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Royals vs Tigers Game Time: 4:10 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
5/03/11		Bal	6-5	N/g	-130	-120	9.0+100	8.5-115	Francis,je	W	O
5/04/11		Bal	2-3	N/g	-105	+100	9.0-110	9.0-125	Davies,ky	L	U
5/05/11		Bal	9-1	D/g	-110	-110	9.0-115	9.0+100	Chen,br	W	O
5/06/11		Oak	2-3	N/g	+105	+115	8.0-115	8.5+100	O'sullivan,s	L	U
5/07/11		Oak	4-3	N/g	-105	-102	8.5-110	8.0-115	Hochevar,lu	W	U
5/08/11		Oak	2-5	D/g	-105	+105	8.5-105	8.5-120	Francis,je	L	U
5/10/11	At	Nyy	1-3	N/g	-220	-200	10.0+100	10.0-115	Davies,ky	L	U
5/11/11	At	Nyy	4-3	N/g	-220	-210	9.5-110	9.5-105	Mazzaro,vi	W	U
5/12/11	At	Nyy	11-5	N/g	-200	-200	9.5-110	9.5+110	O'sullivan,s	W	O
5/13/11	At	Det	1-3	N/g	-200	-190	7.5-110	7.5-115	Hochevar,lu	L	U
Detroit
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/03/11		Nyy	4-2	N/g	+145	+145	9.0+100	8.5-110	Penny,br	W	U
5/04/11		Nyy	4-0	N/g	-110	-110	9.0-110	9.0+100	Scherzer,ma	W	U
5/05/11		Nyy	6-3	D/g	+105	-105	9.0-120	9.0-110	Porcello,ri	W	P
5/06/11	At	Tor	4-7	N/t	-105	-115	9.0-105	8.5-110	Coke,ph	L	O
5/07/11	At	Tor	9-0	D/t	+115	+112	8.0+100	7.5+100	Verlander,ju	W	O
5/08/11	At	Tor	5-2	D/t	-110	-105	9.0+100	9.0-110	Penny,br	W	U
5/09/11	At	Tor	10-5	N/t	-125	-112	7.5-120	7.5+105/td>	Scherzer,ma	W	O
5/10/11	At	Min	10-2	N/t	-130	-105	8.0-115	8.5-110	Porcello,ri	W	O
5/11/11	At	Min	9-7	D/t	-115	-120	8.5+100	8.0+100	Coke,ph	W	O
5/13/11		Kc	3-1	N/g	-200	-190	7.5-110	7.5-115	Verlander,ju	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
9/03/10	Det	5-9	N/g	-160	-165	8.5-110	8.5+110	Perry,ry	L	O
9/04/10	Det	4-6	N/g	+110	+110	9.5+100	9.0-115	Porcello,ri	L	O
9/05/10	Det	2-1	D/g	+115	+112	9.0-110	9.0-115	Davies,ky	W	U
9/20/10	Kc	7-5	N/g	-120	-115	7.5-110	7.5+105	Thomas,br	W	O
9/21/10	Kc	6-9	N/g	-165	-160	9.5+100	9.0-125	Chen,br	L	O
9/22/10	Kc	4-2	N/g	-200	-220	8.5-110	8.5-110	Scherzer,ma	W	U
4/08/11	Kc	5-2	D/g	-165	-172	9.0-110	9.0+100	Scherzer,ma	W	U
4/09/11	Kc	1-3	D/g	-150	-160	9.0-110	9.5+100	Chen,br	L	U
4/10/11	Kc	5-9	D/g	-145	-160	9.0-120	9.5+100	Hochevar,lu	L	O
5/13/11	Kc	3-1	N/g	-200	-190	7.5-110	7.5-115	Verlander,ju	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		15-8	+756	5-10	-160	20-18	+596
Last	10	3-3	0	2-2	+175	5-5	+175
Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		10-7	+61	11-11	+86	21-18	+147
Last	10	4-0	+445	5-1	+412	9-1	+857
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	8-6	12-12	19-17	1-1	7-2	12-16
Detroit		11-9	10-9	16-17	5-1	9-9	8-9

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		11-11	-105	8-7	+45	19-18	-60
Last	10	2-4	-260	1-3	-235	3-7	-495
Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		6-8	-240	16-6	+930	22-14	+690
Last	10	0-3	-325	5-1	+390	5-4	+65

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	3	0	2	14.0	27	15	13	2	8	8.36	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Home	5	0	2	32.0	33	14	13	7	15	3.66	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total	8	0	4	46.0	60	29	26	9	23	5.09	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR FRANCIS,JEFF
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	28.1	17	16	5.08	32	12	26	5	2	2	0	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/17/11	SEA	2-3	L	6.1	3	3	6	0	1	0	-125	-125	8.0-120	7.5-115
4/22/11	at TEX	6-11	L	4.0	6	5	9	1	2	2	-165	-167	9.0-115	9.0-110
4/27/11	at CLE	2-7	L	3.0	6	5	10	0	1	0	-135	-135	8.0-115	8.5-105
5/03/11	BAL	6-5		5.2	5	5	6	4	4	1	-130	-120	9.0+100	8.5-115
5/08/11	OAK	2-5	L	6.1	3	2	8	1	2	1	-105	+105	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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/08/11	OAK	2.2	2	2	6.75	4	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
5/10/11	at NYY	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
5/11/11	at NYY	7.0	1	1	1.29	6	4	5	0	1	0	1	1
5/12/11	at NYY	2.1	1	1	3.86	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
5/13/11	at DET	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

DETROIT TIGERS -- PENNY,BRAD (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	4	1	2	22.1	24	19	19	11	12	7.66	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
Home	4	2	1	26.2	23	8	7	6	9	2.36	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0
Total	8	3	3	49.0	47	27	26	17	21	4.78	2	3	1	0	2	3	1	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR PENNY,BRAD
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	20.0	12	12	5.40	22	10	18	4	1	1	2	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/17/11	at OAK	1-5	L	5.0	5	5	4	4	5	0	-165	-150	7.5-130	8.0-105
4/23/11	CWS	9-0	W	7.0	0	0	1	2	3	0	+110	+105	9.0-110	8.5-120
4/28/11	SEA	2-7	L	7.0	4	4	9	1	3	1	-115	-117	8.0-115	8.0-105
5/03/11	NYY	4-2	W	6.0	1	0	6	2	1	0	+145	+145	9.0+100	8.5-110
5/08/11	at TOR	5-2	W	7.2	2	2	7	0	1	1	-110	-105	9.0+100	9.0-110

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

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/08/11	at TOR	1.1	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
5/09/11	at TOR	4.0	3	3	6.75	3	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
5/10/11	at MIN	4.0	1	1	2.25	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/11/11	at MIN	3.1	5	4	10.80	6	4	5	1	1	0	1	1
5/13/11	KC	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Sat, May 14 5:00 AM EST

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