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MLB Matchup
Royals vs Tigers Game Time: 7:05 p.m. ET Stadium: Comerica Park Surface: Grass

Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/18/12		Det	3-4	N/g	+110	+112	9.0-110	9.0-120	Sanchez,jo	L	U
4/20/12		Tor	3-4	N/g	-114	+100	9.0-115	8.5-105	Hochevar,lu	L	U
4/21/12		Tor	5-9	N/g	+108	-102	9.0-120	9.0-120	Mendoza,lu	L	O
4/22/12		Tor	3-5	D/g	+115	+103	8.5+100	8.0+100	Duffy,da	L	P
4/23/12		Tor	1-4	N/g	-105	-110	8.0-115	8.0-115	Chen,br	L	U
4/24/12	At	Cle	3-4	N/g	-131	-125	8.5-105	8.0+100	Sanchez,jo	L	U
4/25/12	At	Cle	8-2	N/g	-140	-138	8.0-105	8.0+105	Hochevar,lu	W	O
4/26/12	At	Cle	4-2	D/g	-138	-160	9.0+100	8.5-105	Mendoza,lu	W	U
4/27/12	At	Min	7-6	N/t	-125	-115	8.5-105	8.5+110	Teaford,ev	W	O
4/29/12	At	Min	4-7	D/t	+105	+105	8.5-115	8.5-105	Chen,br	L	O
Detroit
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/19/12		Tex	3-10	N/g	+110	+120	9.0-110	9.0-115	Wilk,ad	L	O
4/21/12		Tex	3-2	N/g	-150	-164	7.0-120	7.0-120	Verlander,ju	W	U
4/21/12		Tex	4-10	D/g	-105	-102	8.5-120	8.5-115	Porcello,ri	L	O
4/22/12		Tex	2-3	D/g	+110	+117	9.5-105	9.0+100	Smyly,dr	L	U
4/24/12		Sea	4-7	N/g	-175	-180	8.5+100	7.5-115	Scherzer,ma	L	O
4/25/12		Sea	1-9	N/g	+110	-118	8.0-110	7.5-115	Wilk,ad	L	O
4/26/12		Sea	4-5	D/g	-185	-210	9.0-110	8.5-110	Porcello,ri	L	O
4/27/12	At	Nyy	6-7	N/g	+111	+112	8.5+105	8.5+100	Verlander,ju	L	O
4/28/12	At	Nyy	7-5	D/g	-120	-130	10.5-105	10.5-115	Smyly,dr	W	O
4/29/12	At	Nyy	2-6	D/g	-170	-190	9.5+100	9.0+100	Scherzer,ma	L	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
8/07/11	Det	4-3	D/g	+115	+110	9.0-115	9.0-115	Chen,br	W	U
8/29/11	Kc	5-9	N/g	-165	-175	8.5-110	8.5-110	Hochevar,lu	L	O
8/30/11	Kc	2-1	N/g	-180	-170	8.5-120	8.5-120	Benoit,jo	W	U
8/31/11	Kc	5-4	D/g	-175	-170	9.0-110	9.0-120	Schlereth,da	W	P
9/01/11	Kc	8-11	D/g	-160	-176	9.5-110	9.0-110	Crow,aa	L	O
9/20/11	Det	10-2	N/g	-105	-118	10.0+100	10.0+100	Mendoza,lu	W	O
9/21/11	Det	3-6	N/g	+115	+105	9.0+100	9.0+105	Fister,do	L	P
4/16/12	Det	2-3	N/g	+180	+180	7.5-105	7.5-105	Verlander,ju	L	U
4/17/12	Det	1-3	N/g	+108	-105	9.5+100	9.0-105	Dotel,oc	L	U
4/18/12	Det	3-4	N/g	+110	+112	9.0-110	9.0-120	Scherzer,ma	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		0-10	-1074	6-5	+298	6-15	-776
Last	10	0-5	-512	3-2	+168	3-7	-344
Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		6-7	-380	5-4	+87	11-11	-293
Last	10	1-6	-710	1-2	-102	2-8	-812
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	3-5	3-10	5-14	1-1	0-4	5-10
Detroit		7-7	4-4	11-11	0-0	7-6	1-5

