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Twins vs Royals Game Time: 2:10 p.m. ET Stadium: Kauffman Stadium Surface: Grass

Minnesota
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/19/11	At	Bal	0-11	N/g	+100	-114	8.5-110	8.5+100	Pavano,ca	L	O
4/20/11	At	Bal	4-5	N/g	-125	-140	8.5+100	8.5-105	Blackburn,ni	L	O
4/21/11	At	Bal	3-1	N/g	-140	-135	8.0-120	8.0-125	Baker,sc	W	U
4/23/11		Cle	10-3	D/t	-130	-115	8.0-120	7.5-120	Duensing,br	W	O
4/24/11		Cle	4-3	D/t	-120	-128	8.5+100	8.5+100	Pavano,ca	W	U
4/27/11		Tb	2-8	N/t	-130	-130	7.5-115	7.5-105	Liriano,fr	L	O
4/28/11		Tb	1-6	N/t	+105	-102	9.0+100	9.0+100	Swarzak,an	L	U
4/28/11		Tb	3-15	D/t	-110	-105	8.0-110	8.0-110	Blackburn,ni	L	O
4/29/11	At	Kc	3-4	N/g	-105	-105	8.5-105	8.5-115	Baker,sc	L	U
4/30/11	At	Kc	2-11	N/g	+103	+103	8.5+105	9.0+100	Duensing,br	L	O
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
4/20/11		Cle	5-7	N/g	+100	+100	8.5-120	8.5+100	Hochevar,lu	L	O
4/21/11		Cle	3-2	N/g	+110	+100	9.0+100	9.0-110	O'sullivan,s	W	U
4/22/11	At	Tex	6-11	N/g	-165	-167	9.0-115	9.0-110	Francis,je	L	O
4/23/11	At	Tex	1-3	N/g	-200	-210	9.0-110	9.5-110	Davies,ky	L	U
4/24/11	At	Tex	7-8	D/g	-200	-200	9.0-110	9.5+100	Chen,br	L	O
4/26/11	At	Cle	4-9	N/g	-160	-155	8.0-115	8.5-115	Hochevar,lu	L	O
4/27/11	At	Cle	2-7	N/g	-135	-135	8.0-115	8.5-105	Francis,je	L	O
4/28/11	At	Cle	2-8	N/g	-170	-155	8.5+100	8.5-120	Davies,ky	L	O
4/29/11		Min	4-3	N/g	-105	-105	8.5-105	8.5-115	Chen,br	W	U
4/30/11		Min	11-2	N/g	+103	+103	8.5+105	9.0+100	O'sullivan,s	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
9/06/10	Kc	5-4	D/t	-220	-210	9.0-115	8.5-120	Manship,je	W	O
9/07/10	Kc	10-3	N/t	-250	-300	7.5-120	8.0-110	Liriano,fr	W	O
9/08/10	Kc	4-3	N/t	-145	-155	7.5-120	7.5+105	Duensing,br	W	U
9/27/10	Min	10-8	N/g	+140	+115	9.0-110	8.5-120	Humber,ph	W	O
9/28/10	Min	10-1	N/g	+120	+110	9.0-120	9.5+100	O'sullivan,s	W	O
9/29/10	Min	2-4	N/g	+115	-108	9.0+110	8.5-110	Guerrier,ma	L	U
4/12/11	Kc	4-3	N/t	-155	-140	8.5+100	8.0-110	Hughes,du	W	U
4/13/11	Kc	5-10	D/t	-170	-175	8.5-105	8.5-105	Davies,ky	L	O
4/29/11	Min	4-3	N/g	-105	-105	8.5-105	8.5-115	Wood,bl	W	U
4/30/11	Min	11-2	N/g	+103	+103	8.5+105	9.0+100	Adcock,na	W	O

W/L Record Comparison

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		4-6	-362	5-11	-452	9-17	-814
Last	10	2-3	-137	1-4	-293	3-7	-430
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		11-5	+656	3-8	-335	14-13	+321
Last	10	3-1	+203	0-6	-600	3-7	-397
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Minnesota		5-6	4-11	3-6	6-11	3-6	5-9
Kansas	City	6-5	8-8	13-12	1-1	4-2	9-11

