Pitcher–Batter Matchups
Right-handed
Merrill Kelly
ERA
3.36
WHIP
1.09
W-L
9-7
IP
144.2
K/9
8.5
BB/9
2.7
Opponent AVG
Lvs L AVG0.211
Rvs R AVG0.182
Last 10 outings
| Date | IP | ER | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-13 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 99 |
| 2025-08-08 | 4.1 | 4 | 4 | 94 |
| 2025-08-02 | 5.2 | 2 | 2 | 69 |
| 2025-07-26 | 6.2 | 1 | 2 | 99 |
| 2025-07-20 | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 97 |
| 2025-07-13 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 98 |
| 2025-07-08 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 77 |
| 2025-07-02 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 92 |
| 2025-06-27 | 5.0 | 3 | 5 | 88 |
| 2025-06-21 | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 94 |
Royals Starting Lineup
| Batter | Season | Last 10 | Pitcher Splits | Last 5 SeasonsiBatter-versus-pitcher results from the current and previous four seasons, before this game. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bats | # | Batter | Status | Pos | AVG | OPS | OPS+ | AVG | OPS | vs LHP | vs RHP | AVG | AB | H | HR |
| L | 1 | Mike Yastrzemski#18 | 🔥 | RF | 0.230 | 0.657 | 98 | 0.219 | 0.866 | 0.139 | 0.252 | 0.216 | 37 | 8 | 4 |
| R | 2 | Bobby Witt Jr.#7 | 🔥 | SS | 0.291 | 0.748 | 125 | 0.343 | 0.883 | 0.323 | 0.284 | - | - | - | - |
| L | 3 | Vinnie Pasquantino#9 | 1B | 0.257 | 0.719 | 116 | 0.216 | 0.791 | 0.213 | 0.270 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | 4 | Maikel Garcia#11 | 🔥 | 3B | 0.302 | 0.744 | 124 | 0.351 | 0.874 | 0.326 | 0.296 | - | - | - | - |
| L | 5 | Adam Frazier#20 | 🔥 | DH | 0.271 | 0.644 | 95 | 0.389 | 0.893 | 0.214 | 0.279 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 6 | Jonathan India#6 | 🔥 | 2B | 0.238 | 0.617 | 87 | 0.237 | 0.783 | 0.247 | 0.236 | 0.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| L | 7 | John Rave#16 | 🔥 | LF | 0.213 | 0.611 | 84 | 0.323 | 0.783 | 0.313 | 0.198 | - | - | - | - |
| L | 8 | Kyle Isbel#28 | 🔥 | CF | 0.264 | 0.606 | 83 | 0.294 | 0.751 | 0.188 | 0.278 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 9 | Luke Maile#18 | C | 0.208 | 0.655 | 98 | 0.208 | 0.655 | 0.250 | 0.188 | - | - | - | - | |
Bench / Reserve Batters1 players
| Batter | Season | Last 10 | Pitcher Splits | Last 5 SeasonsiBatter-versus-pitcher results from the current and previous four seasons, before this game. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bats | # | Batter | Status | Pos | AVG | OPS | OPS+ | AVG | OPS | vs LHP | vs RHP | AVG | AB | H | HR |
| R | 5 | Randal Grichuk#34 | DH | 0.242 | 0.644 | 94 | 0.273 | 0.680 | 0.243 | 0.241 | 0.100 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |

