2016MEDLEN(R)@ SEATTLEHERNANDEZ(R)0-1L1307 unU670162
4/30/2016VENTURA(R)@ SEATTLEMILEY(L)0-6L-1107 unU550790
5/1/2016KENNEDY(R)@ SEATTLEWALKER(R)4-1W1057.5 unU11808101
5/2/2016VOLQUEZ(R)WASHINGTONGONZALEZ(L)0-2L-1207.5 unU570970
5/3/2016YOUNG(R)WASHINGTONROARK(R)7-6W-1207.5 unO11501270
5/4/2016MEDLEN(R)WASHINGTONSTRASBURG(R) 
5/6/2016VENTURA(R)@ CLEVELANDSALAZAR(R) 
5/7/2016KENNEDY(R)@ CLEVELAND  
5/8/2016VOLQUEZ(R)@ CLEVELANDTOMLIN(R) 
5/9/2016YOUNG(R)@ NY YANKEESSABATHIA(L) 
5/10/2016MEDLEN(R)@ NY YANKEESTANAKA(R) 
5/11/2016 @ NY YANKEES  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
WASHINGTON: There is plenty new about the Nationals. After being considered the team to beat in recent seasons but never winning a playoff series, the Nats have become the chasers, trying to catch the league champion Mets in the NL East. Washington flopped a year ago under Williams and he was replaced by Baker, a quick-turnaround artist with seven trips to the playoffs and three Manager of the Year awards in 20 seasons of National League experience on the bench. Several familiar faces are gone, including Zimmermann, Desmond, Span and Storen. But Washington is hoping that with Harper ' the youngest unanimous MVP in baseball history ' anchoring the lineup, Scherzer leading the rotation, and a rebuilt relief corps, Baker's touch can help the club finally reach its potential.
KANSAS CITY: Sure, the Royals have questions in their rotation. But signing Alex Gordon to a $72 million, four-year deal means nearly their entire lineup from last year's World Series championship is back. And that means not only balanced production but one of the game's best defenses, one that made marvelous plays at every turn to beat the New York Mets in five games for the title. Throw in one of the game's deepest bullpens, anchored by Wade Davis, and folks in Kansas City believe their team can make a run to its third consecutive World Series.
PREVIEW
Nationals-Royals Preview
By BRETT HUSTON STATS Senior Editor

Stephen Strasburg may have learned more about himself from his first rocky beginning to a start then he did when he was mowing opposing hitters down from the get-go.

It's pretty common knowledge to the rest of baseball that the Washington Nationals' one-time phenom had it all working in April, and he'll try to continue a pattern of becoming stronger as the game wears on in Wednesday's road finale against the Kansas City Royals.

Strasburg (4-0, 2.25 ERA) only had one rough inning in his first four starts before giving up a pair of first-inning runs and four hits to St. Louis on Friday in the opener of the Nationals' 10-game road trip. The Cardinals only got four more hits through the next six innings as Washington (18-8) won 5-4.

Opponents are hitting just .179 off the right-hander past the fourth inning.

"Yeah, I think it just comes with experience and maturing," Strasburg said. "It's easy to kind of hit the panic button after a couple runs early and stuff. But that's not how I want to go about it. If it's not my day, it's not my day - but I'm going to fight until the very end."

Strasburg's changeup, which opponents hit at a .260 clip a year ago, has been devastating with just a .033 batting average against. But Mike Matheny may have provided a scouting report for the Cardinals' cross-state rivals to keep an eye on a different pitch.

"It looked like a different break to his slider in the middle innings," Matheny told MLB's official website of the hybrid cutter Strasburg has been trying out. "Guys were having a tough time picking it up. Good pitchers do that. They make the adjustments, figure out what they have to do a little bit differently."

The Royals (14-12) came into Tuesday's game wanting to change up a number of things at the plate after getting shut out in three of their previous four games and totaling 11 runs in a 1-6 stretch. It looked like another loss was on the horizon, but Kansas City rallied with three runs in the ninth off Jonathan Papelbon to beat the Nationals 7-6.

''Those are the kinds of wins that help you get going. It's been a rough week for us,'' Royals manager Ned Yost said. ''These guys have the character that they'll keep fighting.''

It's only the third time this season Washington allowed more than five runs.

''I don't know what to say,'' Nationals manager Dusty Baker said after watching Kansas City improve to 9-4 at home. "Their speed got us. That's what they do. That's what they do in this ballpark. They certainly know how to come back. I've seen them come back many, many times. Boy, that's real tough.''

Kris Medlen (1-2, 4.87) won't find a start against the Nationals unusual after spending five years in Atlanta, but his latest outing certainly qualified as atypical. The right-hander only surrendered one hit - a solo homer - at Seattle on Friday, but five walks limited him to 5 1/3 innings in a 1-0 loss to Felix Hernandez.

"He did a nice job," Yost said. "He had a really good changeup tonight and was using it to his advantage. I thought he pitched great."

Medlen has a 2.16 ERA on the road and has allowed nine hits in 16 2/3 innings, the same total he surrendered in 3 2/3 in his only home start. He had a 6.99 ERA in six appearances at Kauffman Stadium in 2015.

The Nationals are 4-1 on their trip despite Bryce Harper going 1 for 20 with 10 strikeouts.


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