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MLB Matchup
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
9/01/12		Min	1-3	D/g	-133	-137	8.5-110	8.5-115	Smith,wi	L	U
9/02/12		Min	6-4	D/g	-142	-140	9.0-110	9.0-115	Mendoza,lu	W	O
9/03/12		Tex	4-8	D/g	+146	+144	8.5-115	8.5-125	Chen,br	L	O
9/04/12		Tex	6-3	N/g	+126	+142	9.0+100	9.0-120	Guthrie,je	W	P
9/05/12		Tex	6-7	N/g	+145	+140	9.0-115	9.0-115	Teaford,ev	L	O
9/06/12		Tex	4-5	N/g	+122	+113	9.5+100	9.0-125	Hochevar,lu	L	P
9/07/12	At	Cws	7-5	N/g	-160	-137	8.5-110	8.5-110	Mendoza,lu	W	O
9/08/12	At	Cws	4-5	D/g	-210	-172	8.5-110	8.0-110	Chen,br	L	O
9/09/12	At	Cws	2-1	D/g	-133	-115	9.0-105	9.0-110	Guthrie,je	W	U
9/11/12	At	Min	9-1	N/t	-138	-130	9.0+100	9.0-120	Smith,wi	W	O
Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/01/12	At	Kc	3-1	D/g	-133	-137	8.5-110	8.5-115	Devries,co	W	U
9/02/12	At	Kc	4-6	D/g	-142	-140	9.0-110	9.0-115	Vasquez,es	L	O
9/03/12	At	Cws	2-4	N/g	-153	-172	9.0-115	9.5-105	Deduno,sa	L	U
9/04/12	At	Cws	18-9	N/g	-162	-144	9.0-110	9.0-120	Diamond,sc	W	O
9/05/12	At	Cws	2-6	D/g	-190	-195	9.0-105	9.0-120	Walters,p.	L	U
9/07/12		Cle	6-7	N/t	-128	-134	9.0-120	9.0-115	Hendriks,li	L	O
9/08/12		Cle	3-0	N/t	-122	-114	9.0-110	9.0-120	Devries,co	W	U
9/09/12		Cle	8-7	D/t	-123	-118	9.5-105	9.0-115	Vasquez,es	W	O
9/10/12		Cle	7-2	N/t	-113	-123	9.0+105	9.0-115	Deduno,sa	W	P
9/11/12		Kc	1-9	N/t	-138	-130	9.0+100	9.0-120	Diamond,sc	L	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
6/30/12	Kc	5-1	N/t	+120	+122	9.0-105	9.0-110	Devries,co	W	U
6/30/12	Kc	7-2	D/t	-130	-143	9.5+100	9.5-105	Diamond,sc	W	U
7/01/12	Kc	10-8	D/t	-129	-140	8.0-110	8.0-120	Gray,je	W	O
7/20/12	Min	1-2	N/g	-137	-152	9.5-120	10.0-105	Fien,ca	L	U
7/21/12	Min	7-3	N/g	-120	-125	9.5-120	9.0-110	Mendoza,lu	W	O
7/22/12	Min	5-7	D/g	-125	-154	10.5-105	10.5-110	Deduno,sa	L	O
9/01/12	Min	7-8	N/g	-135	-135	9.0+100	9.0-110	Swarzak,an	L	O
9/01/12	Min	1-3	D/g	-133	-137	8.5-110	8.5-115	Devries,co	L	U
9/02/12	Min	6-4	D/g	-142	-140	9.0-110	9.0-115	Collins,ti	W	O
9/11/12	Kc	1-9	N/t	-138	-130	9.0+100	9.0-120	Smith,wi	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		31-38	-789	33-39	+528	64-77	-261
Last	10	2-4	-195	3-1	+252	5-5	+57
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		28-42	-1468	31-41	+517	59-83	-951
Last	10	3-2	+36	2-3	-39	5-5	-3
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	16-32	48-45	58-69	6-8	13-18	47-58
Minnesota		18-30	41-53	28-38	31-45	14-16	44-66

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		31-35	-800	32-38	-890	63-73	-1690
Last	10	3-1	+185	3-1	+190	6-2	+375
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		35-31	+100	35-32	-15	70-63	+85
Last	10	3-1	+180	2-3	-140	5-4	+40

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	14	5	7	84.0	88	49	45	27	61	4.82	1	2	4	5	4	6	1	1
Home	14	2	6	77.1	80	55	51	26	63	5.94	0	5	2	1	2	6	0	0
Total	28	7	13	161.1	168	104	96	53	124	5.36	1	7	6	6	6	12	1	1

2012 BULLPEN FOR HOCHEVAR,LUKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
26	88.2	22	19	1.93	66	39	83	5	5	3	5	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/16/12	OAK	0-3	L	7.0	3	3	4	3	5	2	-112	-110	8.5-115	8.0-110
8/21/12	at TB	1-0		8.0	0	0	1	3	10	0	-250	-260	7.0-110	7.0-125
8/27/12	at BOS	1-5	L	8.0	5	4	8	1	6	1	-118	-118	9.5-110	9.5-110
9/01/12	MIN	7-8	L	1.2	8	8	6	4	3	2	-135	-135	9.0+100	9.0-110
9/06/12	TEX	4-5		6.1	4	4	6	2	5	2	+122	+113	9.5+100	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
7/15/11	at MIN	2-1		7.0	1	1	3	3	4	0	-135	-123	9.0+100	9.0-105
9/14/11	MIN	7-3	W	6.0	2	2	5	2	3	0	-142	-157	8.5-115	8.5+100
6/30/12	at MIN	1-5	L	6.0	5	5	8	1	0	3	+120	+122	9.0-105	9.0-110
7/20/12	MIN	1-2		7.0	1	1	5	0	6	1	-137	-152	9.5-120	10.0-105
9/01/12	MIN	7-8	L	1.2	8	8	6	4	3	2	-135	-135	9.0+100	9.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/06/12	TEX	3.2	1	1	2.45	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
9/07/12	at CWS	3.2	0	0	0.00	2	1	7	0	1	0	1	0
9/08/12	at CWS	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
9/09/12	at CWS	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	4	2	0	1	0	1	0
9/11/12	at MIN	2.0	1	1	4.50	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- WALTERS,P.J. (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	2	1	24.2	22	15	15	11	16	5.47	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0
Home	4	0	2	17.0	25	13	13	6	11	6.88	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Total	8	2	3	41.2	47	28	28	17	27	6.05	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	2

2012 BULLPEN FOR WALTERS,P.J.
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7	30.1	9	9	2.67	28	7	21	4	2	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
5/27/12	DET	3-4		6.0	2	2	7	5	4	0	+103	+107	9.0-110	9.5-105
6/02/12	at CLE	7-4		4.1	4	4	8	3	2	0	-120	-142	9.0-110	9.0+105
6/08/12	CHC	8-7		5.0	5	5	8	1	2	2	-130	-131	8.5-110	9.0-105
6/13/12	PHI	8-9	L	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	+150	+133	8.0-105	8.0-110
9/05/12	at CWS	2-6	L	5.0	6	6	5	3	4	2	-190	-195	9.0-105	9.0-120

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
9/07/12	CLE	4.0	3	2	4.50	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/08/12	CLE	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
9/09/12	CLE	6.0	3	3	4.50	5	1	4	0	1	0	0	1
9/10/12	CLE	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9/11/12	KC	3.0	5	5	15.00	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Updated Wed, Sep 12 5:00 AM EST

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