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Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
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Stats: Overall | Home/Away | FieldTurf | Today's Starters | Bullpens | Starting Staffs
Umpire: Rick Reed | Records: Last 5 | Last 10 | After Win | After Loss
 
2:10 PM ET W/L Units Home Away O/U RL W/L RL Units
Kansas City 65-96 -20.09 33-48 32-48 74-77 80-79 -5.57
Minnesota 85-76 1.48 47-33 38-43 71-79 81-80 -1.27

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Trends and Odds
Recent Trends
Kansas City:
  • KC are 2-8 in their last 10 overall.
  • Under is 15-5-1 in KC last 21 Sun. games.
  • KC are 24-54 in their last 78 games on fieldturf.
Minnesota:
  • MIN are 8-1 in their last 9 home games.
  • MIN are 8-1 in their last 9 games on fieldturf.
  • Over is 7-1 in MIN last 8 games following a win.
Head to Head:
  • KC are 1-7 in the last 8 meetings.
  • Over is 6-1-1 in the last 8 meetings in Minnesota.



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All MLB Odds Legends betED SPORTSBETTING 5Dimes SBGGLOBAL.com Bodog BETUS.com Sports Interaction
Kansas City
Minnesota		 9.5o 100
-210		 9.5o 100
-210		 9.5o -105
-200		 9.5o 100
-184		 9.5o -120
-200		 9.5o -105
-210		 9.5o 100
-220		 9.5o -105
-200


Pitchers and Bullpens
Starters | In-Depth | Starting Staffs
Overall W-L Tm W-L IP H WHIP ERA AF AA OU
L. Hochevar (R)
C. Pavano (R)		 7-12
13-12		 9-15
18-14		 140.0
193.2		 163
227		 1.47
1.37		 6.24
5.07		 4.4
5.8		 5.9
5.0		 13-9
16-12
Last 3 W-L Tm W-L IP H WHIP ERA AF AA OU
L. Hochevar (R)
C. Pavano (R)		 1-2
1-1		 1-2
2-1		 20.0
17.2		 23
26		 1.45
1.64		 6.30
6.62		 5.0
5.7		 5.7
4.3		 2-0
1-0

Bullpens | In Depth
 
Total
  
Available
  IP WHIP ERA IP WHIP ERA
KC 420.0 1.46 4.65 397.1 1.45 4.58
Last 3 52.2 1.54 4.61 42.2 1.66 4.85
  IP WHIP ERA IP WHIP ERA
MIN 485.2 1.29 3.47 387.0 1.32 3.51
Last 3 44.2 1.61 4.43 30.1 1.65 4.15

Umpire
| vs. Team/Pitchers
  W/L O/U Runs Str. % HR Pit.
Reed, Rick 6-4 3-7 8.30 62.1 2.0 308.4

Stadium and Weather
Metrodome
Wind (MPH)
Over/Under		 0-10
0-0		 10-20
0-0		 20+
0-0
Weather at Metrodome
 

Statistics and Records
Overall | In-Depth
  W-L
 O/U
 Avg
 ERA
KC
MIN		 65-96
85-76		 74-77
71-79		 .259
.274		 4.77
4.51
  Vs. R Vs. L Start Pen
KC
MIN		 .255
.268		 .268
.287		 4.66
4.85		 4.98
3.91

Home/Away | In-Depth
  W-L
 O/U
 Avg
 ERA
KC
MIN		 32-48
47-33		 32-43
39-36		 .241
.277		 4.66
4.51
  Vs. R Vs. L Start Pen
KC
MIN		 .238
.269		 .250
.293		 4.82
4.51		 4.34
4.49

Last 10 | In-Depth
  W-L
 O/U
 Avg
 ERA
KC
MIN		 2-8
7-3		 6-3
7-2		 .263
.309		 5.92
4.40
  Vs. R Vs. L Start Pen
KC
MIN		 .263
.271		 .256
.376		 7.02
5.40		 4.42
2.86

Series Game Records
KC O
 AW AL
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4		 21-31
21-31
18-30
5-4
 12-11
9-12
4-15
2-1
 9-20
12-19
14-15
3-3
MIN O AW AL
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4		 31-21
28-24
24-24
2-7
 14-8
16-15
14-13
0-5
 17-13
12-9
10-11
2-2
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FieldTurf
After Win
After Loss
Last 5


Injuries

 Kansas City Injuries
Player Pos Injury Status
Y. Betancourt SS Foot Ques Sun
D. DeJesus LF Illness Ques Sun
K. Davies SP Oblique Out indefinitely
G. Meche SP Shoulder out for season
B. Bannister SP Shoulder Out indefinitely
J. Guillen RF Leg out for season
B. Chen SP Oblique 60-day DL
D. Waechter RP Shoulder 60-day DL
C. Crisp CF Shoulder 60-day DL
M. Aviles SS Forearm 60-day DL
 Minnesota Injuries
Player Pos Injury Status
J. Crede 3B Back out for season
J. Morneau 1B Back out for season
K. Slowey SP Wrist 60-day DL
P. Neshek RP Elbow 60-day DL
B. Bonser RP Shoulder 60-day DL

