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Match Up: Minnesota Twins VS Kansas City Royals

MINNESOTATWINS (18-25)

KANSAS CITYROYALS (21-22)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
MIN	18-25	-$155	3-4	15-21	2-6	16-19	20-22-1
KC	21-22	-$246	4-9	17-13	10-10	11-12	18-24-1

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MIN	TEAM	KC
4.37	RUNS	4.28
4.86	RUNS AGAINST	3.93
-0.49	DIFF	0.35
-$155	MONEY	-$246
4.60	TEAM ERA	3.59
8.44	OFF HITS	9.14
3.37	OFF WALKS	2.51
8.21	OFF Ks	6.74
10.26	DEF HIT	8.51
2.70	DEF WALKS	2.63
5.67	DEF Ks	7.44

INJURIES

MINNESOTA TWINS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Darin Mastroianni	OF	60-Day Disabled List
Trevor Plouffe	3B	7-Day Disabled List
Tim Wood	P	15-Day Disabled List

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Danny Duffy	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jarrod Dyson	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Felipe Paulino	P	60-Day Disabled List
Salvador Perez	C	Day-to-Day (hip)

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

MINNESOTA	KANSAS CITY
Minnesota Star Tribune	Kansas City Star

BETTING TRENDS

MINNESOTA TWINS

No trends to report

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

CARL PAVANO (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/01/2012	CLE	L	1-7	U	3⅔	-100
05/26/2012	DET	L	3-6	O	4⅓	-100
05/19/2012	MIL	W	5-4	P	6	168

LUKE HOCHEVAR (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
09/30/2012	CLE	L	3-15	O	4⅔	-100
09/24/2012	DET	L	2-6	O	7⅓	-100
09/18/2012	CHW	L	2-3	U	7	-102

Minnesota Twins's relievers have pitched 6⅓ innings in the last 3 games.
Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 11⅓ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
04/30/2011	Sat	MIN	2	KC	11	KC	-102	9	O	B Duensing	S O'Sullivan
04/29/2011	Fri	MIN	3	KC	4	KC	-105	8½	U	S Baker	B Chen
04/13/2011	Wed	KC	10	MIN	5	KC	-173	8½	O	K Davies	F Liriano
04/12/2011	Tue	KC	3	MIN	4	MIN	-151	8	U	J Francis	B Duensing
09/29/2010	Wed	MIN	4	KC	2	MIN	-110	8½	U	S Baker	L Hochevar
09/28/2010	Tue	MIN	1	KC	10	KC	115	9½	O	N Blackburn	S O'Sullivan
09/27/2010	Mon	MIN	8	KC	10	KC	110	8½	O	K Slowey	K Davies
09/08/2010	Wed	KC	3	MIN	4	MIN	-160	7½	U	Z Greinke	B Duensing
09/07/2010	Tue	KC	3	MIN	10	MIN	-300	8	O	B Bannister	F Liriano
09/06/2010	Mon	KC	4	MIN	5	MIN	-210	8½	O	S O'Sullivan	K Slowey

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

TWINS

Twins are second worst in the league in giving up hits, allowing 10.3 per game.

Twins trail the league in K's with 5.7 per game.

ROYALS

Royals are third in the league in hits at 9.1 per game.

Royals are second worst in the league in free passes at 2.5 per game.

Royals are third best in the league in times striking out with 6.7 per game.

Royals have allowed the third fewest runs in the league at 3.9 runs per game.

Royals are the third best in base on balls allowed, allowing 2.6 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
04/30/2011	Sat	2	at KC	11	L	-102	9	B Duensing	7	S O'Sullivan
04/29/2011	Fri	3	at KC	4	L	-105	8½	S Baker	6⅓	B Chen
04/28/2011	Thu	1	TB	6	L	-105	9	A Swarzak	5⅓	J Niemann
04/28/2011	Thu	3	TB	15	L	-103	8	N Blackburn	3⅓	J Hellickson
04/27/2011	Wed	2	TB	8	L	-129	7½	F Liriano	3	W Davis

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
04/30/2011	Sat	11	MIN	2	W	-102	9	S O'Sullivan	6	B Duensing
04/29/2011	Fri	4	MIN	3	W	-105	8½	B Chen	5⅓	S Baker
04/28/2011	Thu	2	at CLE	8	L	-155	9	K Davies	3⅓	F Carmona
04/27/2011	Wed	2	at CLE	7	L	-137	8½	J Francis	3	J Tomlin
04/26/2011	Tue	4	at CLE	9	L	-153	8½	L Hochevar	6⅓	J Masterson

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Minnesota's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	4.4	9	3.9	3
Minnesota's Away Scoring vs Kansas City's Home Defense	4.2	10	4.1	6
Minnesota's Road ERA vs Kansas City's Home ERA Allowed	4.7	11	4.2	9
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Minnesota's Overall Defense	4.3	10	4.9	12
Kansas City's Home Scoring vs Minnesota's Road Defense	4.1	11	4.7	10
Kansas City's Home ERA vs Minnesota's Road ERA Allowed	3.6	4	3.7	12

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

MINNESOTA TWINS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	18-25	9-13	9-12	2-6	16-19	20-22-1	3-4	15-21
vs Div	7-10	3-3	4-7	0-2	7-8	6-10-1	1-1	6-9
Last 10	1-9	1-6	0-3	0-3	1-6	5-5	1-2	0-7
vs AL	17-19	8-10	9-9	1-4	16-15	16-19-1	3-2	14-17
vs NL	1-6	1-3	0-3	1-2	0-4	4-3	0-2	1-4

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	21-22	10-8	11-14	10-10	11-12	18-24-1	4-9	17-13
vs Div	9-6	7-3	2-3	7-3	2-3	6-8-1	2-2	7-4
Last 10	3-7	0-1	3-6	1-3	2-4	4-6	0-3	3-4
vs AL	18-20	10-8	8-12	10-10	8-10	15-22-1	2-8	16-12
vs NL	3-2	0-0	3-2	0-0	3-2	3-2	2-1	1-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

CARL PAVANO VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
04/27/2012	7-6	KC	6⅓	6	5	4	1	0	ND
09/28/2011	1-0	MIN	9	5	0	0	0	3	W
09/13/2011	4-0	KC	7	11	4	3	1	5	L
07/16/2011	4-3	MIN	7	6	3	3	1	3	ND
06/03/2011	5-2	MIN	9	9	2	2	1	4	W

LUKE HOCHEVAR VS. MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
09/12/2012	10-5	KC	5	6	5	5	4	4	W
09/01/2012	8-7	MIN	1⅔	6	8	8	4	3	L
07/20/2012	2-1	MIN	7	5	1	1	0	6	ND
06/30/2012	5-1	MIN	6	8	5	5	1	0	L
09/14/2011	7-3	KC	6	5	2	2	2	3	W