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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
9/16/11		Cws	7-6	N/g	-115	-115	8.5-105	8.5+100	Paulino,fe	W	O
9/17/11		Cws	10-3	N/g	-135	-132	9.0-110	8.5-115	Teaford,ev	W	O
9/18/11		Cws	5-10	D/g	-105	-108	8.5-110	8.5-110	Chen,br	L	O
9/20/11		Det	10-2	N/g	-105	-118	10.0+100	10.0+100	Mendoza,lu	W	O
9/21/11		Det	3-6	N/g	+115	+105	9.0+100	9.0+105	Paulino,fe	L	P
9/23/11	At	Cws	11-1	N/g	-120	-113	9.0-115	9.0-120	Chen,br	W	O
9/24/11	At	Cws	3-6	N/g	-130	-134	8.5+105	8.5-110	Teaford,ev	L	O
9/25/11	At	Cws	2-1	D/g	-135	-143	8.5+100	8.5-115	Mendoza,lu	W	U
9/26/11	At	Min	7-3	N/t	-105	+115	9.0-105	9.0+115	Paulino,fe	W	O
9/27/11	At	Min	4-7	N/t	-110	-107	9.0-120	9.0+100	O'sullivan,s	L	O
Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/19/11	At	Nyy	4-6	D/g	-225	-275	10.0-105	10.0-110	Diamond,sc	L	P
9/20/11		Sea	4-5	N/t	-110	+100	8.0-110	8.0-110	Hendriks,li	L	O
9/21/11		Sea	4-5	N/t	+120	+125	7.5-120	7.5-110	Slowey,ke	L	O
9/22/11	Sea	3-2	D/t	+135	+110	8.5+100	Swarzak,an	W	U
9/23/11	At	Cle	5-6	N/g	-190	-190	8.5-105	8.0-110	Pavano,ca	L	O
9/24/11	At	Cle	6-7	N/g	-140	-138	9.0-120	9.0-110	Diamond,sc	L	O
9/24/11	At	Cle	2-8	D/g	-154	-143	9.0-115	9.0-115	Duensing,br	L	O
9/25/11	At	Cle	6-4	D/g	-170	-168	9.0-110	9.0-105	Hendriks,li	W	O
9/26/11		Kc	3-7	N/t	-105	+115	9.0-105	9.0+115	Slowey,ke	L	O
9/27/11		Kc	7-4	N/t	-110	-107	9.0-120	9.0+100	Swarzak,an	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
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
7/15/11	Kc	1-2	N/t	-135	-123	9.0+100	9.0-105	Collins,ti	L	U
7/16/11	Kc	4-3	N/t	-130	-122	8.5-110	8.5-110	Perkins,gl	W	U
7/17/11	Kc	4-3	D/t	-127	-130	8.5-110	8.5-110	Duensing,br	W	U
9/13/11	Min	4-0	N/g	-135	-135	9.0-105	9.0+100	Chen,br	W	U
9/14/11	Min	7-3	D/g	-142	-157	8.5-115	8.5+100	Hochevar,lu	W	O
9/26/11	Kc	3-7	N/t	-105	+115	9.0-105	9.0+115	Paulino,fe	L	O
9/27/11	Kc	7-4	N/t	-110	-107	9.0-120	9.0+100	Swarzak,an	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		40-41	-247	31-49	-466	71-90	-713
Last	10	3-2	+92	3-2	+133	6-4	+225
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		32-48	-1811	30-51	-775	62-99	-2586
Last	10	2-3	-90	1-4	-242	3-7	-332
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	23-26	48-64	66-80	5-10	23-13	45-74
Minnesota		24-36	38-63	28-46	34-53	15-21	43-74

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		37-38	-440	40-36	+60	77-74	-380
Last	10	4-0	+400	4-1	+285	8-1	+685
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		39-38	-195	39-37	-220	78-75	-415
Last	10	4-1	+300	4-0	+400	8-1	+700

