Pitcher–Batter Matchups
Right-handed
Paul Blackburn
ERA
5.24
WHIP
1.57
W-L
0-2
IP
22.1
K/9
6.0
BB/9
2.0
Opponent AVG
Lvs L AVG0.296
Rvs R AVG0.293
Last 10 outings
| Date | IP | ER | R | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-10 | 2.2 | 4 | 4 | 65 |
| 2021-09-04 | 3.2 | 4 | 4 | 69 |
| 2021-08-29 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 2021-08-23 | 5.2 | 2 | 2 | 97 |
| 2021-08-18 | 5.1 | 3 | 3 | 75 |
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 | RF | 0.280 | 0.652 | 95 | 0.319 | 0.652 | 0.287 | 0.277 | - | - | - | - | |
| L | 2 | Nicky Lopez#33 | 🔥 | SS | 0.303 | 0.686 | 106 | 0.422 | 0.936 | 0.309 | 0.300 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 3 | Salvador Perez#13 | 🔥 | DH | 0.276 | 0.831 | 145 | 0.275 | 0.908 | 0.314 | 0.261 | - | - | - | - |
| L | 4 | Andrew Benintendi#23 | 🔥 | LF | 0.278 | 0.701 | 109 | 0.525 | 1.306 | 0.304 | 0.266 | - | - | - | - |
| S | 5 | Adalberto Mondesi#27 | ❄️ | 3B | 0.253 | 0.784 | 131 | 0.154 | 0.522 | 0.241 | 0.261 | - | - | - | - |
| L | 6 | Ryan O'Hearn#29 | ❄️ | 1B | 0.219 | 0.598 | 77 | 0.100 | 0.317 | 0.161 | 0.228 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 7 | Hunter Dozier#17 | 🔥 | 1B | 0.208 | 0.572 | 71 | 0.241 | 0.809 | 0.205 | 0.210 | - | - | - | - |
| L | 8 | Kyle Isbel#28 | CF | 0.302 | 0.720 | 115 | 0.276 | 0.723 | 0.375 | 0.286 | - | - | - | - | |
| R | 9 | Sebastián Rivero#38 | C | 0.143 | 0.393 | 19 | 0.182 | 0.490 | 0.000 | 0.160 | - | - | - | - | |
Bench / Reserve Batters3 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 | 8 | Edward Olivares#14 | CF | 0.227 | 0.664 | 97 | 0.241 | 0.575 | 0.190 | 0.255 | - | - | - | - | |
| S | 9 | Carlos Santana#41 | ❄️ | PH | 0.219 | 0.652 | 95 | 0.128 | 0.414 | 0.280 | 0.191 | - | - | - | - |
| R | 6 | Hanser Alberto#49 | 2B | 0.262 | 0.572 | 71 | 0.233 | 0.615 | 0.268 | 0.257 | - | - | - | - | |

