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Tigers vs Royals Game Time: 8:10 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
7/25/11	At	Cws	3-6	N/g	-145	-133	9.0-110	9.0-115	Below,du	L	P
7/26/11	At	Cws	5-4	N/g	+135	+145	7.5-105	7.5+100	Verlander,ju	W	O
7/27/11	At	Cws	1-2	D/g	-120	-120	8.5-115	8.5-115	Scherzer,ma	L	U
7/28/11		Laa	7-12	D/g	-125	-133	9.0-115	9.5+100	Penny,br	L	O
7/29/11		Laa	12-2	N/g	-130	-143	9.0-110	9.0-110	Porcello,ri	W	O
7/30/11		Laa	1-5	D/g	+120	+105	8.5-105	8.5-105	Turner,ja	L	U
7/31/11		Laa	3-2	D/g	-120	-143	6.5-105	6.5-120	Verlander,ju	W	U
8/02/11		Tex	6-5	N/g	-110	-115	8.5-115	8.5-115	Scherzer,ma	W	O
8/03/11		Tex	5-4	N/g	+105	-105	9.0+100	9.0-105	Fister,do	W	P
8/04/11		Tex	2-5	D/g	+130	+138	9.0-105	8.5-115	Penny,br	L	U
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
7/25/11	At	Bos	3-1	N/g	-290	-300	9.5-110	9.5-120	Davies,ky	W	U
7/26/11	At	Bos	9-13	N/g	-185	-166	10.5-115	10.5-115	Duffy,da	L	O
7/27/11	At	Bos	5-12	N/g	-185	-185	10.5-105	10.5-105	Chen,br	L	O
7/28/11	At	Bos	4-3	D/g	-280	-290	9.0-115	9.0-105	Hochevar,lu	W	U
7/29/11	At	Cle	12-0	N/g	-130	-126	8.5-120	8.5-110	Francis,je	W	O
7/30/11	At	Cle	2-5	N/g	-155	-152	8.0-105	7.5-120	Paulino,fe	L	U
7/31/11	At	Cle	5-3	D/g	-130	-123	9.0-110	9.0+105	Duffy,da	W	U
8/02/11		Bal	2-8	N/g	-125	-140	9.0-110	9.5-105	Chen,br	L	O
8/03/11		Bal	6-2	N/g	-115	-120	9.0-110	9.0-105	Hochevar,lu	W	U
8/04/11		Bal	9-4	N/g	-138	-133	9.0-115	9.0-105	Francis,je	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
9/22/10	Kc	4-2	N/g	-200	-220	8.5-110	8.5-110	Scherzer,ma	W	U
4/08/11	Kc	5-2	D/g	-165	-172	9.0-110	9.0+100	Scherzer,ma	W	U
4/09/11	Kc	1-3	D/g	-150	-160	9.0-110	9.5+100	Chen,br	L	U
4/10/11	Kc	5-9	D/g	-145	-160	9.0-120	9.5+100	Hochevar,lu	L	O
5/13/11	Kc	3-1	N/g	-200	-190	7.5-110	7.5-115	Verlander,ju	W	U
5/14/11	Kc	3-0	D/g	-145	-162	8.5-110	9.0-110	Penny,br	W	U
7/07/11	Det	1-3	N/g	+120	+110	9.5-105	8.5-120	Scherzer,ma	L	U
7/08/11	Det	4-6	N/g	+108	+102	9.0-130	9.5-110	Porcello,ri	L	O
7/09/11	Det	13-6	N/g	-110	-115	9.0-120	9.0-125	Holland,gr	W	O
7/10/11	Det	1-2	D/g	+165	+170	7.5+100	7.5-120	Verlander,ju	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		33-25	+42	26-27	+41	59-52	+83
Last	10	4-3	+67	1-2	-100	5-5	-33
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		30-30	-170	18-33	-672	48-63	-842
Last	10	2-1	+60	4-3	+179	6-4	+239
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Detroit		26-18	33-34	51-50	8-2	39-27	15-24
Kansas	City	16-19	32-44	46-59	2-4	15-10	30-52

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-27	-400	32-18	+1155	58-45	+755
Last	10	3-3	-40	1-1	-15	4-4	-55
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-29	-565	26-23	+95	52-52	-470
Last	10	2-1	+95	3-4	-150	5-5	-55

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	11	6	2	62.2	65	30	25	15	38	3.59	3	1	3	1	4	2	2	0
Home	9	5	4	53.1	64	33	33	15	31	5.57	2	2	3	2	5	4	0	0
Total	20	11	6	116.0	129	63	58	30	69	4.50	5	3	6	3	9	6	2	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR PORCELLO,RICK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
20	66.1	27	27	3.66	57	32	69	6	2	1	7	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/03/11	SF	6-3	W	7.0	3	3	5	2	6	0	-113	-113	8.5-110	8.5-110
7/08/11	at KC	6-4	W	5.1	3	1	6	1	5	0	+108	+102	9.0-130	9.5-110
7/19/11	OAK	8-3	W	6.0	3	3	8	0	3	0	-140	-140	8.5-110	9.0-120
7/24/11	at MIN	5-2	W	6.0	2	2	5	2	4	0	-125	-117	8.5-110	8.5-125
7/29/11	LAA	12-2	W	8.0	2	2	5	0	6	1	-130	-143	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
8/24/10	KC	9-1	W	7.0	0	0	2	1	4	0	-160	-170	9.5-105	9.5+105
9/04/10	at KC	6-4	W	7.0	4	4	7	1	5	1	+110	+110	9.5+100	9.0-115
9/20/10	KC	7-5		5.1	5	5	12	0	2	1	-120	-115	7.5-110	7.5+105
4/10/11	KC	5-9	L	5.0	5	5	9	3	2	0	-145	-160	9.0-120	9.5+100
7/08/11	at KC	6-4	W	5.1	3	1	6	1	5	0	+108	+102	9.0-130	9.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7/30/11	LAA	3.2	3	3	7.36	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
7/31/11	LAA	1.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
8/02/11	TEX	3.0	3	3	9.00	4	1	1	2	1	0	1	1
8/03/11	TEX	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
8/04/11	TEX	2.1	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- PAULINO,FELIPE (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	2	37.0	43	20	16	11	38	3.89	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Home	4	0	2	25.1	23	11	10	6	22	3.55	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
Total	10	1	4	62.1	66	31	26	17	60	3.75	0	2	1	2	1	3	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR PAULINO,FELIPE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
10	26.1	8	7	2.39	17	12	22	1	3	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
6/28/11	at SD	2-4	L	7.0	4	3	11	1	7	0	-115	-120	7.0+100	7.0+110
7/05/11	at CWS	5-3	W	6.0	3	3	9	2	9	1	-155	-145	8.5-110	8.5+100
7/17/11	at MIN	3-4	L	7.0	4	4	7	1	8	1	-127	-130	8.5-110	8.5-110
7/24/11	TB	0-5	L	5.2	4	4	7	2	6	0	-102	-104	9.5+100	9.0+105
7/30/11	at CLE	2-5		6.0	0	0	4	2	4	0	-155	-152	8.0-105	7.5-120

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
7/30/11	at CLE	2.2	5	4	13.50	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
7/31/11	at CLE	4.0	1	1	2.25	2	3	6	0	0	0	1	0
8/02/11	BAL	4.1	5	5	10.38	5	1	4	2	0	0	0	0
8/03/11	BAL	1.2	0	0	0.00	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
8/04/11	BAL	4.0	0	0	0.00	3	2	3	0	1	0	0	0

Updated Fri, Aug 5 5:00 AM EST

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