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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
5/26/12		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
6/05/12	At	Kc	0-1	N/g	-140	-125	8.5-110	8.5-120	Liriano,fr	L	U
Kansas City
Date	at	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Starter	Dec	O/U
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
6/05/12		Min	1-0	N/g	-140	-125	8.5-110	8.5-120	Chen,br	W	U

Head-To-Head

Head-To-Head
Date	Opp	SC	Time /Sur	Home Open	Home Close	Total Open	Total Close	Winner	Dec	O/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
6/05/12	Min	1-0	N/g	-140	-125	8.5-110	8.5-120	Chen,br	W	U

W/L Record Comparison

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		9-17	-606	12-17	+108	21-34	-498
Last	10	3-2	+100	3-2	+178	6-4	+278
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		8-19	-1207	16-11	+942	24-30	-265
Last	10	3-2	+25	4-1	+379	7-3	+404
RECORDS
		Day	Night	Grass	Turf	Fav	Dog
Minnesota		8-11	13-23	11-15	10-19	2-2	19-32
Kansas	City	9-10	15-20	23-29	1-1	3-8	19-21

Over/Under Comparison
(Based on taking the Over)

Minnesota
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		11-12	-250	15-12	+165	26-24	-85
Last	10	1-3	-210	3-2	+70	4-5	-140
Kansas City
		Home	Units	Away	Units	Total	Units
2012		11-15	-540	14-13	+30	25-28	-510
Last	10	2-3	-130	3-2	+90	5-5	-40

Away Pitcher

MINNESOTA TWINS -- BLACKBURN,NICK (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	14.0	20	14	14	6	8	9.00	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
Home	4	1	2	19.1	26	17	17	7	11	7.91	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Total	7	1	4	33.1	46	31	31	13	19	8.37	0	2	1	2	0	2	1	2

2012 BULLPEN FOR BLACKBURN,NICK
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
7	27.2	13	12	3.90	28	6	21	3	1	1	1	0

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
4/24/12	BOS	2-11	L	3.0	5	5	8	1	2	1	+140	+140	8.5-105	8.5-115
4/30/12	at LAA	3-4	L	6.0	3	3	7	1	2	1	-230	-230	7.5-110	7.5-120
5/06/12	at SEA	2-5	L	6.0	5	5	7	3	4	1	-130	-130	8.0-105	7.5+100
5/11/12	TOR	7-6	W	5.0	5	5	6	3	3	3	+125	+124	9.0-105	9.0+105
5/16/12	at DET	11-7		2.0	6	6	6	2	2	0	-185	-176	9.0-120	9.5+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
6/04/11	at KC	7-2	W	5.0	2	2	7	1	2	0	-140	-142	9.5-110	9.5+100
7/15/11	KC	1-2		7.0	0	0	4	2	3	0	-135	-123	9.0+100	9.0-105

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
6/05/12	at KC	2.0	0	0	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Home Pitcher

KANSAS CITY ROYALS -- PAULINO,FELIPE (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	1	1	18.0	18	7	7	8	19	3.50	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Home	3	2	0	19.0	12	0	0	7	20	0.00	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Total	6	3	1	37.0	30	7	7	15	39	1.70	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0

2012 BULLPEN FOR PAULINO,FELIPE
GMS	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
6	22.0	6	6	2.45	18	5	18	3	1	1	2	1

Last Five Starts
Date	Opp	SC	Dec	IP	R	ER	H	BB	SO	HR	H/Open	H/Close	Tot Op	Tot Cl
5/11/12	at CWS	0-5	L	5.2	4	4	7	1	6	1	-145	-128	8.5+100	7.5+105
5/16/12	BAL	3-4		7.0	0	0	5	2	9	0	-130	-132	9.0+100	8.5-115
5/21/12	at NYY	6-0	W	6.2	0	0	6	2	8	0	-168	-152	9.5+100	9.0+100
5/26/12	at BAL	4-3		5.2	3	3	5	5	5	2	-125	-116	8.0-115	8.5-110
6/01/12	OAK	2-0	W	6.0	0	0	3	3	5	0	-140	-136	8.0-110	7.5+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
7/17/11	at MIN	3-4	L	7.0	4	4	7	1	8	1	-127	-130	8.5-110	8.5-110
9/26/11	at MIN	7-3	W	6.0	3	3	6	2	9	1	-105	+115	9.0-105	9.0+115

Bullpen ( Last 5 Games )
Date	Opp	IP	R	ER	ERA	H	BB	SO	HR	W	L	SV	BS
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
6/05/12	MIN	2.0	0	0	0.00	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0

Updated Wed, Jun 6 5:00 AM EST

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