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Royals vs Blue Jays Game Time: 7:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Rogers Centre Surface: Turf

Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/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
8/21/11		Bos	1-6	D/g	+200	+185	8.5-120	8.0+100	Duffy,da	L	U
8/23/11	At	Tor	6-4	N/t	-180	-185	8.5-115	8.5-110	Chen,br	W	O
Toronto
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/13/11		Laa	11-2	D/t	+105	+118	7.0-110	7.0+110	Romero,ri	W	O
8/14/11		Laa	5-4	D/t	+120	+110	7.5-110	7.5-110	Cecil,br	W	O
8/15/11	At	Sea	5-6	N/g	-143	-130	7.0-110	7.0-120	Alvarez,he	L	O
8/16/11	At	Sea	13-7	N/g	-105	-107	7.5-110	8.5-110	Mills,br	W	O
8/17/11	At	Sea	5-1	N/g	+120	+145	7.5-115	7.5-105	Morrow,br	W	U
8/18/11	At	Oak	7-0	N/g	+100	+100	6.5-110	7.0-115	Romero,ri	W	P
8/19/11	At	Oak	0-2	N/g	-107	-110	7.5-120	8.0-110	Cecil,br	L	U
8/20/11	At	Oak	1-5	N/g	-140	-140	8.0-115	8.0-120	Alvarez,he	L	U
8/21/11	At	Oak	1-0	D/g	-125	-130	8.5+100	8.5-120	Perez,lu	W	U
8/23/11		Kc	4-6	N/t	-180	-185	8.5-115	8.5-110	Morrow,br	L	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
4/20/10	Kc	4-3	N/t	-125	-140	8.5-120	9.0-120	Camp,sh	W	U
4/21/10	Kc	3-4	D/t	-105	-110	7.5-110	7.5+100	Tejeda,ro	L	U
7/19/10	Tor	5-4	N/g	+125	+120	9.0-115	9.0-115	Farnsworth,k	W	P
7/20/10	Tor	1-13	N/g	+125	-104	10.0-110	10.0-105	Litsch,je	L	O
7/21/10	Tor	5-2	D/g	-165	-160	8.0-120	8.0-105	Greinke,za	W	U
6/06/11	Tor	3-2	N/g	+120	+110	9.0-110	9.0+100	Soria,jo	W	U
6/07/11	Tor	5-8	N/g	+120	+100	9.5-110	9.5-120	Drabek,ky	L	O
6/08/11	Tor	8-9	N/g	+110	-114	9.0-125	9.5+105	Villanueva,c	L	O
6/09/11	Tor	3-2	D/g	+130	+117	8.5-110	8.5-125	Hochevar,lu	W	U
8/23/11	Kc	4-6	N/t	-180	-185	8.5-115	8.5-110	Chen,br	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		33-37	-502	20-39	-972	53-76	-1474
Last	10	2-5	-237	1-2	-25	3-7	-262
Toronto
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		31-30	-423	34-33	+667	65-63	+244
Last	10	2-1	+43	4-3	+120	6-4	+163
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	17-22	36-54	50-68	3-8	15-10	35-64
Toronto		19-28	46-35	27-28	38-35	25-24	38-37

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		29-36	-1020	29-27	-55	58-63	-1075
Last	10	3-4	-115	2-0	+200	5-4	+85
Toronto
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		36-25	+830	29-34	-770	65-59	+60
Last	10	3-0	+300	2-4	-255	5-4	+45

Away 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	10	2	5	64.2	63	37	35	21	37	4.87	2	0	0	5	2	5	0	0
Home	16	6	5	99.2	103	58	55	32	59	4.97	3	1	3	4	6	5	0	0
Total	26	8	10	164.1	166	95	90	53	96	4.93	5	1	3	9	8	10	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR HOCHEVAR,LUKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
26	67.2	26	26	3.46	58	35	61	13	6	2	8	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/28/11	at BOS	4-3	W	7.0	2	2	6	1	6	0	-280	-290	9.0-115	9.0-105
8/03/11	BAL	6-2	W	7.1	2	1	4	1	7	0	-115	-120	9.0-110	9.0-105
8/08/11	at TB	1-2		7.0	1	1	5	2	7	0	-170	-153	8.0-110	8.0-105
8/13/11	at CWS	4-5	L	6.0	5	5	8	3	4	2	-158	-146	8.5-105	8.5+100
8/18/11	BOS	3-4	L	6.0	4	4	8	2	6	0	+170	+160	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
6/09/11	TOR	3-2	W	7.0	2	2	6	3	3	0	+130	+117	8.5-110	8.5-125

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
8/21/11	BOS	3.0	4	4	12.00	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
8/23/11	at TOR	1.1	1	1	6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

TORONTO BLUE JAYS -- ROMERO,RICKY (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	6	6	95.0	75	30	29	34	69	2.75	2	2	4	4	4	6	2	0
Home	12	6	3	80.0	57	29	25	29	78	2.81	2	3	4	0	0	0	6	3
Total	25	12	9	175.0	132	59	54	63	147	2.78	4	5	8	4	4	6	8	3

2011 BULLPEN FOR ROMERO,RICKY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
21	43.2	21	21	4.33	48	13	33	6	1	3	6	5

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/27/11	BAL	3-0	W	8.1	0	0	4	3	9	0	-180	-180	8.5-105	8.5-105
8/02/11	at TB	3-1	W	8.0	1	1	1	4	7	1	-140	-140	7.0-110	7.5+100
8/07/11	at BAL	7-2	W	8.0	2	2	4	0	5	2	+125	+125	8.5-115	8.5-120
8/13/11	LAA	11-2	W	7.0	1	1	2	2	3	1	+105	+118	7.0-110	7.0+110
8/18/11	at OAK	7-0	W	9.0	0	0	3	2	6	0	+100	+100	6.5-110	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
6/09/11	at KC	2-3	L	8.0	3	3	8	2	4	0	+130	+117	8.5-110	8.5-125

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/17/11	at SEA	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8/19/11	at OAK	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8/20/11	at OAK	2.0	3	3	13.50	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
8/21/11	at OAK	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0
8/23/11	KC	4.1	0	0	0.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Wed, Aug 24 5:00 AM EST

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