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Royals vs Twins Game Time: 8:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Target Field Surface: Grass

td class=td align=center>4/07/10

Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
10/04/09	At	Min	4-13	D/t	-220	-220	9.5-110	9.5-110	Hochevar,lu	L	O
4/05/10		Det	4-8	D/g	-115	-120	7.0-110	7.0-105	Greinke,za	L	O
4/07/10		Det	3-2	N/g	+117	+115	9.0-120	8.5-105	Hochevar,lu	W	U
4/08/10		Det	3-7	D/g	-115	-120	9.0-130	9.0-125	Bannister,br	L	O
4/09/10		Bos	4-3	N/g	+140	+145	9.5-115	9.5-110	Davies,ky	W	U
4/10/10		Bos	3-8	N/g	+105	+105	7.0-120	7.5+105	Greinke,za	L	O
4/11/10		Bos	6-8	D/g	+123	+155	9.5+105	9.0-110	Meche,gi	L	O
4/12/10	At	Det	10-5	D/g	-175	-190	8.5+110	8.0-120	Hochevar,lu	W	O
4/13/10	At	Det	5-6	D/g	-140	-120	8.5-110	9.5+100	Bannister,br	L	O
4/14/10	At	Det	7-3	D/g	-185	-175	9.0+100	9.5+100	Davies,ky	W	O
Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/05/10	At	Laa	3-6	N/g	-140	-127	8.5-120	8.5-120	Baker,sc	L	O
4/06/10	At	Laa	5-3	N/g	-140	-138	9.0-110	10.0-105	Blackburn,ni	W	U
At	Laa	4-2	N/g	-142	-135	9.0+110	9.5-120	Pavano,ca	W	U
4/08/10	At	Laa	10-1	N/g	-135	-122	9.5-110	9.5-105	Slowey,ke	W	O
4/09/10	At	Cws	4-3	N/g	-132	-110	8.5-115	8.0-110	Liriano,fr	W	U
4/10/10	At	Cws	2-1	D/g	-110	+130	9.0-105	9.5-105	Baker,sc	W	U
4/11/10	At	Cws	4-5	D/g	-133	-130	8.5-110	8.5-120	Blackburn,ni	L	O
4/12/10		Bos	5-2	D/t	+125	+115	9.0+100	9.0-110	Pavano,ca	W	U
4/14/10		Bos	3-6	D/t	+110	+103	8.5-110	9.0+100	Slowey,ke	L	P
4/15/10		Bos	8-0	D/t	-130	-120	9.0+100	9.5-115	Liriano,fr	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
8/13/09	Kc	4-5	D/t	-155	-168	9.5-110	9.0-115	Meche,gi	L	P
8/21/09	Min	4-5	N/g	+115	+100	9.5-105	9.5-115	Nathan,jo	L	U
8/22/09	Min	7-8	N/g	+105	-102	9.5-125	9.5-120	Duensing,br	L	O
8/23/09	Min	3-10	D/g	+120	-105	9.5-110	9.0-125	Pavano,ca	L	O
9/25/09	Min	4-9	N/g	+100	-105	9.0-110	8.5-115	Pavano,ca	L	O
9/26/09	Min	6-11	N/g	+155	+155	9.0-120	9.0-120	Baker,sc	L	O
9/27/09	Min	4-1	D/g	-170	-180	8.0+100	8.0-110	Greinke,za	W	U
10/02/09	Kc	10-7	N/t	-200	-200	9.5-110	9.5-110	Manship,je	W	O
10/03/09	Kc	5-4	D/t	+120	+115	7.5-110	7.5-120	Rauch,jo	W	O
10/04/09	Kc	13-4	D/t	-220	-220	9.5-110	9.5-110	Pavano,ca	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		2-4	-180	2-1	+245	4-5	+65
Last	10	2-4	-180	2-1	+245	4-5	+65
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		2-1	+115	5-2	+365	7-3	+480
Last	10	2-1	+115	5-2	+365	7-3	+480
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	2-4	2-1	4-5	0-0	0-2	4-3
Minnesota		3-2	4-1	5-2	2-1	2-0	5-3

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		4-2	+185	3-0	+300	7-2	+485
Last	10	4-2	+185	3-0	+300	7-2	+485
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2010		0-2	-225	3-4	-140	3-6	-365
Last	10	0-2	-225	3-4	-140	3-6	-365

Away Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- GREINKE,ZACK (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	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Home	2	0	1	12.2	14	6	5	1	9	3.55	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Total	2	0	1	12.2	14	6	5	1	9	3.55	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0

2010 BULLPEN FOR GREINKE,ZACK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
2	5.1	10	10	16.88	10	1	6	3	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
4/05/10	DET	4-8		6.0	2	1	6	1	4	0	-115	-120	7.0-110	7.0-105
4/10/10	BOS	3-8	L	6.2	4	4	8	0	5	2	+105	+105	7.0-120	7.5+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
9/27/09	MIN	4-1	W	7.0	1	1	7	2	8	0	-170	-180	8.0+100	8.0-110
10/03/09	at MIN	4-5		6.0	4	4	6	2	5	0	+120	+115	7.5-110	7.5-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/10/10	BOS	2.1	4	4	15.43	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
4/11/10	BOS	5.2	1	1	1.59	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
4/12/10	at DET	4.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
4/13/10	at DET	1.2	4	4	21.60	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
4/14/10	at DET	2.1	0	0	0.00	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- BAKER,SCOTT (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	1	1	11.2	10	5	5	4	6	3.86	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Home	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	1	1	11.2	10	5	5	4	6	3.86	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0

2010 BULLPEN FOR BAKER,SCOTT
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
2	5.1	2	2	3.38	5	1	2	2	0	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
4/05/10	at LAA	3-6	L	4.2	4	4	5	3	3	1	-140	-127	8.5-120	8.5-120
4/10/10	at CWS	2-1	W	7.0	1	1	5	1	3	0	-110	+130	9.0-105	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
5/03/09	KC	5-7	L	6.0	5	5	5	1	4	1	-117	-125	9.0-110	8.5-105
6/30/09	at KC	2-1	W	5.0	1	1	5	2	1	0	+118	+133	8.5-110	8.5-115
9/26/09	at KC	11-6	W	6.1	4	4	6	1	5	2	+155	+155	9.0-120	9.0-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/10/10	at CWS	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
4/11/10	at CWS	0.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/12/10	BOS	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
4/14/10	BOS	4.0	3	3	6.75	5	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
4/15/10	BOS	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Fri, Apr 16 5:00 AM EST

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