MLB Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals Matchup Analysis at VegasInsider.com, the leader in Sportsbook and Gaming information - MLB Matchups, MLB Matchups, Baseball Matchups, Baseball Matchups and Analysis

Handicapper Bios

Sports Picks

Free Odds

Contests

Sportsbook

Sports.com

VI Home

NFL

NBA

NHL

MLB

NCAA FB

NCAA BK

Golf

Auto

Horses

Boxing

VI More Sports

MLB

Scores

Matchups

Teams

Standings

Schedules

Injuries

News

Buy Picks

Vegas Odds

Matchups

MLB Matchup
Rays vs Royals Game Time: 8:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Kauffman Stadium Surface: Grass

Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/21/10	At	Nyy	3-8	N/g	-135	-140	9.5+100	9.5-105	Shields,ja	L	O
9/22/10	At	Nyy	7-2	N/g	-130	-135	9.5-125	10.5+100	Davis,wa	W	U
9/23/10	At	Nyy	10-3	N/g	-145	-140	7.5-120	8.0-105	Price,da	W	O
9/24/10		Sea	5-3	N/t	-220	-200	8.5-110	8.5-105	Niemann,je	W	U
9/25/10		Sea	9-1	N/t	-230	-230	8.0-120	8.0+100	Garza,ma	W	O
9/26/10		Sea	2-6	D/t	-210	-220	8.5-110	8.5+100	Shields,ja	L	U
9/27/10		Bal	0-4	N/t	-200	-170	8.5-110	8.5+100	Davis,wa	L	U
9/28/10		Bal	5-0	N/t	-250	-250	8.0+110	7.5-110	Price,da	W	U
9/29/10		Bal	0-2	N/t	-200	-190	9.0-125	9.0+100	Niemann,je	L	U
9/30/10	At	Kc	2-3	N/g	+120	+115	7.5+100	7.5-110	Garza,ma	L	U
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/21/10	At	Det	9-6	N/g	-165	-160	9.5+100	9.0-125	Chen,br	W	O
9/22/10	At	Det	2-4	N/g	-200	-220	8.5-110	8.5-110	Davies,ky	L	U
9/23/10	At	Cle	4-2	N/g	-135	-145	9.0-120	9.5+100	O'sullivan,s	W	U
9/24/10	At	Cle	3-7	N/g	-125	-120	9.0-110	9.0+100	Hochevar,lu	L	O
9/25/10	At	Cle	1-7	N/g	+120	+117	7.5+100	7.5-110	Greinke,za	L	O
9/26/10	At	Cle	3-5	D/g	-150	-140	8.5-110	8.5+105	Chen,br	L	U
9/27/10		Min	10-8	N/g	+140	+115	9.0-110	8.5-120	Davies,ky	W	O
9/28/10		Min	10-1	N/g	+120	+110	9.0-120	9.5+100	O'sullivan,s	W	O
9/29/10		Min	2-4	N/g	+115	-108	9.0+110	8.5-110	Hochevar,lu	L	U
9/30/10		Tb	3-2	N/g	+120	+115	7.5+100	7.5-110	Greinke,za	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
7/19/09	Tb	3-4	D/g	+125	+137	8.5-130	9.0-110	Balfour,gr	L	U
7/31/09	Kc	8-2	N/t	-185	-260	9.5+100	10.0-105	Price,da	W	P
8/01/09	Kc	7-1	D/t	-230	-300	10.0-110	10.0+105	Niemann,je	W	U
8/02/09	Kc	1-4	D/t	-250	-300	9.0+105	8.5-105	Bannister,br	L	U
8/03/09	Kc	10-4	D/t	-143	-138	8.0-110	7.5+105	Kazmir,sc	W	O
4/29/10	Kc	11-1	N/t	-270	-250	8.5-110	8.5-125	Garza,ma	W	O
4/30/10	Kc	2-3	N/t	-200	-270	9.0-110	9.0-125	Rupe,jo	L	U
5/01/10	Kc	2-4	N/t	-250	-280	9.0-110	9.0-110	Tejeda,ro	L	U
5/02/10	Kc	1-0	D/t	-135	-140	8.0-110	8.0+105	Davis,wa	W	U
9/30/10	Tb	3-2	N/g	+120	+115	7.5+100	7.5-110	Greinke,za	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		49-32	-604	45-33	+747	94-65	+143
Last	10	3-3	-280	2-2	+30	5-5	-250
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		37-41	-227	29-52	-257	66-93	-484
Last	10	3-1	+232	2-4	-142	5-5	+90
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Tampa	Bay	26-19	68-46	38-27	56-38	70-48	20-17
Kansas	City	21-27	45-66	59-81	7-12	13-17	50-70

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		30-48	-2290	44-31	+935	74-79	-1355
Last	10	1-5	-415	2-2	-10	3-7	-425
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		41-35	+210	41-37	+15	82-72	+225
Last	10	2-2	-20	3-3	-15	5-5	-35

