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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
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
8/05/11	At	Kc	4-3	N/g	+105	-105	9.0-110	9.0-115	Porcello,ri	W	U
8/06/11	At	Kc	4-3	N/g	+185	+170	8.0+100	8.0-110	Verlander,ju	W	U
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
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
8/05/11		Det	3-4	N/g	+105	-105	9.0-110	9.0-115	Paulino,fe	L	U
8/06/11		Det	3-4	N/g	+185	+170	8.0+100	8.0-110	Duffy,da	L	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/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
8/05/11	Det	3-4	N/g	+105	-105	9.0-110	9.0-115	Schlereth,da	L	U
8/06/11	Det	3-4	N/g	+185	+170	8.0+100	8.0-110	Verlander,ju	L	U

W/L Record Comparison

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		33-25	+42	28-27	+241	61-52	+283
Last	10	4-3	+67	2-1	+100	6-4	+167
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		30-32	-375	18-33	-672	48-65	-1047
Last	10	2-3	-145	3-2	+279	5-5	+134
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Detroit		26-18	35-34	53-50	8-2	40-27	15-24
Kansas	City	16-19	32-46	46-61	2-4	15-10	30-53

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-27	-400	32-20	+930	58-47	+530
Last	10	3-3	-40	0-3	-340	3-6	-380
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		26-31	-790	26-23	+95	52-54	-695
Last	10	2-3	-130	2-3	-130	4-6	-260

Away Pitcher

DETROIT TIGERS -- SCHERZER,MAX (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	10	6	3	59.0	66	33	33	22	53	5.03	1	1	5	2	4	3	2	0
Home	13	5	3	79.1	79	36	32	22	62	3.63	3	2	2	1	5	3	0	0
Total	23	11	6	138.1	145	69	65	44	115	4.23	4	3	7	3	9	6	2	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR SCHERZER,MAX
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
23	64.0	38	36	5.06	69	31	50	6	4	2	7	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/07/11	at KC	3-1	W	6.2	1	1	6	0	2	0	+120	+110	9.5-105	8.5-120
7/16/11	CWS	0-5	L	8.0	2	2	8	0	6	1	-157	-138	8.5-110	8.5-125
7/22/11	at MIN	8-2	W	7.0	1	1	4	1	4	0	+105	+100	8.0-110	8.5-125
7/27/11	at CWS	1-2	L	6.0	2	2	6	4	8	1	-120	-120	8.5-115	8.5-115
8/02/11	TEX	6-5		6.0	2	2	6	1	1	0	-110	-115	8.5-115	8.5-115

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
4/12/10	KC	5-10	L	5.0	5	2	9	2	3	1	-175	-190	8.5+110	8.0-120
6/04/10	at KC	3-7	L	5.0	5	5	9	2	3	0	+140	+125	9.5-110	9.0-115
9/22/10	KC	4-2	W	7.2	0	0	2	2	8	0	-200	-220	8.5-110	8.5-110
4/08/11	KC	5-2	W	6.0	1	1	7	2	3	0	-165	-172	9.0-110	9.0+100
7/07/11	at KC	3-1	W	6.2	1	1	6	0	2	0	+120	+110	9.5-105	8.5-120

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
8/05/11	at KC	3.2	0	0	0.00	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
8/06/11	at KC	2.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0

Home 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	6	2	4	31.1	41	25	21	14	24	6.03	2	2	0	2	2	3	0	1
Home	8	3	1	51.0	52	20	19	17	25	3.35	1	0	2	1	3	1	0	0
Total	14	5	5	82.1	93	45	40	31	49	4.37	3	2	2	3	5	4	0	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR CHEN,BRUCE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
13	44.2	22	20	4.03	45	14	45	5	3	1	4	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/06/11	at CWS	4-1	W	6.0	1	1	4	3	4	0	-132	-143	9.0-110	9.0-110
7/14/11	at MIN	4-8	L	5.0	4	4	9	3	2	1	-158	-145	8.0+105	8.0-115
7/20/11	CWS	2-1		8.0	1	1	4	1	4	1	+112	+100	9.0-110	8.5-105
7/27/11	at BOS	5-12	L	4.0	10	10	10	3	3	3	-185	-185	10.5-105	10.5-105
8/02/11	BAL	2-8	L	4.2	3	3	7	4	2	0	-125	-140	9.0-110	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
6/04/10	DET	7-3	W	5.0	2	2	4	3	4	0	+140	+125	9.5-110	9.0-115
8/23/10	at DET	3-12	L	4.1	5	5	5	5	2	0	-165	-165	9.0-125	9.5-120
9/04/10	DET	4-6		4.2	4	4	6	3	6	1	+110	+110	9.5+100	9.0-115
9/21/10	at DET	9-6	W	6.0	3	3	4	1	1	2	-165	-160	9.5+100	9.0-125
4/09/11	at DET	3-1	W	6.0	0	0	3	1	7	0	-150	-160	9.0-110	9.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
8/05/11	DET	3.1	1	1	2.70	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
8/06/11	DET	4.0	1	1	2.25	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Aug 7 5:00 AM EST

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