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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
8/14/11	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
8/24/11	At	Tor	3-4	N/t	-190	-180	8.0-115	8.0-115	Hochevar,lu	L	U
Toronto
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
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
8/24/11		Kc	4-3	N/t	-190	-180	8.0-115	8.0-115	Romero,ri	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
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
8/24/11	Kc	4-3	N/t	-190	-180	8.0-115	8.0-115	Litsch,je	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		33-37	-502	20-40	-1072	53-77	-1574
Last	10	2-5	-237	1-2	-25	3-7	-262
Toronto
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		32-30	-323	34-33	+667	66-63	+344
Last	10	2-1	+25	4-3	+120	6-4	+145
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	17-22	36-55	50-68	3-9	15-10	35-65
Toronto		19-28	47-35	27-28	39-35	26-24	38-37

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		29-36	-1020	29-28	-170	58-64	-1190
Last	10	3-4	-115	1-1	-15	4-5	-130
Toronto
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		36-26	+715	29-34	-770	65-60	-55
Last	10	2-1	+85	2-4	-255	4-5	-170

Away Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- FRANCIS,JEFF (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	2	8	74.2	98	51	48	12	37	5.79	0	3	2	5	2	6	0	2
Home	13	2	6	81.2	92	38	34	18	42	3.75	0	4	2	2	2	6	0	0
Total	26	4	14	156.1	190	89	82	30	79	4.72	0	7	4	7	4	12	0	2

2011 BULLPEN FOR FRANCIS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
25	77.0	28	25	2.92	62	36	75	6	4	4	2	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/29/11	at CLE	12-0	W	8.0	0	0	4	1	6	0	-130	-126	8.5-120	8.5-110
8/04/11	BAL	9-4		5.0	4	4	10	0	3	1	-138	-133	9.0-115	9.0-105
8/09/11	at TB	0-4	L	7.0	4	4	5	0	4	1	-190	-177	8.0+100	7.5-120
8/14/11	at CWS	2-6	L	3.2	6	6	10	2	1	1	-155	-155	8.5+100	8.0-115
8/19/11	BOS	1-7	L	5.0	5	5	11	2	1	1	+125	+112	10.0-105	9.5-110

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
6/13/10	TOR	10-3	W	7.0	3	2	5	2	4	0	-145	-160	9.5-120	9.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
8/24/11	at TOR	2.0	1	1	4.50	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

TORONTO BLUE JAYS -- CECIL,BRETT (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	7	3	2	47.0	37	17	16	20	35	3.06	1	0	2	2	3	2	0	0
Home	7	1	4	44.1	45	27	27	13	29	5.48	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	4
Total	14	4	6	91.1	82	44	43	33	64	4.24	1	1	3	5	3	2	1	4

2011 BULLPEN FOR CECIL,BRETT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
12	46.0	12	12	2.35	38	16	36	4	2	2	2	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/29/11	TEX	3-2	W	7.0	1	1	7	1	6	1	+120	+120	8.5-115	8.5-115
8/04/11	at TB	6-7		6.0	3	3	4	3	4	1	-120	-112	8.5-110	8.5-115
8/09/11	OAK	1-4	L	7.0	3	3	4	2	5	2	-140	-134	9.0+105	8.5-115
8/14/11	LAA	5-4		7.0	4	4	5	0	3	1	+120	+110	7.5-110	7.5-110
8/19/11	at OAK	0-2	L	7.0	2	2	4	5	4	1	-107	-110	7.5-120	8.0-110

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
7/19/10	at KC	4-5		6.1	3	3	6	3	1	0	+125	+120	9.0-115	9.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
8/24/11	KC	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	0

Updated Thu, Aug 25 5:00 AM EST

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