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MLB Matchup
Royals vs Twins Game Time: 8:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Metrodome Surface: Turf

Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/21/09	At	Cle	7-8	N/g	-165	-190	9.5-120	10.0-105	Ponson,si	L	O
4/22/09	At	Cle	2-0	N/g	-180	-190	9.5+100	9.5-105	Bannister,br	W	U
4/23/09	At	Cle	2-5	D/g	-125	-112	9.5-110	8.5+100	Meche,gi	L	U
4/24/09		Det	6-1	N/g	-160	-163	8.5+105	8.5+100	Greinke,za	W	U
4/25/09		Det	1-9	N/g	-125	-113	9.0-130	9.5-105	Davies,ky	L	O
4/26/09		Det	2-3	D/g	+147	+140	9.5+100	9.5+110	Ponson,si	L	U
4/27/09		Tor	7-1	N/g	-117	-105	9.0-125	9.0+105	Bannister,br	W	U
4/28/09		Tor	1-8	N/g	-135	-132	8.5-120	8.5+100	Meche,gi	L	O
4/29/09		Tor	11-3	N/g	-170	-145	8.0-120	8.0-105	Greinke,za	W	O
4/30/09		Tor	8-6	D/g	-130	-127	9.5+100	9.5-120	Davies,ky	W	O
Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/18/09		Laa	9-2	N/t	-130	-125	9.5+100	9.0-110	Slowey,ke	W	O
4/19/09		Laa	3-1	D/t	-140	-140	9.0-110	9.0-110	Perkins,gl	W	U
4/22/09	At	Bos	3-7	N/g	-135	-130	9.0-130	9.5-120	Liriano,fr	L	O
4/22/09	At	Bos	1-10	D/g	-160	-150	9.5-110	9.5-105	Baker,sc	L	O
4/24/09	At	Cle	5-1	N/g	-135	-145	10.5-110	10.0-110	Blackburn,ni	W	U
4/25/09	At	Cle	7-1	N/g	-125	-125	10.0-130	10.5+100	Slowey,ke	W	U
4/26/09	At	Cle	2-4	D/g	-120	-133	9.0-125	9.0-135	Perkins,gl	L	U
4/27/09		Tb	1-7	N/t	-120	-115	9.5-105	9.5+105	Baker,sc	L	U
4/28/09		Tb	4-3	N/t	-102	+110	8.0-110	8.0+100	Liriano,fr	W	U
4/29/09		Tb	8-3	N/t	+115	+117	8.0-120	8.0-110	Blackburn,ni	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
5/29/08	Min	1-5	N/g	-115	-113	8.5-120	9.0-105	Slowey,ke	L	U
8/08/08	Min	1-4	N/g	+115	+123	9.5+100	9.0-110	Slowey,ke	L	U
8/09/08	Min	3-7	N/g	+120	+100	8.5+100	8.0+110	Liriano,fr	L	O
8/10/08	Min	5-4	D/g	+102	-105	8.5+110	8.0-110	Tejeda,ro	W	O
9/09/08	Kc	7-2	N/t	-220	-210	9.0-105	9.0-105	Blackburn,ni	W	P
9/10/08	Kc	7-1	N/t	-250	-230	9.0-105	9.0-105	Slowey,ke	W	U
9/11/08	Kc	2-3	D/t	-300	-320	8.0-120	8.5-115	Ramirez,ra	L	U
9/26/08	Kc	1-8	N/t	-250	-250	8.0-110	8.0-110	Davies,ky	L	O
9/27/08	Kc	2-4	D/t	-150	-145	8.5-110	8.5-120	Meche,gi	L	U
9/28/08	Kc	6-0	D/t	-270	-280	8.5-120	9.0-105	Baker,sc	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		7-6	+70	5-4	+225	12-10	+295
Last	10	4-3	+55	1-2	-20	5-5	+35
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		8-6	+77	3-5	-135	11-11	-58
Last	10	4-1	+312	2-3	-50	6-4	+262
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	3-6	9-4	12-10	0-0	5-2	5-8
Minnesota		1-5	10-6	3-5	8-6	5-6	5-5

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		6-7	-130	3-6	-385	9-13	-515
Last	10	4-3	+85	1-2	-105	5-5	-20
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		8-6	+150	3-5	-260	11-11	-110
Last	10	2-3	-115	2-3	-145	4-6	-260

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(PONSON,SI)    - KC                           -180                   45
(SLOWEY,KE)    - MIN        -150   -150       -180       -105        

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  9.5    9.5         8.0        1.5 UN

Away Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- PONSON,SIDNEY (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	0	1	3.1	8	6	6	4	2	16.20	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Home	3	0	2	20.0	18	9	9	6	15	4.05	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total	4	0	3	23.1	26	15	15	10	17	5.79	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR PONSON,SIDNEY
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4	11.2	5	5	3.86	6	8	13	1	0	1	0	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/10/09	NYY	1-4	L	6.0	4	4	6	3	5	0	+140	+150	9.5-120	9.5+100
4/15/09	CLE	4-5		6.0	2	2	6	3	3	0	-115	+115	9.5-120	9.5+100
4/21/09	at CLE	7-8	L	3.1	6	6	8	4	2	1	-165	-190	9.5-120	10.0-105
4/26/09	DET	2-3	L	8.0	3	3	6	0	7	1	+147	+140	9.5+100	9.5+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
4/26/08	MIN	6-12		5.1	5	1	7	1	4	0	+108	+108	10.0-115	10.0-110
5/21/08	at MIN	10-1	W	9.0	1	1	6	1	5	0	-135	-150	9.5+100	9.5-125
7/21/08	MIN	12-4	W	5.2	3	3	9	2	2	0	-145	-130	9.5-120	9.5+100
8/11/08	at MIN	0-4	L	7.2	4	4	7	2	2	1	-118	+102	9.5+100	10.0-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/26/09	DET	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/27/09	TOR	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4/28/09	TOR	5.1	3	3	5.06	7	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
4/29/09	TOR	2.0	1	0	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4/30/09	TOR	3.1	3	3	8.10	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	0

Home Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- SLOWEY,KEVIN (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	8.0	8	1	1	0	7	1.13	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Home	3	2	0	18.1	28	12	12	2	12	5.89	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Total	4	3	0	26.1	36	13	13	2	19	4.44	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR SLOWEY,KEVIN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4	9.2	3	3	2.79	9	3	9	1	0	1	1	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/08/09	SEA	6-5	W	6.0	5	5	9	0	5	2	-150	-168	9.0+100	8.5-110
4/13/09	TOR	6-8		5.1	5	5	13	1	2	2	-133	-125	8.5-125	8.5+100
4/18/09	LAA	9-2	W	7.0	2	2	6	1	5	1	-130	-125	9.5+100	9.0-110
4/25/09	at CLE	7-1	W	8.0	1	1	8	0	7	0	-125	-125	10.0-130	10.5+100

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
5/29/08	at KC	5-1	W	9.0	1	1	6	0	6	0	-115	-113	8.5-120	9.0-105
8/08/08	at KC	4-1	W	5.2	1	1	7	0	2	0	+115	+123	9.5+100	9.0-110
9/10/08	KC	7-1	W	7.0	1	1	4	1	2	0	-250	-230	9.0-105	9.0-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/25/09	at CLE	1.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4/26/09	at CLE	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
4/27/09	TB	3.0	3	3	9.00	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
4/28/09	TB	2.1	1	1	3.86	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	1
4/29/09	TB	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Fri, May 1 5:01 AM EST

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