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Red Sox vs Royals Game Time: 2:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Kauffman Stadium Surface: Grass

Boston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/10/11	At	Min	2-5	N/t	+175	+185	8.5+100	8.5-105	Lester,jo	L	U
8/12/11	At	Sea	6-4	N/g	+127	+140	8.0-105	8.0-115	Lackey,jo	W	O
8/13/11	At	Sea	4-5	N/g	+130	+130	6.5-105	6.5+100	Beckett,jo	L	O
8/14/11	At	Sea	3-5	D/g	+150	+140	8.5-115	8.5-120	Wakefield,ti	L	U
8/16/11		Tb	2-6	N/g	-160	-145	9.0-115	9.0-110	Bedard,er	L	U
8/16/11		Tb	3-1	D/g	-155	-160	8.0-115	8.0-115	Lester,jo	W	U
8/17/11		Tb	0-4	D/g	-115	-105	9.0-110	9.0-130	Lackey,jo	L	U
8/18/11	At	Kc	4-3	N/g	+170	+160	8.5-110	8.5-105	Beckett,jo	W	U
8/19/11	At	Kc	7-1	N/g	+125	+112	10.0-105	9.5-110	Miller,an	W	U
8/20/11	At	Kc	4-9	N/g	+120	+113	9.5-110	9.5+105	Wakefield,ti	L	O
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/11/11	At	Tb	1-4	D/t	-165	-175	8.5-110	8.0-120	Duffy,da	L	U
8/12/11	At	Cws	5-1	N/g	-143	-135	9.0-120	9.0-105	Chen,br	W	U
8/13/11	At	Cws	4-5	N/g	-158	-146	8.5-105	8.5+100	Hochevar,lu	L	O
8/14/11	At	Cws	2-6	D/g	-155	-155	8.5+100	8.0-115	Francis,je	L	P
8/15/11		Nyy	4-7	N/g	+140	+140	9.5-105	9.5+100	Paulino,fe	L	O
8/16/11		Nyy	7-9	N/g	+145	+145	9.5+100	9.0-115	Duffy,da	L	O
8/17/11		Nyy	5-4	N/g	+155	+150	9.5+105	9.5+100	Chen,br	W	U
8/18/11		Bos	3-4	N/g	+170	+160	8.5-110	8.5-105	Hochevar,lu	L	U
8/19/11		Bos	1-7	N/g	+125	+112	10.0-105	9.5-110	Francis,je	L	U
8/20/11		Bos	9-4	N/g	+120	+113	9.5-110	9.5+105	Paulino,fe	W	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
5/28/10	Kc	5-12	N/g	-200	-190	9.5-120	9.5+100	Davies,ky	L	O
5/29/10	Kc	1-0	N/g	-140	-150	8.5-110	8.5+100	Buchholz,cl	W	U
5/30/10	Kc	8-1	D/g	-270	-300	9.0-120	9.0-115	Lester,jo	W	P
7/25/11	Kc	1-3	N/g	-290	-300	9.5-110	9.5-120	Coleman,lo	L	U
7/26/11	Kc	13-9	N/g	-185	-166	10.5-115	10.5-115	Aceves,al	W	O
7/27/11	Kc	12-5	N/g	-185	-185	10.5-105	10.5-105	Lackey,jo	W	O
7/28/11	Kc	3-4	D/g	-280	-290	9.0-115	9.0-105	Hochevar,lu	L	U
8/18/11	Bos	3-4	N/g	+170	+160	8.5-110	8.5-105	Beckett,jo	L	U
8/19/11	Bos	1-7	N/g	+125	+112	10.0-105	9.5-110	Miller,an	L	U
8/20/11	Bos	9-4	N/g	+120	+113	9.5-110	9.5+105	Paulino,fe	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Boston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		38-24	-202	38-25	+758	76-49	+556
Last	10	1-2	-150	3-4	-313	4-6	-463
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		33-36	-402	19-39	-1147	52-75	-1549
Last	10	2-4	-137	1-3	-175	3-7	-312
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Boston		27-11	49-38	66-42	10-7	58-41	15-7
Kansas	City	17-21	35-54	50-67	2-8	15-10	34-63

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Boston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		33-24	+665	26-34	-1155	59-58	-490
Last	10	0-3	-355	3-4	-140	3-7	-495
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		29-35	-920	28-27	-155	57-62	-1075
Last	10	3-3	-15	1-2	-125	4-5	-140

Away Pitcher

BOSTON RED SOX -- LESTER,JON (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	13	8	2	86.0	64	29	28	30	76	2.93	3	0	5	2	6	1	2	1
Home	10	4	4	62.0	61	26	25	23	67	3.63	2	0	2	4	4	4	0	0
Total	23	12	6	148.0	125	55	53	53	143	3.22	5	0	7	6	10	5	2	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR LESTER,JON
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
23	60.2	23	21	3.12	45	28	44	3	1	4	7	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/25/11	KC	1-3		5.1	1	1	7	2	6	0	-290	-300	9.5-110	9.5-120
7/30/11	at CWS	10-2	W	8.0	2	2	4	1	8	2	+137	+140	8.5-110	8.5-110
8/05/11	NYY	2-3	L	6.0	3	3	5	4	7	0	-155	-150	9.5+100	9.0+100
8/10/11	at MIN	2-5	L	7.1	4	4	8	5	4	0	+175	+185	8.5+100	8.5-105
8/16/11	TB	3-1	W	7.0	1	1	3	1	8	0	-155	-160	8.0-115	8.0-115

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
5/30/10	KC	8-1	W	7.0	1	1	4	4	5	0	-270	-300	9.0-120	9.0-115
7/25/11	KC	1-3		5.1	1	1	7	2	6	0	-290	-300	9.5-110	9.5-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/16/11	TB	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
8/17/11	TB	2.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/18/11	at KC	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
8/19/11	at KC	3.2	0	0	0.00	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
8/20/11	at KC	2.2	5	5	16.88	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1

Home Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- DUFFY,DANNY (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	8	2	2	41.2	48	25	25	19	40	5.40	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1
Home	8	1	5	41.0	50	27	27	22	29	5.93	0	0	1	5	1	5	0	0
Total	16	3	7	82.2	98	52	52	41	69	5.66	1	1	2	6	3	6	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR DUFFY,DANNY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
16	59.0	37	35	5.34	61	32	55	9	1	5	4	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/26/11	at BOS	9-13		3.2	6	6	6	3	5	0	-185	-166	10.5-115	10.5-115
7/31/11	at CLE	5-3	W	5.0	2	2	8	3	6	1	-130	-123	9.0-110	9.0+105
8/06/11	DET	3-4	L	5.0	3	3	5	3	4	0	+185	+170	8.0+100	8.0-110
8/11/11	at TB	1-4	L	7.0	3	3	5	3	2	0	-165	-175	8.5-110	8.0-120
8/16/11	NYY	7-9	L	3.0	8	8	8	2	3	1	+145	+145	9.5+100	9.0-115

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
7/26/11	at BOS	9-13		3.2	6	6	6	3	5	0	-185	-166	10.5-115	10.5-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/16/11	NYY	6.0	1	1	1.50	4	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
8/17/11	NYY	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	3	5	0	0	0	1	0
8/18/11	BOS	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/19/11	BOS	4.0	2	1	2.25	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
8/20/11	BOS	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Aug 21 5:00 AM EST

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