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MLB Matchup
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
8/15/12	At	Min	5-1	D/t	+133	+138	9.5+100	9.5-115	Scherzer,ma	W	U
8/17/12		Bal	5-3	N/g	-250	-285	8.0-110	7.5-110	Verlander,ju	W	O
8/18/12		Bal	2-3	N/g	-200	-185	9.5-110	9.0-115	Porcello,ri	L	U
8/19/12		Bal	5-7	D/g	-160	-170	8.5-110	7.5-110	Fister,do	L	O
8/21/12		Tor	5-3	N/g	-190	-230	9.0-105	8.5-115	Scherzer,ma	W	U
8/22/12		Tor	3-2	N/g	-190	-182	9.5-115	9.0-125	Sanchez,an	W	U
8/23/12		Tor	3-2	D/g	-280	-290	7.5-110	7.5-105	Verlander,ju	W	U
8/24/12		Laa	1-2	N/g	-105	-102	9.0-110	9.0-120	Porcello,ri	L	U
8/25/12		Laa	5-3	N/g	-110	-110	10.0-110	9.5-115	Smyly,dr	W	U
8/26/12		Laa	5-2	D/g	-125	-139	9.0-115	9.0-110	Scherzer,ma	W	U
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
8/17/12		Cws	4-2	N/g	+140	+140	8.0-110	7.5-110	Mendoza,lu	W	U
8/18/12		Cws	9-4	N/g	+135	+126	8.5-105	8.0-110	Chen,br	W	O
8/19/12		Cws	5-2	D/g	+110	-105	9.0-105	8.5-105	Guthrie,je	W	U
8/20/12	At	Tb	1-5	N/t	-175	-170	8.0+100	7.5-110	Smith,wi	L	U
8/21/12	At	Tb	1-0	N/t	-250	-260	7.0-110	7.0-125	Hochevar,lu	W	U
8/22/12	At	Tb	3-5	D/t	-185	-185	7.5+105	7.0-110	Mendoza,lu	L	O
8/24/12	At	Bos	3-4	N/g	-180	-190	9.0-110	9.0+100	Chen,br	L	U
8/25/12	At	Bos	10-9	N/g	+100	-105	9.5-105	9.5+100	Guthrie,je	W	O
8/26/12	At	Bos	6-8	D/g	-135	-142	9.5-110	9.5-105	Smith,wi	L	O
8/27/12	At	Bos	1-5	D/g	-118	-118	9.5-110	9.5-110	Hochevar,lu	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
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	Fister,do	L	P
4/16/12	Det	2-3	N/g	+180	+180	7.5-105	7.5-105	Verlander,ju	L	U
4/17/12	Det	1-3	N/g	+108	-105	9.5+100	9.0-105	Dotel,oc	L	U
4/18/12	Det	3-4	N/g	+110	+112	9.0-110	9.0-120	Scherzer,ma	L	U
5/01/12	Kc	9-3	N/g	-162	-145	9.0+105	8.5-110	Porcello,ri	W	O
5/02/12	Kc	2-3	D/g	-250	-300	7.5-105	7.5+100	Collins,ti	L	U
7/06/12	Kc	4-2	N/g	-170	-190	10.0-110	9.5-115	Smyly,dr	W	U
7/07/12	Kc	8-7	D/g	-155	-145	9.0-120	9.0-110	Fister,do	W	O
7/08/12	Kc	7-1	D/g	-168	-175	9.5+100	9.0-105	Scherzer,ma	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		39-26	+283	30-32	-746	69-58	-463
Last	10	6-3	+143	1-0	+100	7-3	+243
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		26-33	-861	30-38	+276	56-71	-585
Last	10	3-0	+366	2-5	-170	5-5	+196
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Detroit		33-20	36-38	58-53	11-5	49-41	17-17
Kansas	City	14-29	42-42	51-63	5-8	12-16	40-54

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		28-34	-915	26-34	-1155	54-68	-2070
Last	10	2-7	-605	0-1	-115	2-8	-720
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		26-32	-935	29-37	-1080	55-69	-2015
Last	10	1-2	-115	3-4	-145	4-6	-260

Away Pitcher

DETROIT TIGERS -- VERLANDER,JUSTIN (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	14	6	5	98.0	86	38	36	20	99	3.31	4	1	2	4	6	4	0	1
Home	12	6	2	92.2	57	25	18	27	93	1.75	0	2	6	0	6	2	0	0
Total	26	12	7	190.2	143	63	54	47	192	2.55	4	3	8	4	12	6	0	1

2012 BULLPEN FOR VERLANDER,JUSTIN
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
20	36.1	10	9	2.23	21	19	35	1	4	3	8	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
7/31/12	at BOS	1-4	L	5.0	4	3	6	4	6	0	+120	+123	8.0-110	8.0+100
8/06/12	NYY	7-2	W	8.0	2	0	8	1	14	0	-170	-180	8.0-115	8.0-110
8/11/12	at TEX	1-2		7.0	1	1	7	0	8	0	+132	+125	9.0-110	9.0-110
8/17/12	BAL	5-3		6.0	3	3	6	4	6	1	-250	-285	8.0-110	7.5-110
8/23/12	TOR	3-2		9.0	2	2	4	2	12	1	-280	-290	7.5-110	7.5-105

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
5/13/11	KC	3-1	W	8.0	1	1	2	3	7	0	-200	-190	7.5-110	7.5-115
7/10/11	at KC	2-1	W	7.2	1	0	6	0	9	0	+165	+170	7.5+100	7.5-120
8/06/11	at KC	4-3	W	7.0	3	3	5	2	8	1	+185	+170	8.0+100	8.0-110
4/16/12	at KC	3-2	W	9.0	2	2	7	2	9	0	+180	+180	7.5-105	7.5-105
5/02/12	KC	2-3		8.0	2	2	6	1	7	0	-250	-300	7.5-105	7.5+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/22/12	TOR	2.1	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
8/23/12	TOR	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
8/24/12	LAA	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
8/25/12	LAA	3.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
8/26/12	LAA	2.0	1	1	4.50	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- MENDOZA,LUIS (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	9	3	5	53.1	57	22	22	18	34	3.71	1	1	2	4	2	3	1	2
Home	9	3	3	51.1	51	31	27	20	30	4.73	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	0
Total	18	6	8	104.2	108	53	49	38	64	4.21	1	4	5	4	5	6	1	2

2012 BULLPEN FOR MENDOZA,LUIS
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
18	58.1	22	22	3.39	57	22	51	7	2	2	6	2

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/01/12	CLE	5-2	W	7.1	2	2	4	1	3	1	-106	+108	9.0-120	9.5-105
8/06/12	at CWS	2-4	L	7.1	4	4	7	1	5	2	-210	-220	8.5-115	8.0-105
8/11/12	at BAL	7-3	W	6.0	3	3	7	2	4	0	-130	-138	9.0-110	9.0-105
8/17/12	CWS	4-2	W	7.0	2	2	4	1	6	1	+140	+140	8.0-110	7.5-110
8/22/12	at TB	3-5	L	4.1	2	2	5	4	0	0	-185	-185	7.5+105	7.0-110

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
9/20/11	DET	10-2	W	7.0	2	1	6	3	3	0	-105	-118	10.0+100	10.0+100

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
8/21/12	at TB	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
8/22/12	at TB	3.2	3	3	7.36	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
8/24/12	at BOS	2.0	1	1	4.50	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
8/25/12	at BOS	9.1	2	2	1.93	13	2	7	0	1	0	1	0
8/26/12	at BOS	3.0	3	1	3.00	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0

Updated Tue, Aug 28 5:00 AM EST

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