Away Pitcher

TAMPA BAY RAYS -- SHIELDS,JAMES (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	16	7	7	96.0	123	68	60	23	77	5.63	2	3	5	4	6	6	1	1
Home	16	5	7	101.1	111	53	51	25	109	4.53	2	2	3	5	0	0	5	7
Total	32	12	14	197.1	234	121	111	48	186	5.06	4	5	8	9	6	6	6	8

2010 BULLPEN FOR SHIELDS,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
32	83.1	50	49	5.29	82	30	64	16	4	2	12	4

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/04/10	at BAL	4-8	L	4.1	6	6	8	1	3	1	+155	+135	9.0+100	8.5-115
9/10/10	at TOR	9-8		5.0	5	4	7	0	4	2	-110	-118	8.5-120	9.0+100
9/15/10	NYY	4-3		6.1	1	1	8	2	8	0	-125	-115	9.0-110	9.5+100
9/21/10	at NYY	3-8	L	5.1	5	5	7	2	4	1	-135	-140	9.5+100	9.5-105
9/26/10	SEA	2-6	L	6.0	5	5	8	2	6	1	-210	-220	8.5-110	8.5+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
6/04/09	KC	3-2	W	8.0	2	2	6	0	8	0	-170	-170	8.5-110	8.0-110
7/17/09	at KC	8-7		5.1	7	7	11	1	3	1	-120	+130	7.5+100	8.5+100
8/02/09	KC	1-4	L	7.1	2	1	2	4	6	0	-250	-300	9.0+105	8.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/26/10	SEA	3.0	1	0	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/27/10	BAL	2.2	1	0	0.00	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
9/28/10	BAL	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
9/29/10	BAL	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/30/10	at KC	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- CHEN,BRUCE (L)
	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	4	70.0	58	29	29	23	43	3.73	1	0	4	4	4	4	1	0
Home	10	5	3	52.0	69	35	33	24	39	5.71	2	0	3	3	5	3	0	0
Total	22	10	7	122.0	127	64	62	47	82	4.57	3	0	7	7	9	7	1	0

2010 BULLPEN FOR CHEN,BRUCE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
22	69.0	55	49	6.39	86	24	60	9	0	5	7	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/04/10	DET	4-6		4.2	4	4	6	3	6	1	+110	+110	9.5+100	9.0-115
9/10/10	at CWS	3-4		7.0	1	1	4	1	4	1	-220	-220	9.0-110	9.0-120
9/15/10	OAK	6-3	W	5.0	3	3	6	1	2	1	+135	+130	8.0-110	8.0-110
9/21/10	at DET	9-6	W	6.0	3	3	4	1	1	2	-165	-160	9.5+100	9.0-125
9/26/10	at CLE	3-5		6.2	0	0	4	3	3	0	-150	-140	8.5-110	8.5+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
8/01/09	at TB	1-7	L	6.2	3	2	5	3	6	0	-230	-300	10.0-110	10.0+105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/26/10	at CLE	1.1	5	5	33.75	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
9/27/10	MIN	5.2	1	1	1.59	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0
9/28/10	MIN	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
9/29/10	MIN	3.0	2	2	6.00	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
9/30/10	TB	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Fri, Oct 1 5:00 AM EST

Membership

	VI GOLD Membership Get winning picks from our full roster of handicappers for all sports and receive a 20% discount on all Daily Pick Packs.

NFL
NFL Picks
NFL Odds
NFL Matchups
NFL Scores
NFL Rotation

NBA
NBA Picks
NBA Odds
NBA Matchups
NBA Scores

MLB
MLB Picks
MLB Odds
MLB Matchups
MLB Scores
MLB Rotation

NCAA FB
NCAA FB Picks
NCAA FB Odds
NCAA FB Matchups
NCAA FB Scores
NCAA FB Rotation

NCAA BK
NCAA BK Picks
NCAA BK Odds
NCAA BK Matchups
NCAA BK Scores

NHL
NHL Picks
NHL Odds
NHL Matchups
NHL Scores

More Sports
Golf
Auto Racing
Horse Racing
Boxing
UFC
WNBA
Soccer

Features
Free Odds
Contests
Newsletters
VI Radio
Las Vegas Travel

Sportsbooks
Sportsbook.com
Bodog.com
Sports.com Sportsbook
PlayersOnly.com
SBG Global.com
SuperBook.com
SPORTSBETTING.COM
BetUS Sportsbook
betED.com

Betting Tools
Live Odds
Parlay Calculator
CSW Stats
Gaming Terms
TV Listings
Handicapping Records

VegasInsider Info
About Us
Help Center
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
Contact Us
User Feedback

Copyright © 1997-2010, VegasInsider.com Inc., The Global Leader In Sports Gaming Information. All rights reserved.
For questions or comments, please contact us at 1-800-211-4759.

;