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Twins vs Royals Game Time: 8:10 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
5/25/12		Det	6-10	N/t	+120	+127	8.5-110	8.5-110	Swarzak,an	L	O
5/26/12		Det	3-6	D/t	+115	+128	8.5-115	8.5-110	Pavano,ca	L	O
5/27/12		Det	3-4	D/t	+103	+107	9.0-110	9.5-105	Walters,p.	L	U
5/28/12		Oak	5-4	D/t	-125	-130	8.5-105	9.0-105	Diamond,sc	W	P
5/29/12		Oak	3-2	N/t	+105	+100	8.5-110	8.5-105	Devries,co	W	U
5/30/12		Oak	4-0	D/t	-117	-115	9.0-105	8.5+100	Liriano,fr	W	U
6/01/12	At	Cle	1-7	N/g	-140	-125	8.5-120	9.0-110	Pavano,ca	L	U
6/02/12	At	Cle	7-4	N/g	-120	-142	9.0-110	9.0+105	Walters,p.	W	O
6/03/12	At	Cle	6-3	D/g	-145	-131	9.0+100	8.5-115	Diamond,sc	W	O
6/04/12	At	Kc	10-7	N/g	-140	-135	9.5+100	9.5-105	Devries,co	W	O
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
5/25/12	At	Bal	2-8	N/g	-135	-125	8.5-110	8.5+100	Chen,br	L	O
5/26/12	At	Bal	4-3	D/g	-125	-116	8.0-115	8.5-110	Paulino,fe	W	U
5/27/12	At	Bal	4-2	D/g	-125	-138	9.5+100	9.0+100	Hochevar,lu	W	U
5/28/12	At	Cle	5-8	D/g	-140	-131	9.0-115	9.5-110	Adcock,na	L	O
5/29/12	At	Cle	8-2	N/g	-155	-152	8.5-105	8.5-115	Smith,wi	W	O
5/30/12	At	Cle	6-3	D/g	-125	-113	8.5-105	8.0+100	Chen,br	W	O
6/01/12		Oak	2-0	N/g	-140	-136	8.0-110	7.5+100	Paulino,fe	W	U
6/02/12		Oak	3-9	D/g	-108	-140	8.0-110	8.0-110	Hochevar,lu	L	O
6/03/12		Oak	2-0	D/g	-120	-107	8.5-110	8.5-110	Mazzaro,vi	W	U
6/04/12		Min	7-10	N/g	-140	-135	9.5+100	9.5-105	Smith,wi	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
7/16/11	Kc	4-3	N/t	-130	-122	8.5-110	8.5-110	Perkins,gl	W	U
7/17/11	Kc	4-3	D/t	-127	-130	8.5-110	8.5-110	Duensing,br	W	U
9/13/11	Min	4-0	N/g	-135	-135	9.0-105	9.0+100	Chen,br	W	U
9/14/11	Min	7-3	D/g	-142	-157	8.5-115	8.5+100	Hochevar,lu	W	O
9/26/11	Kc	3-7	N/t	-105	+115	9.0-105	9.0+115	Paulino,fe	L	O
9/27/11	Kc	7-4	N/t	-110	-107	9.0-120	9.0+100	Swarzak,an	W	O
9/28/11	Kc	1-0	N/t	+110	+105	8.5-105	8.0-115	Pavano,ca	W	U
4/27/12	Kc	6-7	N/t	-125	-115	8.5-105	8.5+110	Mijares,jo	L	O
4/29/12	Kc	7-4	D/t	+105	+105	8.5-115	8.5-105	Marquis,ja	W	O
6/04/12	Min	7-10	N/g	-140	-135	9.5+100	9.5-105	Devries,co	L	O

W/L Record Comparison

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		9-17	-606	12-16	+208	21-33	-398
Last	10	3-3	0	3-1	+278	6-4	+278
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		7-19	-1307	16-11	+942	23-30	-365
Last	10	2-2	-75	4-2	+279	6-4	+204
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Minnesota		8-11	13-22	11-14	10-19	2-2	19-31
Kansas	City	9-10	14-20	22-29	1-1	2-8	19-21

