Pitcher–Batter Matchups
Right-handed
Lucas Giolito
ERA
4.99
WHIP
1.30
W-L
1-3
IP
30.2
K/9
12.0
BB/9
3.8
Opponent AVG
Lvs L AVG0.160
Rvs R AVG0.250
Last 10 outings
| Date | IP | ER | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-02 | 5.1 | 1 | 2 | 97 |
| 2021-04-27 | 6.2 | 4 | 4 | 114 |
| 2021-04-19 | 1.0 | 7 | 8 | 54 |
| 2021-04-13 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| 2021-04-06 | 5.1 | 3 | 3 | 96 |
| 2021-04-01 | 5.1 | 2 | 2 | 87 |
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 |
| R | 1 | Whit Merrifield#15 | 2B | 0.262 | 0.679 | 109 | 0.231 | 0.641 | 0.297 | 0.247 | - | - | - | - | |
| L | 2 | Andrew Benintendi#23 | 🔥 | LF | 0.265 | 0.676 | 108 | 0.368 | 0.955 | 0.216 | 0.289 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 3 | Salvador Perez#13 | 🔥 | C | 0.283 | 0.770 | 136 | 0.368 | 0.926 | 0.176 | 0.323 | - | - | - | - |
| S | 4 | Carlos Santana#41 | 1B | 0.263 | 0.801 | 146 | 0.306 | 0.807 | 0.333 | 0.231 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | 5 | Jorge Soler#12 | DH | 0.194 | 0.518 | 60 | 0.211 | 0.411 | 0.120 | 0.217 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | 6 | Hunter Dozier#17 | 🔥 | RF | 0.163 | 0.543 | 66 | 0.222 | 0.772 | 0.222 | 0.141 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 7 | Michael A. Taylor#2 | CF | 0.265 | 0.647 | 100 | 0.250 | 0.539 | 0.222 | 0.282 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | 8 | Hanser Alberto#49 | ❄️ | 3B | 0.213 | 0.439 | 35 | 0.150 | 0.300 | 0.240 | 0.194 | - | - | - | - |
| L | 9 | Nicky Lopez#33 | ❄️ | SS | 0.200 | 0.510 | 59 | 0.034 | 0.278 | 0.250 | 0.180 | - | - | - | - |
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 |
| L | 9 | Ryan O'Hearn#29 | PH | 0.219 | 0.712 | 118 | 0.219 | 0.712 | 0.000 | 0.250 | - | - | - | - | |

