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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
9/22/12		Min	8-0	D/g	-210	-220	9.0+100	9.0-105	Fister,do	W	U
9/23/12		Min	1-2	N/g	-230	-220	9.0-115	9.0-115	Smyly,dr	L	U
9/23/12		Min	4-10	D/g	-240	-220	8.0-110	8.0-120	Scherzer,ma	L	O
9/24/12		Kc	6-2	N/g	-270	-250	7.5-105	7.5-105	Verlander,ju	W	O
9/25/12		Kc	2-0	N/g	-190	-185	8.5-110	8.5-110	Sanchez,an	W	U
9/26/12		Kc	5-4	N/g	-154	-150	8.5+100	8.5-110	Porcello,ri	W	O
9/27/12		Kc	5-4	D/g	-210	-200	8.5-110	8.5+100	Fister,do	W	O
9/28/12	At	Min	2-4	N/t	+130	+118	9.0-110	8.5-110	Smyly,dr	L	U
9/29/12	At	Min	6-4	D/t	+225	+220	8.0-110	8.0-105	Verlander,ju	W	O
9/30/12	At	Min	2-1	D/t	+155	+141	9.0-105	9.0+100	Sanchez,an	W	U
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
9/21/12		Cle	6-3	N/g	-122	-112	8.5-110	8.5-110	Mendoza,lu	W	O
9/22/12		Cle	5-3	N/g	-118	-140	9.0-110	8.5-110	Smith,wi	W	U
9/23/12		Cle	4-15	D/g	-121	-128	9.0-110	8.5-110	Odorizzi,ja	L	O
9/24/12	At	Det	2-6	N/g	-270	-250	7.5-105	7.5-105	Hochevar,lu	L	O
9/25/12	At	Det	0-2	N/g	-190	-185	8.5-110	8.5-110	Chen,br	L	U
9/26/12	At	Det	4-5	N/g	-154	-150	8.5+100	8.5-110	Guthrie,je	L	O
9/27/12	At	Det	4-5	D/g	-210	-200	8.5-110	8.5+100	Mendoza,lu	L	O
9/28/12	At	Cle	5-8	N/g	-110	-130	9.0+100	8.5-115	Smith,wi	L	O
9/29/12	At	Cle	7-6	N/g	-120	-127	9.0-110	8.5-115	Odorizzi,ja	W	O
9/30/12	At	Cle	3-15	D/g	-115	-136	9.0-110	8.5-115	Hochevar,lu	L	O

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/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
8/28/12	Det	9-8	N/g	+180	+175	7.5-105	7.5-115	Crow,aa	W	O
8/29/12	Det	1-0	N/g	+125	+115	9.0-115	9.0-120	Chen,br	W	U
8/30/12	Det	2-1	N/g	+105	+112	9.0-115	9.0-130	Guthrie,je	W	U
9/24/12	Kc	6-2	N/g	-270	-250	7.5-105	7.5-105	Verlander,ju	W	O
9/25/12	Kc	2-0	N/g	-190	-185	8.5-110	8.5-110	Sanchez,an	W	U
9/26/12	Kc	5-4	N/g	-154	-150	8.5+100	8.5-110	Benoit,jo	W	O
9/27/12	Kc	5-4	D/g	-210	-200	8.5-110	8.5+100	Benoit,jo	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		50-31	+386	36-42	-1396	86-73	-1010
Last	10	5-2	+60	2-1	+72	7-3	+132
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		36-42	-650	35-46	+35	71-88	-615
Last	10	2-1	+72	1-6	-483	3-7	-411
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Detroit		38-26	48-47	73-67	13-6	65-54	17-18
Kansas	City	16-36	55-52	64-79	7-9	17-21	50-66

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Detroit
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		36-42	-970	31-43	-1670	67-85	-2640
Last	10	4-3	+70	1-2	-110	5-5	-40
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		34-41	-1150	39-40	-410	73-81	-1560
Last	10	2-1	+90	6-1	+490	8-2	+580

