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MLB Matchup
Athletics vs Royals Game Time: 8:10 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
8/04/12		Tor	1-3	D/g	-145	-162	7.5-110	7.5+100	Griffin,a.	L	U
8/05/12		Tor	5-6	D/g	-165	-165	7.5-105	7.0-115	Milone,to	L	O
8/06/12		Laa	0-4	N/g	+136	+155	6.5-120	6.5-125	Parker,ja	L	U
8/07/12		Laa	10-4	N/g	+120	+130	7.0-120	7.0+100	Colon,ba	W	O
8/08/12		Laa	9-8	D/g	+120	+130	7.0-115	7.0-115	Straily,da	W	O
8/10/12	At	Cws	3-4	N/g	-120	-108	8.5-115	8.5-115	Mccarthy,br	L	U
8/11/12	At	Cws	9-7	N/g	-144	-140	8.5-110	8.5+105	Blackley,tr	W	O
8/12/12	At	Cws	3-7	D/g	-155	-149	8.0-105	8.0+100	Colon,ba	L	O
8/14/12	At	Kc	0-5	N/g	+110	-114	9.0-120	8.5-105	Parker,ja	L	U
8/15/12	At	Kc	2-3	N/g	+105	+111	8.5-120	8.5-120	Mccarthy,br	L	U
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/05/12		Tex	7-6	D/g	+136	+125	9.5-105	9.0-105	Hochevar,lu	W	O
8/06/12	At	Cws	2-4	N/g	-210	-220	8.5-115	8.0-105	Mendoza,lu	L	U
8/07/12	At	Cws	5-2	N/g	-190	-210	9.0-115	9.0-105	Chen,br	W	U
8/08/12	At	Cws	2-1	N/g	-200	-165	9.5-105	9.0+100	Guthrie,je	W	U
8/09/12	At	Bal	8-2	N/g	-160	-180	9.0-110	8.5-120	Smith,wi	W	O
8/10/12	At	Bal	1-7	N/g	-132	-117	9.0-105	9.5-105	Hochevar,lu	L	U
8/11/12	At	Bal	7-3	N/g	-130	-138	9.0-110	9.0-105	Mendoza,lu	W	O
8/12/12	At	Bal	3-5	D/g	-130	-120	9.5-110	9.0-110	Chen,br	L	U
8/14/12		Oak	5-0	N/g	+110	-114	9.0-120	8.5-105	Guthrie,je	W	U
8/15/12		Oak	3-2	N/g	+105	+111	8.5-120	8.5-120	Smith,wi	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
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
6/02/12	Oak	3-9	D/g	-108	-140	8.0-110	8.0-110	Mccarthy,br	L	O
6/03/12	Oak	2-0	D/g	-120	-107	8.5-110	8.5-110	Mazzaro,vi	W	U
8/14/12	Oak	5-0	N/g	+110	-114	9.0-120	8.5-105	Guthrie,je	W	U
8/15/12	Oak	3-2	N/g	+105	+111	8.5-120	8.5-120	Smith,wi	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		34-26	+892	27-29	+558	61-55	+1450
Last	10	2-3	-167	1-4	-293	3-7	-460
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		23-32	-1117	28-33	+446	51-65	-671
Last	10	3-0	+336	4-3	+343	7-3	+679
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Oakland		20-22	41-33	54-50	7-5	14-14	46-39
Kansas	City	13-25	38-40	47-59	4-6	12-15	37-49

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Oakland
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		24-36	-1590	22-30	-1070	46-66	-2660
Last	10	3-2	+75	2-3	-140	5-5	-65
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		25-29	-710	26-33	-935	51-62	-1645
Last	10	1-2	-125	2-5	-325	3-7	-450

Away Pitcher

OAKLAND ATHLETICS -- STRAILY,DAN (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	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	2	0	0	10.2	13	6	6	2	10	5.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	0	0	10.2	13	6	6	2	10	5.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR STRAILY,DAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
2	13.1	6	6	4.05	12	6	20	2	2	0	1	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/03/12	TOR	5-4		6.0	1	1	5	1	5	0	-130	-172	7.5+110	7.0-115
8/08/12	LAA	9-8		4.2	5	5	8	1	5	4	+120	+130	7.0-115	7.0-115

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/10/12	at CWS	2.2	1	1	3.38	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
8/11/12	at CWS	4.0	2	2	4.50	4	1	5	1	1	0	1	1
8/12/12	at CWS	2.1	1	1	3.86	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8/14/12	at KC	3.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
8/15/12	at KC	1.1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	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	12	5	6	68.0	79	44	41	23	45	5.43	1	1	4	5	4	5	1	1
Home	11	2	4	62.1	64	40	36	17	50	5.20	0	4	2	0	2	4	0	0
Total	23	7	10	130.1	143	84	77	40	95	5.32	1	5	6	5	6	9	1	1

2012 BULLPEN FOR HOCHEVAR,LUKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
22	73.2	21	18	2.20	58	34	70	5	4	2	4	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/20/12	MIN	1-2		7.0	1	1	5	0	6	1	-137	-152	9.5-120	10.0-105
7/25/12	at LAA	6-11	L	3.0	8	6	9	1	2	1	-220	-215	7.5-125	8.0-110
7/31/12	CLE	8-3	W	6.0	3	3	7	3	6	0	-110	-118	9.5-110	9.5-115
8/05/12	TEX	7-6		6.0	5	1	4	1	4	0	+136	+125	9.5-105	9.0-105
8/10/12	at BAL	1-7	L	5.1	7	7	7	2	2	3	-132	-117	9.0-105	9.5-105

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
6/02/12	OAK	3-9	L	4.2	6	6	5	3	3	0	-108	-140	8.0-110	8.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/10/12	at BAL	2.2	0	0	0.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/11/12	at BAL	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/12/12	at BAL	2.2	1	0	0.00	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/14/12	OAK	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
8/15/12	OAK	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Thu, Aug 16 5:00 AM EST

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