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		4-5	-150	6-5	+65	10-10	-85
Last	10	1-3	-240	3-2	+95	4-5	-145
Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		7-5	+140	2-7	-580	9-12	-440
Last	10	5-2	+280	2-1	+100	7-3	+380

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	2	2	0	12.2	9	4	4	5	8	2.84	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Home	2	0	1	9.0	11	8	8	3	8	8.00	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	4	2	1	21.2	20	12	12	8	16	4.98	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR HOCHEVAR,LUKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4	14.1	5	5	3.14	12	4	11	1	0	1	0	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/07/12	at LAA	6-3	W	6.1	2	2	5	2	4	0	-200	-180	7.5+100	7.5+100
4/13/12	CLE	3-8	L	4.0	7	7	9	1	3	0	-125	-116	8.0-110	8.0-120
4/20/12	TOR	3-4		5.0	1	1	2	2	5	0	-114	+100	9.0-115	8.5-105
4/25/12	at CLE	8-2	W	6.1	2	2	4	3	4	0	-140	-138	8.0-105	8.0+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
4/10/11	at DET	9-5	W	7.0	4	3	5	0	6	3	-145	-160	9.0-120	9.5+100
5/13/11	at DET	1-3	L	6.0	3	3	7	3	3	2	-200	-190	7.5-110	7.5-115
7/09/11	DET	13-6		3.2	6	6	9	3	4	0	-110	-115	9.0-120	9.0-125
8/29/11	at DET	9-5	W	7.0	5	5	8	2	7	0	-165	-175	8.5-110	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/24/12	at CLE	3.1	0	0	0.00	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
4/25/12	at CLE	2.2	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
4/26/12	at CLE	4.0	0	0	0.00	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
4/27/12	at MIN	5.0	2	2	3.60	4	2	4	0	1	0	1	0
4/29/12	at MIN	5.1	1	1	1.69	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

DETROIT TIGERS -- PORCELLO,RICK (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	1	1	0	7.2	5	1	1	0	4	1.17	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Home	3	0	2	14.2	24	16	15	4	8	9.20	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total	4	1	2	22.1	29	17	16	4	12	6.45	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR PORCELLO,RICK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4	13.2	2	2	1.32	11	2	12	1	1	0	1	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/10/12	TB	5-2		7.0	2	2	7	1	4	0	-105	-107	8.5-115	8.5+100
4/15/12	at CWS	5-2	W	7.2	1	1	5	0	4	1	-105	-105	8.5-120	8.5-115
4/21/12	TEX	4-10	L	1.0	9	8	10	1	1	1	-105	-102	8.5-120	8.5-115
4/26/12	SEA	4-5	L	6.2	5	5	7	2	3	2	-185	-210	9.0-110	8.5-110

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
4/10/11	KC	5-9	L	5.0	5	5	9	3	2	0	-145	-160	9.0-120	9.5+100
7/08/11	at KC	6-4	W	5.1	3	1	6	1	5	0	+108	+102	9.0-130	9.5-110
8/05/11	at KC	4-3		6.1	3	3	7	0	4	0	+105	-105	9.0-110	9.0-115
8/31/11	KC	5-4		7.0	4	4	8	1	4	2	-175	-170	9.0-110	9.0-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/25/12	SEA	7.0	3	3	3.86	7	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
4/26/12	SEA	2.1	0	0	0.00	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
4/27/12	at NYY	2.1	2	1	3.86	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	1
4/28/12	at NYY	3.0	4	4	12.00	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
4/29/12	at NYY	3.1	3	3	8.10	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0

Updated Tue, May 1 5:00 AM EST

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