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	14	5	6	79.2	103	47	41	25	51	4.63	1	1	4	5	4	5	1	1
Home	16	4	6	91.2	119	53	48	16	53	4.71	2	2	2	4	4	6	0	0
Total	30	9	12	171.1	222	100	89	41	104	4.68	3	3	6	9	8	11	1	1

2012 BULLPEN FOR PORCELLO,RICK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
30	92.1	36	34	3.31	83	28	100	11	6	3	7	4

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
8/30/12	at KC	1-2	L	5.0	2	2	8	2	4	1	+105	+112	9.0-115	9.0-130
9/04/12	CLE	2-3	L	5.2	3	3	8	2	2	0	-210	-182	9.5+105	9.0-120
9/10/12	at CWS	1-6	L	5.1	4	3	5	1	4	2	-107	+107	9.5-110	9.0-115
9/16/12	at CLE	6-7		4.2	4	2	8	3	2	0	+133	+112	9.0-110	8.5-115
9/26/12	KC	5-4		4.0	4	4	7	0	3	1	-154	-150	8.5+100	8.5-110

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
8/05/11	at KC	4-3		6.1	3	3	7	0	4	0	+105	-105	9.0-110	9.0-115
8/31/11	KC	5-4		7.0	4	4	8	1	4	2	-175	-170	9.0-110	9.0-120
5/01/12	KC	9-3	W	8.0	3	3	7	0	3	0	-162	-145	9.0+105	8.5-110
8/30/12	at KC	1-2	L	5.0	2	2	8	2	4	1	+105	+112	9.0-115	9.0-130
9/26/12	KC	5-4		4.0	4	4	7	0	3	1	-154	-150	8.5+100	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/26/12	KC	5.0	0	0	0.00	3	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
9/27/12	KC	1.1	1	1	6.75	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
9/28/12	at MIN	2.2	4	3	10.13	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
9/29/12	at MIN	2.0	3	3	13.50	2	4	2	1	0	0	1	0
9/30/12	at MIN	2.2	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	0	1	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	18	4	9	92.2	110	63	62	29	70	6.02	2	7	2	2	4	7	0	2
Home	15	7	4	93.1	95	45	44	17	67	4.24	0	1	7	3	7	4	0	0
Total	33	11	13	186.0	205	108	106	46	137	5.13	2	8	9	5	11	11	0	2

2012 BULLPEN FOR CHEN,BRUCE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
33	107.2	45	39	3.26	99	44	120	7	2	7	8	6

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
9/03/12	TEX	4-8	L	6.0	6	6	6	1	5	4	+146	+144	8.5-115	8.5-125
9/08/12	at CWS	4-5	L	6.0	5	5	6	2	6	3	-210	-172	8.5-110	8.0-110
9/14/12	LAA	7-9		6.1	5	5	7	1	5	0	+130	+156	9.0-110	8.5-110
9/19/12	CWS	3-0	W	6.2	0	0	5	3	4	0	+145	+135	8.0-110	7.5-115
9/25/12	at DET	0-2	L	6.2	2	2	10	3	5	0	-190	-185	8.5-110	8.5-110

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
8/07/11	DET	4-3	W	5.0	3	3	5	0	5	0	+115	+110	9.0-115	9.0-115
4/17/12	DET	1-3	L	7.0	2	2	6	0	7	0	+108	-105	9.5+100	9.0-105
7/07/12	at DET	7-8	L	3.1	6	6	9	2	3	1	-155	-145	9.0-120	9.0-110
8/29/12	DET	1-0	W	8.0	0	0	4	1	4	0	+125	+115	9.0-115	9.0-120
9/25/12	at DET	0-2	L	6.2	2	2	10	3	5	0	-190	-185	8.5-110	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
9/26/12	at DET	1.0	1	1	9.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9/27/12	at DET	1.2	1	0	0.00	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
9/28/12	at CLE	5.0	2	2	3.60	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
9/29/12	at CLE	12.0	5	4	3.00	11	9	10	0	1	0	1	1
9/30/12	at CLE	3.1	6	5	13.50	10	2	4	1	0	0	0	0

Updated Sun, Sep 30 11:15 PM EST

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