Recent Meetings
 
Date Home-Away H Starter A Starter Line O/U
10/3/2009 MIN 5 - KC 4 N. Blackburn Z. Greinke 119/7.5 O
10/2/2009 MIN 10 - KC 7 J. Manship L. DiNardo -179/9.5 O
9/27/2009 KC 4 - MIN 1 Z. Greinke F. Liriano -178/8 U
9/26/2009 KC 6 - MIN 11 L. DiNardo S. Baker 154/9 O
9/25/2009 KC 4 - MIN 9 R. Tejeda C. Pavano 102/8.5 O
8/23/2009 KC 3 - MIN 10 B. Bannister C. Pavano -104/9 O
8/22/2009 KC 7 - MIN 8 K. Davies B. Duensing 109/10 O
8/21/2009 KC 4 - MIN 5 x L. Hochevar N. Blackburn 102/9.5 U
8/13/2009 MIN 4 - KC 5 C. Pavano G. Meche -169/9 P
8/12/2009 MIN 7 - KC 1 F. Liriano B. Bannister -185/9 U
8/11/2009 MIN 6 - KC 14 N. Blackburn K. Davies -213/9.5 O
7/1/2009 KC 1 - MIN 5 G. Meche G. Perkins -107/8.5 U
6/30/2009 KC 1 - MIN 2 B. Bannister S. Baker 133/8.5 U
6/29/2009 KC 4 - MIN 2 L. Hochevar N. Blackburn 124/9 U
5/3/2009 MIN 5 - KC 7 S. Baker G. Meche -128/8.5 O
5/2/2009 MIN 7 - KC 10 x G. Perkins B. Bannister -155/9 O
5/1/2009 MIN 7 - KC 5 K. Slowey S. Ponson -173/9 O
2008 Season
9/28/2008 MIN 6 - KC 0 S. Baker B. Duckworth -260/9 U
9/27/2008 MIN 2 - KC 4 G. Perkins G. Meche -144/8.5 U
9/26/2008 MIN 1 - KC 8 F. Liriano K. Davies -275/8 O

Last 10 Games
KC OPS AVG Starter IP Opp Starter IP
10/3/2009 @MIN 4-5 -127/7.5 L/O .656 .219 Z. Greinke 6.0 N. Blackburn 7.0
10/2/2009 @MIN 7-10 171/9.5 L/O .752 .341 L. DiNardo 1.0 J. Manship 5.1
9/30/2009 @NYY 4-3 161/9.5 W/U .829 .314 R. Tejeda 5.0 J. Chamberlain 3.2
9/29/2009 @NYY 3-4 224/9.5 L/U .427 .156 A. Lerew 6.0 A. Burnett 6.1
9/28/2009 @NYY 2-8 135/10 L/P .463 .138 L. Hochevar 6.0 C. Gaudin 6.2
9/27/2009 MIN 4-1 -178/8 W/U .846 .240 Z. Greinke 7.0 F. Liriano 1.2
9/26/2009 MIN 6-11 154/9 L/O .806 .265 L. DiNardo 5.0 S. Baker 6.1
9/25/2009 MIN 4-9 102/8.5 L/O .820 .297 R. Tejeda 4.1 C. Pavano 6.0
9/24/2009 BOS 3-10 177/9 L/O .677 .278 A. Lerew 4.2 C. Buchholz 6.2
9/23/2009 BOS 2-9 180/8.5 L/O .761 .316 L. Hochevar 5.0 J. Beckett 6.0

MIN OPS AVG Starter IP Opp Starter IP
10/3/2009 KC 5-4 119/7.5 W/O .767 .267 N. Blackburn 7.0 Z. Greinke 6.0
10/2/2009 KC 10-7 -179/9.5 W/O 1.018 .324 J. Manship 5.1 L. DiNardo 1.0
10/1/2009 @DET 8-3 -117/9 W/O .804 .342 S. Baker 5.0 N. Robertson 6.0
9/30/2009 @DET 2-7 -111/9 L/P .624 .265 C. Pavano 4.2 E. Bonine 5.0
9/29/2009 @DET 5-6 159/8 L/O .659 .278 B. Duensing 4.2 J. Verlander 8.0
9/29/2009 @DET 3-2x 111/9 W/U .779 .333 N. Blackburn 7.0 R. Porcello 6.1
9/27/2009 @KC 1-4 170/8 L/U .692 .306 F. Liriano 1.2 Z. Greinke 7.0
9/26/2009 @KC 11-6 -162/9 W/O .927 .361 S. Baker 6.1 L. DiNardo 5.0
9/25/2009 @KC 9-4 -110/8.5 W/O .905 .265 C. Pavano 6.0 R. Tejeda 4.1
9/23/2009 @CHW 8-6 114/8 W/O .906 .342 B. Duensing 5.2 M. Buehrle 3.1

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