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Matchups

MLB Matchup
Tigers vs Royals Game Time: 2:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Kauffman Stadium Surface: Grass

Detroit
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/16/09		Oak	9-1	N/g	-133	-120	9.5+105	9.0-110	Porcello,ri	W	O
5/17/09		Oak	11-7	D/g	-150	-135	9.0-105	9.5+100	Galarraga,ar	W	O
5/19/09		Tex	4-0	N/g	-102	+115	11.0-120	11.0-115	Willis,do	W	U
5/20/09		Tex	5-3	N/g	-160	-160	9.0-125	9.0+110	Verlander,ju	W	U
5/21/09		Tex	4-3	D/g	-125	-143	9.5+105	8.5-125	Jackson,ed	W	U
5/22/09		Col	4-3	N/g	-140	-140	9.0-110	9.0-110	Porcello,ri	W	U
5/23/09		Col	3-4	N/g	-150	-140	10.0-105	10.0-115	Galarraga,ar	L	U
5/24/09		Col	1-3	D/g	-150	-155	10.5-115	10.0-120	Willis,do	L	U
5/25/09	At	Kc	13-1	D/g	+125	+125	8.0-115	8.0-105	Verlander,ju	W	O
5/26/09	At	Kc	1-6	N/g	-175	-155	8.0-105	7.5-105	Jackson,ed	L	U
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/16/09		Bal	2-3	N/g	-128	-110	10.0-105	10.0+100	Davies,ky	L	U
5/17/09		Bal	7-4	D/g	-105	+100	10.0-105	9.5-105	Hochevar,lu	W	O
5/19/09		Cle	6-5	N/g	+123	+120	8.0-115	8.5-105	Bannister,br	W	O
5/20/09		Cle	5-6	N/g	-125	-115	9.0-130	9.5-115	Meche,gi	L	O
5/21/09		Cle	3-8	D/g	-190	-200	8.0-125	8.0-115	Greinke,za	L	O
5/22/09	At	Stl	0-5	N/g	-145	-135	9.5+105	9.5+100	Davies,ky	L	U
5/23/09	At	Stl	0-5	D/g	-163	-155	9.5-125	9.5+105	Hochevar,lu	L	U
5/24/09	At	Stl	3-2	D/g	-137	-145	9.0+100	8.5-120	Bannister,br	W	U
5/25/09		Det	1-13	D/g	+125	+125	8.0-115	8.0-105	Meche,gi	L	O
5/26/09		Det	6-1	N/g	-175	-155	8.0-105	7.5-105	Greinke,za	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/U
8/30/08	Kc	3-13	N/g	-200	-200	10.5-110	10.5-105	Duckworth,br	L	O
8/31/08	Kc	4-2	D/g	-175	-185	9.0-120	9.0+100	Glover,ga	W	U
9/22/08	Kc	2-6	N/g	-135	-120	9.5-110	9.5+100	Meche,gi	L	U
9/23/08	Kc	0-5	N/g	-120	+113	9.0-130	9.5+105	Greinke,za	L	U
9/24/08	Kc	4-10	N/g	-125	-115	10.5-110	10.0-115	Bannister,br	L	O
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	Miner,za	L	O
4/26/09	Det	2-3	D/g	+147	+140	9.5+100	9.5+110	Galarraga,ar	L	U
5/25/09	Det	1-13	D/g	+125	+125	8.0-115	8.0-105	Verlander,ju	L	O
5/26/09	Det	6-1	N/g	-175	-155	8.0-105	7.5-105	Greinke,za	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		15-7	+602	10-12	-142	25-19	+460
Last	10	6-2	+320	1-1	0	7-3	+320
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		15-11	+240	8-12	-217	23-23	+23
Last	10	3-4	-205	1-2	-65	4-6	-270
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Detroit		12-4	13-15	24-13	1-6	15-7	8-11
Kansas	City	7-10	16-13	21-22	2-1	11-8	10-15

