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

Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/02/11	At	Col	6-9	N/g	-160	-142	10.0-105	10.5-115	Davies,ky	L	O
7/03/11	At	Col	16-8	D/g	-170	-170	9.5-115	9.5-115	Hochevar,lu	W	O
7/04/11	At	Cws	4-5	N/g	-168	-148	8.5-115	8.5-115	Francis,je	L	O
7/05/11	At	Cws	5-3	N/g	-155	-145	8.5-110	8.5+100	Paulino,fe	W	U
7/06/11	At	Cws	4-1	D/g	-132	-143	9.0-110	9.0-110	Chen,br	W	U
7/07/11		Det	1-3	N/g	+120	+110	9.5-105	8.5-120	Duffy,da	L	U
7/08/11		Det	4-6	N/g	+108	+102	9.0-130	9.5-110	Davies,ky	L	O
7/09/11		Det	13-6	N/g	-110	-115	9.0-120	9.0-125	Hochevar,lu	W	O
7/10/11		Det	1-2	D/g	+165	+170	7.5+100	7.5-120	Francis,je	L	U
7/14/11	At	Min	4-8	N/t	-158	-145	8.0+105	8.0-115	Chen,br	L	O
Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/02/11		Mlw	7-8	N/t	+105	-102	8.5+100	8.5-105	Pavano,ca	L	O
7/03/11		Mlw	9-7	D/t	+125	+125	7.5-120	7.5-120	Blackburn,ni	W	O
7/04/11		Tb	7-0	D/t	+133	+140	7.5-105	7.5-105	Duensing,br	W	U
7/05/11		Tb	3-2	N/t	+110	+100	7.0-110	7.0-110	Baker,sc	W	U
7/06/11		Tb	5-12	D/t	-120	-110	8.0-105	7.5-110	Liriano,fr	L	O
7/07/11	At	Cws	6-2	N/g	-145	-150	8.0-105	8.0-120	Pavano,ca	W	P
7/08/11	At	Cws	8-5	N/g	-145	-158	8.5-110	8.5-105	Blackburn,ni	W	O
7/09/11	At	Cws	3-4	D/g	-145	-145	8.5-120	8.5-115	Duensing,br	L	U
7/10/11	At	Cws	6-3	D/g	-158	-165	8.5-115	8.5-110	Swarzak,an	W	O
7/14/11		Kc	8-4	N/t	-158	-145	8.0+105	8.0-115	Liriano,fr	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
4/12/11	Kc	4-3	N/t	-155	-140	8.5+100	8.0-110	Hughes,du	W	U
4/13/11	Kc	5-10	D/t	-170	-175	8.5-105	8.5-105	Davies,ky	L	O
4/29/11	Min	4-3	N/g	-105	-105	8.5-105	8.5-115	Wood,bl	W	U
4/30/11	Min	11-2	N/g	+103	+103	8.5+105	9.0+100	Adcock,na	W	O
5/01/11	Min	10-3	D/g	-105	-115	8.5-120	8.5+105	Hochevar,lu	W	O
6/02/11	Min	2-8	N/g	-110	-130	9.5+100	9.5-115	Swarzak,an	L	O
6/03/11	Min	2-5	N/g	-135	-156	9.5-105	10.0-115	Pavano,ca	L	U
6/04/11	Min	2-7	N/g	-140	-142	9.5-110	9.5+100	Blackburn,ni	L	U
6/05/11	Min	0-6	D/g	-150	-150	9.5-110	9.5+105	Duensing,br	L	U
7/14/11	Kc	8-4	N/t	-158	-145	8.0+105	8.0-115	Liriano,fr	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		24-27	-436	13-28	-764	37-55	-1200
Last	10	1-3	-200	3-3	+128	4-6	-72
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		21-19	+141	21-29	+61	42-48	+202
Last	10	4-2	+253	3-1	+343	7-3	+596
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	14-17	23-38	36-53	1-2	11-9	23-45
Minnesota		17-20	25-28	19-24	23-24	10-12	30-33

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		23-24	-325	23-16	+570	46-40	+245
Last	10	2-2	-40	4-2	+190	6-4	+150
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		23-17	+475	20-27	-980	43-44	-505
Last	10	4-2	+185	2-1	+85	6-3	+270

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	6	1	4	37.2	41	28	26	12	16	6.21	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0
Home	13	4	4	81.0	85	48	46	26	44	5.11	3	1	1	3	4	4	0	0
Total	19	5	8	118.2	126	76	72	38	60	5.46	4	1	1	7	5	8	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR HOCHEVAR,LUKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
19	52.1	24	24	4.13	48	24	48	11	5	1	5	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/15/11	at OAK	1-2	L	7.0	2	2	5	2	0	0	-135	-140	8.0-115	8.0-110
6/21/11	ARZ	2-7	L	7.0	5	5	8	1	6	1	-122	-122	9.0-120	9.0-120
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

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
4/18/10	at MIN	10-5	W	6.0	3	2	6	5	4	0	-200	-190	9.5+100	9.5+105
4/24/10	MIN	7-9		6.2	5	4	8	1	7	0	+115	+100	9.5-110	10.0-115
9/29/10	MIN	2-4		6.0	2	2	7	3	4	0	+115	-108	9.0+110	8.5-110
5/01/11	MIN	10-3	W	6.1	3	3	5	4	1	1	-105	-115	8.5-120	8.5+105
6/04/11	MIN	2-7	L	6.0	6	6	11	0	2	0	-140	-142	9.5-110	9.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/07/11	DET	3.0	1	1	3.00	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
7/08/11	DET	3.0	1	1	3.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7/09/11	DET	5.1	0	0	0.00	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
7/10/11	DET	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
7/14/11	at MIN	3.0	4	4	12.00	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- BLACKBURN,NICK (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	10	5	3	60.2	67	30	28	18	32	4.15	3	0	2	3	4	2	1	1
Home	8	2	3	49.2	60	31	24	13	26	4.35	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	3
Total	18	7	6	110.1	127	61	52	31	58	4.24	4	1	3	5	4	2	3	4

2011 BULLPEN FOR BLACKBURN,NICK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
17	51.0	28	26	4.59	53	28	40	5	2	3	5	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
6/16/11	CWS	1-0	W	8.0	0	0	7	1	1	0	+105	-105	8.0-115	8.0-130
6/22/11	at SF	1-5	L	6.0	3	2	4	3	4	0	-150	-135	6.5-125	6.5-125
6/27/11	LA	0-15	L	4.1	8	7	12	1	1	1	-120	-117	7.5+105	8.0+100
7/03/11	MLW	9-7		4.0	6	6	6	1	2	1	+125	+125	7.5-120	7.5-120
7/08/11	at CWS	8-5	W	5.0	5	5	10	2	4	1	-145	-158	8.5-110	8.5-105

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
4/17/10	KC	6-5		5.0	5	5	7	1	3	2	-180	-185	9.0-110	9.5-115
4/24/10	at KC	9-7		4.1	6	5	10	2	0	0	+115	+100	9.5-110	10.0-115
9/28/10	at KC	1-10	L	4.1	8	8	8	2	4	2	+120	+110	9.0-120	9.5+100
6/04/11	at KC	7-2	W	5.0	2	2	7	1	2	0	-140	-142	9.5-110	9.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/07/11	at CWS	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7/08/11	at CWS	4.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
7/09/11	at CWS	1.2	2	2	10.80	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
7/10/11	at CWS	3.0	2	2	6.00	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
7/14/11	KC	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Fri, Jul 15 5:00 AM EST

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