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MLB Matchup
Athletics vs Royals Game Time: 2:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Kauffman Stadium Surface: Grass

Oakland
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/21/12		Laa	2-1	N/g	-105	+100	7.0-105	7.0-115	Milone,to	W	U
5/22/12		Laa	0-5	N/g	+145	+137	6.5-120	6.5-110	Godfrey,gr	L	U
5/23/12		Laa	1-3	D/g	+135	+140	6.5-110	6.5-130	Parker,ja	L	U
5/25/12		Nyy	3-6	N/g	+130	+133	7.5-110	7.5-120	Ross,ty	L	O
5/26/12		Nyy	2-9	D/g	+155	+145	7.5-105	7.5+100	Colon,ba	L	O
5/27/12		Nyy	0-2	D/g	+120	+107	8.0-105	7.5-120	Milone,to	L	U
5/28/12	At	Min	4-5	D/t	-125	-130	8.5-105	9.0-105	Blackley,tr	L	P
5/29/12	At	Min	2-3	N/t	+105	+100	8.5-110	8.5-105	Parker,ja	L	U
5/30/12	At	Min	0-4	D/t	-117	-115	9.0-105	8.5+100	Ross,ty	L	U
6/01/12	At	Kc	0-2	N/g	-140	-136	8.0-110	7.5+100	Colon,ba	L	U
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/21/12	At	Nyy	6-0	N/g	-168	-152	9.5+100	9.0+100	Paulino,fe	W	U
5/22/12	At	Nyy	2-3	N/g	-175	-165	9.5-105	9.0+100	Hochevar,lu	L	U
5/23/12	At	Nyy	3-8	N/g	-195	-215	9.0-115	9.0-125	Smith,wi	L	O
5/25/12	At	Bal	2-8	N/g	-135	-125	8.5-110	8.5+100	Chen,br	L	O
5/26/12	At	Bal	4-3	D/g	-125	-116	8.0-115	8.5-110	Paulino,fe	W	U
5/27/12	At	Bal	4-2	D/g	-125	-138	9.5+100	9.0+100	Hochevar,lu	W	U
5/28/12	At	Cle	5-8	D/g	-140	-131	9.0-115	9.5-110	Adcock,na	L	O
5/29/12	At	Cle	8-2	N/g	-155	-152	8.5-105	8.5-115	Smith,wi	W	O
5/30/12	At	Cle	6-3	D/g	-125	-113	8.5-105	8.0+100	Chen,br	W	O
6/01/12		Oak	2-0	N/g	-140	-136	8.0-110	7.5+100	Paulino,fe	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
6/14/11	Kc	4-7	N/g	-165	-160	7.5-120	7.5-115	Duffy,da	L	O
6/15/11	Kc	2-1	N/g	-135	-140	8.0-115	8.0-110	Outman,jo	W	U
6/16/11	Kc	8-4	D/g	-145	-143	7.5-110	7.5-115	Gonzalez,gi	W	O
9/05/11	Kc	6-11	D/g	-165	-160	8.5-115	8.5-110	Holland,gr	L	O
9/06/11	Kc	4-7	N/g	-165	-175	8.0-110	8.0-115	Duffy,da	L	O
9/07/11	Kc	7-0	D/g	-142	-145	8.5-115	8.5-120	Moscoso,gu	W	U
4/09/12	Kc	1-0	N/g	-112	-122	8.0+100	7.5-105	Milone,to	W	U
4/10/12	Kc	0-3	N/g	-115	-105	7.5-110	7.5+105	Duffy,da	L	U
4/11/12	Kc	5-4	D/g	-120	-120	7.5+105	7.0-110	Carignan,an	W	O
6/01/12	Oak	2-0	N/g	-140	-136	8.0-110	7.5+100	Paulino,fe	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		10-15	-537	12-15	+287	22-30	-250
Last	10	1-5	-400	0-4	-410	1-9	-810
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		6-17	-1132	16-11	+942	22-28	-190
Last	10	1-0	+100	5-4	+221	6-4	+321
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Oakland		7-12	15-18	20-26	2-4	4-5	18-23
Kansas	City	8-9	14-19	21-27	1-1	1-6	19-21

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		9-16	-905	8-16	-895	17-32	-1800
Last	10	2-4	-275	0-3	-305	2-7	-580
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		9-13	-510	14-13	+30	23-26	-480
Last	10	0-1	-100	5-4	+90	5-5	-10

Away Pitcher

OAKLAND ATHLETICS -- MCCARTHY,BRANDON (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	4	2	1	26.0	29	12	12	9	16	4.15	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0
Home	5	1	2	32.0	33	10	7	7	24	1.97	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0
Total	9	3	3	58.0	62	22	19	16	40	2.95	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR MCCARTHY,BRANDON
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9	28.0	12	12	3.86	23	12	23	1	2	1	4	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/21/12	CLE	1-5	L	7.0	2	2	10	3	4	0	-130	-130	7.0-115	7.0-120
4/27/12	at BAL	5-2	W	7.0	2	2	5	3	4	0	-123	-120	8.0-110	8.0+100
5/02/12	at BOS	4-2	W	6.2	1	1	5	3	4	0	-180	-155	8.5-110	8.5+100
5/12/12	DET	3-1	W	7.0	0	0	4	0	10	0	+120	+114	7.0+100	7.0-105
5/17/12	at TEX	5-4		5.1	4	4	8	3	4	2	-190	-166	9.0-105	9.0-120

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/07/11	at KC	3-4	L	8.1	4	4	7	2	3	0	-105	-102	8.5-110	8.0-115
4/11/12	KC	5-4		6.0	2	2	6	2	4	1	-120	-120	7.5+105	7.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/27/12	NYY	2.1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/28/12	at MIN	3.0	4	4	12.00	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	2
5/29/12	at MIN	2.2	3	3	10.13	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	1
5/30/12	at MIN	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
6/01/12	at KC	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- HOCHEVAR,LUKE (R)
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Day		Ngt		Grs		Trf
	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Away	6	3	2	35.0	37	18	17	13	29	4.37	1	0	2	2	3	2	0	0
Home	4	0	3	17.1	25	19	19	5	14	9.87	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0
Total	10	3	5	52.1	62	37	36	18	43	6.19	1	3	2	2	3	5	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR HOCHEVAR,LUKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
10	35.2	9	9	2.27	21	15	32	2	1	1	1	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/06/12	NYY	4-10	L	2.1	7	7	7	1	0	2	+120	+110	9.5-110	9.5+100
5/12/12	at CWS	5-0	W	7.0	0	0	3	1	5	0	-145	-162	8.0+100	8.0+110
5/17/12	BAL	3-5	L	6.0	4	4	7	1	6	1	-125	-126	9.0-110	9.0+110
5/22/12	at NYY	2-3	L	6.2	3	3	6	3	8	1	-175	-165	9.5-105	9.0+100
5/27/12	at BAL	4-2		4.2	2	1	7	1	6	0	-125	-138	9.5+100	9.0+100

VS. Opponent ( Last 5 Starts - Since 1997)
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/07/11	OAK	4-3		7.0	1	1	4	0	3	0	-105	-102	8.5-110	8.0-115
6/15/11	at OAK	1-2	L	7.0	2	2	5	2	0	0	-135	-140	8.0-115	8.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/27/12	at BAL	4.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
5/28/12	at CLE	5.2	3	3	4.76	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
5/29/12	at CLE	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/30/12	at CLE	4.0	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
6/01/12	OAK	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Sat, Jun 2 5:00 AM EST

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