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Royals vs Rays Game Time: 7:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Tropicana Field Surface: Turf

Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/29/11	At	Cle	12-0	N/g	-130	-126	8.5-120	8.5-110	Francis,je	W	O
7/30/11	At	Cle	2-5	N/g	-155	-152	8.0-105	7.5-120	Paulino,fe	L	U
7/31/11	At	Cle	5-3	D/g	-130	-123	9.0-110	9.0+105	Duffy,da	W	U
8/02/11		Bal	2-8	N/g	-125	-140	9.0-110	9.5-105	Chen,br	L	O
8/03/11		Bal	6-2	N/g	-115	-120	9.0-110	9.0-105	Hochevar,lu	W	U
8/04/11		Bal	9-4	N/g	-138	-133	9.0-115	9.0-105	Francis,je	W	O
8/05/11		Det	3-4	N/g	+105	-105	9.0-110	9.0-115	Paulino,fe	L	U
8/06/11		Det	3-4	N/g	+185	+170	8.0+100	8.0-110	Duffy,da	L	U
8/07/11		Det	4-3	D/g	+115	+110	9.0-115	9.0-115	Chen,br	W	U
8/08/11	At	Tb	1-2	N/t	-170	-153	8.0-110	8.0-105	Hochevar,lu	L	U
Tampa Bay
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/29/11	At	Sea	8-0	N/g	-105	-106	7.0+105	6.5-130	Niemann,je	W	O
7/30/11	At	Sea	2-3	D/g	-110	-117	6.5-105	6.5-110	Cobb,al	L	U
7/31/11	At	Sea	8-1	D/g	+110	+117	7.0+105	7.0+100	Hellickson,j	W	O
8/02/11		Tor	1-3	N/t	-140	-140	7.0-110	7.5+100	Price,da	L	U
8/03/11		Tor	9-1	N/t	-150	-155	7.5-115	7.5-125	Shields,ja	W	O
8/04/11		Tor	7-6	D/t	-120	-112	8.5-110	8.5-115	Davis,wa	W	O
8/05/11		Oak	8-4	N/t	-145	-170	8.5+100	8.5-105	Niemann,je	W	O
8/06/11		Oak	0-8	N/t	-150	-132	8.0+100	8.0-105	Cobb,al	L	P
8/07/11		Oak	4-5	D/t	-175	-165	7.5+100	7.5+110	Price,da	L	O
8/08/11		Kc	2-1	N/t	-170	-153	8.0-110	8.0-105	Hellickson,j	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
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
10/01/10	Tb	7-0	N/g	+130	+130	8.5-110	8.5-115	Chen,br	W	U
10/02/10	Tb	0-4	N/g	+140	+135	9.0-110	9.0-110	Qualls,ch	L	U
10/03/10	Tb	2-3	D/g	+155	+145	9.0+100	9.0+100	Niemann,je	L	U
7/22/11	Tb	10-4	N/g	+100	-108	8.5-125	9.5-105	Hochevar,lu	W	O
7/23/11	Tb	5-4	N/g	-108	+110	9.0-105	9.0+100	Soria,jo	W	P
7/24/11	Tb	0-5	D/g	-102	-104	9.5+100	9.0+105	Cobb,al	L	U
8/08/11	Kc	2-1	N/t	-170	-153	8.0-110	8.0-105	Farnsworth,k	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		31-32	-265	18-34	-772	49-66	-1037
Last	10	3-3	-35	2-2	+29	5-5	-6
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		28-28	-987	32-26	+765	60-54	-222
Last	10	4-3	-37	2-1	+100	6-4	+63
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	17-19	32-47	47-61	2-5	15-10	31-54
Tampa	Bay	22-20	38-34	25-22	35-32	40-34	19-19

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-32	-905	26-24	-10	52-56	-915
Last	10	2-4	-245	1-3	-230	3-7	-475
Tampa Bay
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		18-36	-2090	31-24	+510	49-60	-1580
Last	10	4-2	+195	2-1	+90	6-3	+285

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	11	2	6	64.0	83	41	38	10	32	5.34	0	2	2	4	2	5	0	1
Home	12	2	5	76.2	81	33	29	16	41	3.40	0	4	2	1	2	5	0	0
Total	23	4	11	140.2	164	74	67	26	73	4.29	0	6	4	5	4	10	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR FRANCIS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
22	67.2	26	24	3.19	57	31	70	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
7/10/11	DET	1-2	L	6.0	2	2	4	1	6	0	+165	+170	7.5+100	7.5-120
7/16/11	at MIN	3-4	L	7.1	4	4	7	1	2	1	-130	-122	8.5-110	8.5-110
7/23/11	TB	5-4		5.0	3	3	9	2	6	0	-108	+110	9.0-105	9.0+100
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

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
7/23/11	TB	5-4		5.0	3	3	9	2	6	0	-108	+110	9.0-105	9.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/04/11	BAL	4.0	0	0	0.00	3	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
8/05/11	DET	3.1	1	1	2.70	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/06/11	DET	4.0	1	1	2.25	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8/07/11	DET	4.0	0	0	0.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
8/08/11	at TB	1.0	1	1	9.00	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0

Home 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	11	5	4	76.1	64	34	31	21	65	3.66	3	1	2	3	4	3	1	1
Home	12	5	5	91.1	69	26	24	24	94	2.36	1	3	4	2	0	0	5	5
Total	23	10	9	167.2	133	60	55	45	159	2.95	4	4	6	5	4	3	6	6

2011 BULLPEN FOR SHIELDS,JAMES
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
16	38.1	19	13	3.05	36	7	32	2	4	0	3	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/10/11	at NYY	0-1	L	8.0	1	0	4	1	5	0	-155	-155	8.0+110	7.5-105
7/16/11	BOS	5-9	L	6.0	6	6	6	3	8	2	-140	-140	8.5+100	8.0+100
7/21/11	NYY	2-1	W	7.2	1	1	6	3	6	0	+120	+125	7.0-125	7.0+100
7/27/11	at OAK	4-13	L	4.0	10	10	12	2	2	2	+113	+113	6.5-110	6.5-110
8/03/11	TOR	9-1	W	7.1	1	1	3	3	6	1	-150	-155	7.5-115	7.5-125

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
10/01/10	at KC	0-7	L	5.0	7	6	12	2	1	0	+130	+130	8.5-110	8.5-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/04/11	TOR	4.1	3	3	6.23	5	3	4	0	1	0	0	0
8/05/11	OAK	0.1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8/06/11	OAK	4.2	3	3	5.79	3	2	6	1	0	0	0	0
8/07/11	OAK	5.1	1	1	1.69	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
8/08/11	KC	1.2	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Updated Tue, Aug 9 5:00 AM EST

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