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Royals vs Twins Game Time: 2:10 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
9/23/09		Bos	2-9	N/g	+185	+185	8.5-115	8.5-110	Hochevar,lu	L	O
9/24/09		Bos	3-10	N/g	+190	+185	9.0-120	9.0-125	Lerew,an	L	O
9/25/09		Min	4-9	N/g	+100	-105	9.0-110	8.5-115	Tejeda,ro	L	O
9/26/09		Min	6-11	N/g	+155	+155	9.0-120	9.0-120	Dinardo,le	L	O
9/27/09		Min	4-1	D/g	-170	-180	8.0+100	8.0-110	Greinke,za	W	U
9/28/09	At	Nyy	2-8	N/g	-160	-150	10.5-110	10.0-120	Hochevar,lu	L	P
9/29/09	At	Nyy	3-4	N/g	-240	-240	10.0+100	9.5-120	Lerew,an	L	U
9/30/09	At	Nyy	4-3	N/g	-200	-177	9.5-120	9.5-110	Tejeda,ro	W	U
10/02/09	At	Min	7-10	N/t	-200	-200	9.5-110	9.5-110	Dinardo,le	L	O
10/03/09	At	Min	4-5	D/t	+120	+115	7.5-110	7.5-120	Greinke,za	L	O
Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/23/09	At	Cws	8-6	N/g	-113	-123	8.5+100	8.0-120	Duensing,br	W	O
9/25/09	At	Kc	9-4	N/g	+100	-105	9.0-110	8.5-115	Pavano,ca	W	O
9/26/09	At	Kc	11-6	N/g	+155	+155	9.0-120	9.0-120	Baker,sc	W	O
9/27/09	At	Kc	1-4	D/g	-170	-180	8.0+100	8.0-110	Liriano,fr	L	U
9/29/09	At	Det	5-6	N/g	-165	-163	8.0-120	8.0-115	Duensing,br	L	O
9/29/09	At	Det	3-2	D/g	-130	-130	9.0-120	9.0-120	Blackburn,ni	W	U
9/30/09	At	Det	2-7	N/g	+110	+100	9.0-115	9.5+105	Pavano,ca	L	U
10/01/09	At	Det	8-3	D/g	+105	+110	9.5+100	9.0-105	Baker,sc	W	O
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	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
8/12/09	Kc	7-1	N/t	-170	-190	9.0-110	9.0-115	Liriano,fr	W	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

W/L Record Comparison

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		33-48	-1712	32-48	-751	65-96	-2463
Last	10	1-4	-305	1-4	-258	2-8	-563
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		47-33	+269	38-43	-104	85-76	+165
Last	10	2-0	+215	5-3	+223	7-3	+438
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Kansas	City	22-32	43-64	59-84	6-12	24-25	37-66
Minnesota		25-33	60-43	35-39	50-37	47-37	31-35

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		43-33	+725	32-43	-1530	75-76	-805
Last	10	4-1	+290	2-2	-30	6-3	+260
Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		40-34	+205	32-45	-1775	72-79	-1570
Last	10	2-0	+200	5-3	+165	7-3	+365

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	11	3	7	63.1	81	54	53	19	40	7.53	1	2	2	5	2	7	1	0
Home	13	4	5	76.2	82	48	44	24	64	5.17	1	3	3	2	4	5	0	0
Total	24	7	12	140.0	163	102	97	43	104	6.24	2	5	5	7	6	12	1	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR HOCHEVAR,LUKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
22	72.0	40	32	4.00	64	40	59	8	2	3	5	4

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/06/09	LAA	2-7	L	3.2	7	7	9	2	2	0	+145	+155	9.5-110	9.5-115
9/12/09	at CLE	6-13	L	5.0	5	5	7	3	6	1	-140	-145	9.5-110	9.5+100
9/18/09	at CWS	11-0	W	9.0	0	0	3	1	5	0	-210	-220	9.0-110	9.0-110
9/23/09	BOS	2-9	L	5.0	6	6	8	3	5	0	+185	+185	8.5-115	8.5-110
9/28/09	at NYY	2-8	L	6.0	8	8	12	2	2	2	-160	-150	10.5-110	10.0-120

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
5/29/08	MIN	1-5	L	5.1	5	5	9	3	3	0	-115	-113	8.5-120	9.0-105
6/29/09	MIN	4-2	W	7.0	0	0	2	4	2	0	+118	+125	8.5-115	9.0-115
8/21/09	MIN	4-5		7.0	3	3	5	0	3	0	+115	+100	9.5-105	9.5-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/28/09	at NYY	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
9/29/09	at NYY	2.2	2	1	3.38	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	1
9/30/09	at NYY	4.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	0
10/02/09	at MIN	7.0	3	3	3.86	5	3	5	1	0	0	0	0
10/03/09	at MIN	2.0	1	1	4.50	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	19	9	7	110.2	128	70	64	25	87	5.20	2	2	7	5	8	5	1	2
Home	13	4	5	83.0	99	45	45	13	53	4.88	1	1	3	4	4	3	0	2
Total	32	13	12	193.2	227	115	109	38	140	5.07	3	3	10	9	12	8	1	4

2009 BULLPEN FOR PAVANO,CARL
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
31	86.1	44	43	4.48	71	47	68	11	5	2	9	3

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/09/09	at TOR	4-1	W	7.1	1	1	6	2	5	0	-200	-190	8.0-125	7.5-120
9/14/09	CLE	6-3		6.0	3	3	6	1	4	2	-155	-150	9.0-110	9.0-125
9/19/09	DET	6-2		7.0	2	2	11	0	4	0	+120	+110	8.5+100	8.0-110
9/25/09	at KC	9-4	W	6.0	4	4	8	1	5	2	+100	-105	9.0-110	8.5-115
9/30/09	at DET	2-7	L	4.2	7	7	7	2	4	0	+110	+100	9.0-115	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
5/21/09	at KC	8-3	W	6.0	3	3	6	1	8	0	-190	-200	8.0-125	8.0-115
6/10/09	KC	0-9	L	4.2	9	9	11	1	1	3	-140	-140	9.0-110	8.5-105
8/13/09	KC	4-5	L	7.0	5	5	5	3	6	1	-155	-168	9.5-110	9.0-115
8/23/09	at KC	10-3	W	7.0	2	2	8	0	2	0	+120	-105	9.5-110	9.0-125
9/25/09	at KC	9-4	W	6.0	4	4	8	1	5	2	+100	-105	9.0-110	8.5-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/29/09	at DET	3.0	1	1	3.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
9/30/09	at DET	3.1	0	0	0.00	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
10/01/09	at DET	4.0	2	0	0.00	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/02/09	KC	3.2	3	3	7.36	6	1	7	0	0	0	1	0
10/03/09	KC	2.0	2	2	9.00	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	1

Updated Sun, Oct 4 5:00 AM EST

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