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		11-12	-250	15-11	+285	26-23	+35
Last	10	2-3	-110	3-1	+190	5-4	+80
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		11-14	-420	14-13	+30	25-27	-390
Last	10	2-2	-10	4-2	+190	6-4	+180

Away Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- LIRIANO,FRANCISCO (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	4	0	4	16.2	25	20	19	13	15	10.26	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	1
Home	3	1	1	16.0	15	10	9	8	15	5.06	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
Total	7	1	5	32.2	40	30	28	21	30	7.71	1	1	0	4	0	3	1	2

2012 BULLPEN FOR LIRIANO,FRANCISCO
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7	26.1	13	11	3.76	24	7	16	3	1	0	1	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/17/12	at NYY	3-8	L	2.1	5	5	7	4	2	0	-220	-250	8.5-115	9.0-110
4/22/12	at TB	2-6	L	5.0	5	5	3	4	4	1	-170	-165	8.5-110	8.5-105
5/01/12	at LAA	0-4	L	5.1	4	4	7	3	5	2	-162	-162	8.5-110	8.5-120
5/07/12	LAA	3-8	L	5.0	4	4	5	3	4	1	+175	+155	7.5-105	7.5-110
5/30/12	OAK	4-0	W	6.0	0	0	3	2	9	0	-117	-115	9.0-105	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
4/13/11	KC	5-10	L	5.0	7	7	8	1	4	0	-170	-175	8.5-105	8.5-105
7/14/11	KC	8-4	W	7.0	3	1	7	2	4	0	-158	-145	8.0+105	8.0-115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/30/12	OAK	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
6/01/12	at CLE	4.1	0	0	0.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
6/02/12	at CLE	4.2	0	0	0.00	1	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
6/03/12	at CLE	2.0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6/04/12	at KC	4.0	2	1	2.25	2	1	4	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	2	29.1	32	19	18	10	20	5.52	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1
Home	5	2	3	33.2	36	16	16	5	23	4.28	0	0	2	3	2	3	0	0
Total	11	4	5	63.0	68	35	34	15	43	4.86	1	1	3	4	4	4	0	1

2012 BULLPEN FOR CHEN,BRUCE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
11	35.2	13	11	2.78	34	13	36	1	0	2	3	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/09/12	BOS	4-3	W	6.2	3	3	7	0	5	0	+130	+150	8.5+100	8.0+105
5/14/12	at TEX	3-1	W	6.2	1	1	5	2	7	1	-200	-175	10.0-110	10.0-110
5/19/12	ARZ	7-3	W	6.1	2	2	8	2	4	0	+105	-105	8.5-110	8.5-115
5/25/12	at BAL	2-8	L	4.0	6	6	7	2	2	0	-135	-125	8.5-110	8.5+100
5/30/12	at CLE	6-3	W	5.0	3	3	7	2	3	0	-125	-113	8.5-105	8.0+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
4/29/11	MIN	4-3		5.1	3	3	8	2	1	1	-105	-105	8.5-105	8.5-115
7/14/11	at MIN	4-8	L	5.0	4	4	9	3	2	1	-158	-145	8.0+105	8.0-115
9/13/11	MIN	4-0	W	8.0	0	0	2	1	8	0	-135	-135	9.0-105	9.0+100
9/28/11	at MIN	0-1		8.0	0	0	8	2	4	0	+110	+105	8.5-105	8.0-115
4/29/12	at MIN	4-7	L	2.2	6	6	6	2	1	0	+105	+105	8.5-115	8.5-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
5/30/12	at CLE	4.0	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
6/01/12	OAK	3.0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0
6/02/12	OAK	4.1	3	0	0.00	5	3	6	0	0	0	0	0
6/03/12	OAK	3.0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6/04/12	MIN	4.1	3	3	6.23	4	3	6	0	0	0	0	0

Updated Tue, Jun 5 5:00 AM EST

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