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		10-11	-270	9-13	-510	19-24	-780
Last	10	2-6	-495	1-1	-5	3-7	-500
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2009		14-11	+250	8-12	-560	22-23	-310
Last	10	5-2	+295	0-3	-325	5-5	-30

Value Index

 
                            LV MONEY LINE
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI LINE   VI EDGE
(PORCELLO,RI)  - DET        -117   -117       -180                   
(DAVIES,KY)    - KC                           -180       -105        12

                            LV OVER/UNDER
                            OPEN  CURRENT  VALUE INDEX  VI EDGE
OVER/UNDER                  9.0    9.0         8.0        1.0 UN

Away Pitcher

DETROIT TIGERS -- PORCELLO,RICK (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	2	23.0	23	11	10	5	16	3.91	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	1
Home	4	3	1	22.2	19	8	8	10	12	3.18	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0
Total	8	5	3	45.2	42	19	18	15	28	3.55	2	1	3	2	5	2	0	1

2009 BULLPEN FOR PORCELLO,RICK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8	24.1	10	10	3.70	24	11	17	3	0	0	1	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/29/09	NYY	6-8	L	3.2	6	6	6	3	1	1	+125	+132	9.5+100	9.0-125
5/05/09	MIN	9-0	W	7.0	0	0	4	3	3	0	-110	-107	9.5-110	10.0-120
5/10/09	at CLE	5-3	W	5.0	1	1	5	2	5	0	-123	-120	10.0-130	10.5+110
5/16/09	OAK	9-1	W	6.0	1	1	3	2	5	0	-133	-120	9.5+105	9.0-110
5/22/09	COL	4-3	W	6.0	1	1	6	2	3	0	-140	-140	9.0-110	9.0-110

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
4/24/09	at KC	1-6	L	6.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	-160	-163	8.5+105	8.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/22/09	COL	3.0	2	2	6.00	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	0
5/23/09	COL	3.2	0	0	0.00	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
5/24/09	COL	2.1	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5/25/09	at KC	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
5/26/09	at KC	1.2	2	2	10.80	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- DAVIES,KYLE (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	0	1	25.0	12	6	6	12	27	2.16	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Home	5	2	2	27.2	35	22	21	11	13	6.83	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0
Total	9	2	3	52.2	47	28	27	23	40	4.61	1	0	1	3	2	3	0	0

2009 BULLPEN FOR DAVIES,KYLE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9	27.1	16	13	4.28	32	14	27	4	2	2	2	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/30/09	TOR	8-6	W	5.2	3	3	7	3	0	1	-130	-127	9.5+100	9.5-120
5/05/09	CWS	8-7		4.0	6	6	8	3	2	2	-128	-125	9.5+100	9.5+100
5/10/09	at LAA	3-4		6.0	1	1	3	3	4	0	-138	-130	9.0-125	9.5-110
5/16/09	BAL	2-3	L	7.0	3	2	5	2	4	0	-128	-110	10.0-105	10.0+100
5/22/09	at STL	0-5	L	6.0	2	2	3	2	7	0	-145	-135	9.5+105	9.5+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
7/22/08	DET	1-7	L	4.0	2	2	5	1	3	1	+105	+115	9.5-110	10.0-130
8/23/08	DET	0-4	L	6.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	+155	+150	10.5-110	10.5-110
8/29/08	at DET	3-6	L	4.2	6	2	8	1	2	0	-180	-200	10.0-120	10.0-110
4/25/09	DET	1-9	L	5.1	7	7	8	2	2	2	-125	-113	9.0-130	9.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/21/09	CLE	3.0	6	6	18.00	8	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
5/22/09	at STL	2.0	3	3	13.50	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
5/23/09	at STL	1.2	1	1	5.40	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/24/09	at STL	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
5/25/09	DET	6.2	9	9	12.15	13	2	8	1	0	0	0	0

Updated Wed, May 27 5:01 AM EST

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