Away Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- CHEN,BRUCE (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	11	6	5	65.2	61	36	31	24	47	4.25	3	3	3	2	5	4	1	1
Home	13	6	3	81.1	83	35	34	24	46	3.76	2	1	4	2	6	3	0	0
Total	24	12	8	147.0	144	71	65	48	93	3.98	5	4	7	4	11	7	1	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR CHEN,BRUCE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
23	69.0	32	30	3.91	70	21	71	8	3	1	9	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/02/11	CLE	4-5	L	6.0	5	5	8	1	3	2	+110	+107	8.0+100	8.0-120
9/07/11	at OAK	0-7	L	5.1	6	5	8	3	2	0	-142	-145	8.5-115	8.5-120
9/13/11	MIN	4-0	W	8.0	0	0	2	1	8	0	-135	-135	9.0-105	9.0+100
9/18/11	CWS	5-10	L	5.1	4	4	9	2	2	0	-105	-108	8.5-110	8.5-110
9/23/11	at CWS	11-1	W	8.0	1	1	2	1	4	1	-120	-113	9.0-115	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
6/10/10	at MIN	9-8	W	6.1	5	5	10	1	7	1	-210	-200	9.0-125	9.0+100
7/27/10	MIN	2-11	L	5.1	6	6	11	3	1	0	+155	+135	9.0+105	9.0-110
4/29/11	MIN	4-3		5.1	3	3	8	2	1	1	-105	-105	8.5-105	8.5-115
7/14/11	at MIN	4-8	L	5.0	4	4	9	3	2	1	-158	-145	8.0+105	8.0-115
9/13/11	MIN	4-0	W	8.0	0	0	2	1	8	0	-135	-135	9.0-105	9.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/23/11	at CWS	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9/24/11	at CWS	3.0	1	1	3.00	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
9/25/11	at CWS	1.1	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	0
9/26/11	at MIN	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
9/27/11	at MIN	3.0	1	1	3.00	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- PAVANO,CARL (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	18	4	7	114.1	150	78	70	21	55	5.51	0	4	4	3	4	6	0	1
Home	14	4	6	98.2	107	45	36	19	44	3.28	2	3	2	3	0	0	4	6
Total	32	8	13	213.0	1	123	106	40	99	4.48	2	7	6	6	4	6	4	7

2011 BULLPEN FOR PAVANO,CARL
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
30	69.1	43	39	5.06	76	30	58	10	5	6	8	6

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/02/11	at LAA	13-5	W	6.2	4	3	7	0	4	0	-170	-176	8.5+100	8.5+100
9/07/11	CWS	5-4	W	5.1	3	1	10	1	1	0	+115	+120	8.0-110	8.0+105
9/13/11	at KC	0-4	L	7.0	4	3	11	1	5	2	-135	-135	9.0-105	9.0+100
9/18/11	CLE	5-6	L	6.2	4	1	5	1	6	1	+125	+129	8.5-120	8.0-110
9/23/11	at CLE	5-6		6.1	5	5	10	1	3	1	-190	-190	8.5-105	8.0-110

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
7/27/10	at KC	11-2	W	5.0	1	1	5	3	2	0	+155	+135	9.0+105	9.0-110
5/01/11	at KC	3-10	L	5.1	7	6	12	0	0	1	-105	-115	8.5-120	8.5+105
6/03/11	at KC	5-2	W	9.0	2	2	9	1	4	0	-135	-156	9.5-105	10.0-115
7/16/11	KC	4-3		7.0	3	3	6	1	3	1	-130	-122	8.5-110	8.5-110
9/13/11	at KC	0-4	L	7.0	4	3	11	1	5	2	-135	-135	9.0-105	9.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/24/11	at CLE	2.2	3	3	10.13	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
9/24/11	at CLE	3.0	6	6	18.00	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
9/25/11	at CLE	4.0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
9/26/11	KC	3.1	2	2	5.40	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
9/27/11	KC	2.2	2	2	6.75	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Wed, Sep 28 2:45 PM EST

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