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MLB Matchup
Royals vs Cardinals Game Time: 2:15 p.m. ET Stadium: Busch Stadium Surface: Grass

Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/13/09	At	Oak	2-7	N/g	-110	-117	8.5-115	8.5-110	Bannister,br	L	O
5/14/09		Bal	5-9	N/g	-140	-125	9.0-130	8.5-115	Meche,gi	L	O
5/15/09		Bal	8-1	N/g	-220	-220	8.5+105	8.5-110	Greinke,za	W	O
5/16/09		Bal	2-3	N/g	-128	-110	10.0-105	10.0+100	Davies,ky	L	U
5/17/09		Bal	7-4	D/g	-105	+100	10.0-105	9.5-105	Hochevar,lu	W	O
5/19/09		Cle	6-5	N/g	+123	+120	8.0-115	8.5-105	Bannister,br	W	O
5/20/09		Cle	5-6	N/g	-125	-115	9.0-130	9.5-115	Meche,gi	L	O
5/21/09		Cle	3-8	D/g	-190	-200	8.0-125	8.0-115	Greinke,za	L	O
5/22/09	At	Stl	0-5	N/g	-145	-135	9.5+105	9.5+100	Davies,ky	L	U
5/23/09	At	Stl	0-5	D/g	-163	-155	9.5-125	9.5+105	Hochevar,lu	L	U
St Louis
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/13/09	At	Pit	2-5	N/g	+120	-103	9.0-120	9.0-125	Pineiro,jo	L	U
5/14/09	At	Pit	5-1	N/g	+105	+115	9.5+100	9.5-105	Boggs,mi	W	U
5/16/09		Mlw	0-1	D/g	-135	-145	9.0-130	9.0-115	Wainwright,a	L	U
5/17/09		Mlw	2-8	D/g	-125	-110	9.0-130	9.0-120	Wellemeyer,t	L	O
5/18/09		Mlw	4-8	N/g	-123	-125	9.5+105	9.0-110	Lohse,ky	L	O
5/19/09		Chc	3-0	N/g	-102	+113	9.0-125	9.0+100	Pineiro,jo	W	U
5/20/09		Chc	2-1	N/g	-130	-120	8.5-105	8.0+100	Carpenter,ch	W	U
5/21/09		Chc	3-1	N/g	-140	-135	8.5-120	8.5-120	Wainwright,a	W	U
5/22/09		Kc	5-0	N/g	-145	-135	9.5+105	9.5+100	Wellemeyer,t	W	U
5/23/09		Kc	5-0	D/g	-163	-155	9.5-125	9.5+105	Lohse,ky	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
6/17/08	Kc	1-2	N/g	-135	-135	9.0+105	9.0+105	Davies,ky	L	U
6/18/08	Kc	2-3	N/g	-140	-125	8.5-120	8.5+100	Bannister,br	L	U
6/19/08	Kc	1-4	D/g	+103	+100	8.5+100	8.5+105	Greinke,za	L	U
6/27/08	Stl	7-2	N/g	-123	-125	8.5-120	8.5-120	Meche,gi	W	O
6/28/08	Stl	1-5	N/g	-127	-118	9.0-125	9.5-110	Boggs,mi	L	U
6/29/08	Stl	6-9	D/g	-125	-117	9.0+110	9.0+105	Perez,ch	L	O
5/22/09	Kc	5-0	N/g	-145	-135	9.5+105	9.5+100	Wellemeyer,t	W	U
5/23/09	Kc	5-0	D/g	-163	-155	9.5-125	9.5+105	Lohse,ky	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		14-10	+240	7-12	-352	21-22	-112
Last	10	3-4	-230	0-3	-300	3-7	-530
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		17-8	+648	9-9	-39	26-17	+609
Last	10	5-3	+133	1-1	-7	6-4	+126
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	6-9	15-13	19-21	2-1	10-8	9-14
St	Louis	10-7	16-10	25-15	1-2	16-13	8-4

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		13-10	+255	8-11	-440	21-21	-185
Last	10	6-1	+500	1-2	-105	7-3	+395
St Louis
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		11-14	-430	9-8	+15	20-22	-415
Last	10	2-6	-440	0-2	-230	2-8	-670

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(BANNISTER,BR) - KC                           -180                   32
(PINEIRO,JO)   - STL        -137   -137       -180       -105        

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  9.0    9.0         8.0        1.0 UN

Away Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- BANNISTER,BRIAN (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	3	1	1	17.0	17	8	5	5	8	2.65	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Home	3	2	0	19.0	15	6	6	8	13	2.84	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Total	6	3	1	36.0	32	14	11	13	21	2.75	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR BANNISTER,BRIAN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6	19.0	7	2	0.95	14	9	11	0	2	0	2	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/27/09	TOR	7-1	W	7.0	1	1	1	6	2	0	-117	-105	9.0-125	9.0+105
5/02/09	at MIN	10-7		5.1	6	3	8	2	4	1	-155	-145	8.5-120	8.5-130
5/07/09	SEA	3-1	W	6.0	0	0	5	1	7	0	-120	-120	9.0-110	9.0-105
5/13/09	at OAK	2-7	L	5.2	2	2	5	1	3	0	-110	-117	8.5-115	8.5-110
5/19/09	CLE	6-5		6.0	5	5	9	1	4	1	+123	+120	8.0-115	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
6/18/08	at STL	3-2	W	7.0	2	2	9	0	1	0	-140	-125	8.5-120	8.5+100
6/29/08	STL	6-9	L	4.2	7	7	9	4	1	1	-125	-117	9.0+110	9.0+105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/19/09	CLE	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
5/20/09	CLE	3.0	4	4	12.00	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
5/21/09	CLE	3.0	6	6	18.00	8	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
5/22/09	at STL	2.0	3	3	13.50	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
5/23/09	at STL	1.2	1	1	5.40	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

ST LOUIS CARDINALS -- PINEIRO,JOEL (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	5	2	3	30.2	42	21	17	4	12	4.99	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	1
Home	3	3	0	23.2	17	4	4	3	7	1.52	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
Total	8	5	3	54.1	59	25	21	7	19	3.48	1	1	4	2	5	2	0	1

2009 BULLPEN FOR PINEIRO,JOEL
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7	14.2	6	5	3.07	11	9	10	2	0	0	3	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/27/09	at ATL	3-2	W	6.2	2	2	7	0	1	0	-138	-135	9.0+105	9.0-110
5/02/09	at WAS	1-6	L	7.0	4	1	7	1	4	1	+125	+110	9.5-115	10.0-110
5/08/09	at CIN	4-6	L	6.0	5	4	8	0	3	0	-130	-115	8.5-120	8.5-120
5/13/09	at PIT	2-5	L	6.0	5	5	11	0	1	0	+120	-103	9.0-120	9.0-125
5/19/09	CHC	3-0	W	9.0	0	0	3	0	5	0	-102	+113	9.0-125	9.0+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
6/17/08	KC	1-2		7.0	1	1	7	0	4	0	-135	-135	9.0+105	9.0+105
6/27/08	at KC	2-7	L	7.2	7	7	10	2	2	1	-123	-125	8.5-120	8.5-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/18/09	MLW	5.0	4	4	7.20	4	8	5	0	0	0	0	0
5/20/09	CHC	4.0	1	1	2.25	3	1	5	0	0	0	1	0
5/21/09	CHC	0.1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5/22/09	KC	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
5/23/09	KC	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, May 24 5:00 AM EST

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