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Royals vs Red Sox Game Time: 1:35 p.m. ET Stadium: Fenway Park Surface: Grass

Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/17/11	At	Min	3-4	D/t	-127	-130	8.5-110	8.5-110	Paulino,fe	L	U
7/18/11		Cws	2-5	N/g	+110	+115	9.0-115	9.0-115	Davies,ky	L	U
7/19/11		Cws	4-2	N/g	+100	-108	9.0-105	8.5-110	Duffy,da	W	U
7/20/11		Cws	2-1	N/g	+112	+100	9.0-110	8.5-105	Chen,br	W	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	Francis,je	W	P
7/24/11		Tb	0-5	D/g	-102	-104	9.5+100	9.0+105	Paulino,fe	L	U
7/25/11	At	Bos	3-1	N/g	-290	-300	9.5-110	9.5-120	Davies,ky	W	U
7/26/11	At	Bos	9-13	N/g	-185	-166	10.5-115	10.5-115	Duffy,da	L	O
7/27/11	At	Bos	5-12	N/g	-185	-185	10.5-105	10.5-105	Chen,br	L	O
Boston
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/17/11	At	Tb	1-0	N/t	+125	+128	8.0-115	8.0-105	Beckett,jo	W	U
7/18/11	At	Bal	15-10	N/g	+125	+114	10.0-120	10.0-110	Wakefield,ti	W	O
7/19/11	At	Bal	2-6	N/g	+105	+100	10.0-115	10.0-105	Weiland,ky	L	U
7/20/11	At	Bal	4-0	D/g	+105	+110	10.5-110	10.5-110	Miller,an	W	U
7/22/11		Sea	7-4	N/g	-130	-145	8.5-105	8.5-110	Lackey,jo	W	O
7/23/11		Sea	3-1	N/g	-270	-300	8.5-105	8.5-120	Beckett,jo	W	U
7/24/11		Sea	12-8	D/g	-140	-155	9.0-110	9.0-110	Wakefield,ti	W	O
7/25/11		Kc	1-3	N/g	-290	-300	9.5-110	9.5-120	Lester,jo	L	U
7/26/11		Kc	13-9	N/g	-185	-166	10.5-115	10.5-115	Miller,an	W	O
7/27/11		Kc	12-5	N/g	-185	-185	10.5-105	10.5-105	Lackey,jo	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
4/09/10	Bos	4-3	N/g	+140+145	9.5-115	9.5-110	Parrish,jo	W	U
4/10/10	Bos	3-8	N/g	+105	+105	7.0-120	7.5+105	Beckett,jo	L	O
4/11/10	Bos	6-8	D/g	+123	+155	9.5+105	9.0-110	Buchholz,cl	L	O
5/27/10	Kc	3-4	N/g	-210	-210	9.5-120	9.5+100	Bannister,br	L	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

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		28-29	-230	15-32	-1051	43-61	-1281
Last	10	4-2	+206	1-3	-300	5-5	-94
Boston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		33-18	+291	31-20	+763	64-38	+1054
Last	10	5-1	+400	3-1	+190	8-2	+590
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	14-19	29-42	41-57	2-4	13-9	27-51
Boston		24-8	40-30	56-32	8-6	48-32	13-6

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		24-28	-660	25-20	+325	49-48	-335
Last	10	1-4	-335	2-2	-30	3-6	-365
Boston
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		30-16	+1250	21-27	-880	51-43	+370
Last	10	4-2	+160	1-3	-220	5-5	-60

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	7	1	4	44.2	44	29	27	15	20	5.44	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0
Home	14	5	4	86.1	91	52	50	29	46	5.21	3	1	2	3	5	4	0	0
Total	21	6	8	131.0	135	81	77	44	66	5.29	4	1	2	7	6	8	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR HOCHEVAR,LUKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
21	58.0	24	24	3.72	53	27	52	11	6	1	6	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/26/11	CHC	6-3	W	5.2	3	3	7	3	5	1	-130	-135	9.0-110	9.0-110
7/03/11	at COL	16-8		4.1	5	5	5	3	3	1	-170	-170	9.5-115	9.5-115
7/09/11	DET	13-6		3.2	6	6	9	3	4	0	-110	-115	9.0-120	9.0-125
7/15/11	at MIN	2-1		7.0	1	1	3	3	4	0	-135	-123	9.0+100	9.0-105
7/22/11	TB	10-4	W	5.1	4	4	6	3	2	2	+100	-108	8.5-125	9.5-105

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/23/11	TB	5.0	1	1	1.80	2	3	9	0	1	0	0	0
7/24/11	TB	3.1	1	1	2.70	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
7/25/11	at BOS	8.0	0	0	0.00	8	2	7	0	1	0	1	0
7/26/11	at BOS	4.1	7	6	12.46	10	6	4	1	0	0	0	0
7/27/11	at BOS	4.0	2	2	4.50	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

BOSTON RED SOX -- BECKETT,JOSH (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	3	75.2	45	20	20	19	63	2.38	1	0	4	3	4	2	1	1
Home	8	4	0	50.1	35	9	9	15	44	1.61	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
Total	19	9	3	126.0	80	29	29	34	107	2.07	2	0	7	3	8	2	1	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR BECKETT,JOSH
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
18	61.0	17	15	2.21	50	20	72	4	5	2	6	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/28/11	at PHI	0-5	L	6.0	5	5	5	1	1	2	-120	-135	7.0-110	7.0-120
7/03/11	at HOU	2-1	W	8.0	1	1	5	0	11	0	+175	+175	8.0+110	8.0+110
7/08/11	BAL	10-3	W	5.0	3	3	7	2	3	1	-210	-200	8.0-105	8.5-110
7/17/11	at TB	1-0		8.0	0	0	1	0	6	0	+125	+128	8.0-115	8.0-105
7/23/11	SEA	3-1	W	7.0	1	1	7	1	7	1	-270	-300	8.5-105	8.5-120

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
4/10/10	at KC	8-3	W	7.0	3	3	9	1	4	0	+105	+105	7.0-120	7.5+105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/23/11	SEA	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
7/24/11	SEA	2.2	1	1	3.38	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7/25/11	KC	8.2	2	2	2.08	5	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
7/26/11	KC	5.1	2	2	3.38	6	2	5	0	1	0	0	0
7/27/11	KC	3.1	1	1	2.70	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Thu, Jul 28 1:20 PM EST

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