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		4-6	-220	5-11	-710	9-17	-930
Last	10	3-2	+100	3-2	+60	6-4	+160
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2011		8-7	+55	7-4	+280	15-11	+335
Last	10	2-2	-25	5-1	+390	7-3	+365

Away Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- PAVANO,CARL (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	3	0	2	16.2	18	16	14	7	13	7.56	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
Home	2	2	0	15.0	10	4	4	3	4	2.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total	5	2	2	31.2	28	20	18	10	17	5.12	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	1

2011 BULLPEN FOR PAVANO,CARL
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5	11.2	12	12	9.26	18	6	6	3	0	1	2	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/01/11	at TOR	3-13	L	4.0	8	7	6	2	3	3	-130	-120	8.5+100	8.5-120
4/08/11	OAK	2-1	W	8.0	1	1	4	1	1	0	-110	-105	8.0-115	8.0-110
4/14/11	at TB	3-4		8.0	0	0	4	2	7	0	-125	-125	8.5-110	8.5+100
4/19/11	at BAL	0-11	L	4.2	8	7	8	3	3	0	+100	-114	8.5-110	8.5+100
4/24/11	CLE	4-3	W	7.0	3	3	6	2	3	0	-120	-128	8.5+100	8.5+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
4/18/10	KC	5-10	L	3.1	7	7	11	0	2	1	-200	-190	9.5+100	9.5+105
4/23/10	at KC	8-3	W	7.0	2	2	4	0	5	1	+140	+123	9.5-110	10.0-115
6/09/10	KC	6-2	W	8.0	2	2	6	2	1	0	-200	-175	9.0-110	9.0-115
7/27/10	at KC	11-2	W	5.0	1	1	5	3	2	0	+155	+135	9.0+105	9.0-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/27/11	TB	6.0	1	0	0.00	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4/28/11	TB	3.2	1	1	2.45	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
4/28/11	TB	5.2	8	8	12.71	11	2	6	1	0	0	0	0
4/29/11	at KC	1.2	2	1	5.40	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
4/30/11	at KC	1.0	8	2	18.00	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- HOCHEVAR,LUKE (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	2	1	1	13.1	16	10	9	1	9	6.08	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Home	4	1	2	24.2	22	17	15	7	14	5.47	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0
Total	6	2	3	38.0	38	27	24	8	23	5.68	1	1	1	2	2	3	0	0

2011 BULLPEN FOR HOCHEVAR,LUKE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6	18.0	9	9	4.50	24	11	9	2	1	0	2	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/05/11	CWS	7-6		6.0	6	5	7	2	1	1	+125	+100	8.5-125	9.0-105
4/10/11	at DET	9-5	W	7.0	4	3	5	0	6	3	-145	-160	9.0-120	9.5+100
4/15/11	SEA	6-5	W	7.0	1	1	1	2	4	0	-130	-125	9.0-105	8.0-120
4/20/11	CLE	5-7	L	6.0	6	6	5	3	4	0	+100	+100	8.5-120	8.5+100
4/26/11	at CLE	4-9	L	6.1	6	6	11	1	3	3	-160	-155	8.0-115	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
4/18/10	at MIN	10-5	W	6.0	3	2	6	5	4	0	-200	-190	9.5+100	9.5+105
4/24/10	MIN	7-9		6.2	5	4	8	1	7	0	+115	+100	9.5-110	10.0-115
9/29/10	MIN	2-4		6.0	2	2	7	3	4	0	+115	-108	9.0+110	8.5-110

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
4/26/11	at CLE	1.2	3	3	16.20	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
4/27/11	at CLE	5.0	1	0	0.00	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
4/28/11	at CLE	4.2	0	0	0.00	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
4/29/11	MIN	3.2	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	0
4/30/11	MIN	3.0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0

Updated Sun, May 1 1:20 PM EST

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