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Match Up: Kansas City Royals VS St. Louis Cardinals

KANSAS CITYROYALS (21-21)

ST. LOUISCARDINALS (29-16)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
KC	21-21	-$36	4-9	17-12	10-9	11-12	18-23-1
STL	29-16	$890	4-5	25-11	20-12	9-4	22-22-1

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KC	TEAM	STL
4.36	RUNS	4.73
3.95	RUNS AGAINST	3.47
0.40	DIFF	1.27
-$36	MONEY	$890
3.59	TEAM ERA	3.18
9.21	OFF HITS	8.96
2.52	OFF WALKS	2.98
6.79	OFF Ks	6.78
8.52	DEF HIT	8.29
2.67	DEF WALKS	2.58
7.43	DEF Ks	8.04

INJURIES

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)

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Chris Carpenter	P	60-Day Disabled List
David Freese	3B	Day-to-Day (hand)
Rafael Furcal	SS	60-Day Disabled List
Jaime Garcia	P	15-Day Disabled List
Jason Motte	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jake Westbrook	P	15-Day Disabled List

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TEAM NEWS

KANSAS CITY	ST. LOUIS
Kansas City Star	St. Louis Post Dispatch

BETTING TRENDS

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

VIN MAZZARO (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
07/03/2012	TOR	L	3-6	U	5⅓	-100
06/22/2012	STL	L	4-11	O	1⅓	-109
06/15/2012	STL	W	3-2	U	6	158

KYLE LOHSE (R) ERA: 3.76 W/L: 1-5

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/19/2013	STL	L	2-4	U	6	-100
05/14/2013	PIT	L	3-4	U	5⅔	-124
05/08/2013	TEX	L	1-4	U	6⅓	-114

Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 10⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
St. Louis Cardinals's relievers have pitched 6⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
06/19/2011	Sun	KC	4	STL	5	STL	-190	8	O	D Duffy	J Garcia
06/18/2011	Sat	KC	4	STL	5	STL	-160	9	P	V Mazzaro	J Westbrook
06/17/2011	Fri	KC	5	STL	4	KC	-162	8	O	F Paulino	C Carpenter
05/22/2011	Sun	STL	9	KC	8	STL	157	8½	O	J Garcia	S O'Sullivan
05/21/2011	Sat	STL	3	KC	0	STL	109	9½	U	J Westbrook	N Adcock
05/20/2011	Fri	STL	0	KC	3	KC	113	9	U	C Carpenter	J Francis
06/27/2010	Sun	STL	3	KC	10	KC	130	9	O	J Garcia	B Chen
06/26/2010	Sat	STL	5	KC	3	STL	100	9½	U	B Hawksworth	K Davies
06/25/2010	Fri	STL	2	KC	4	KC	-150	8½	U	J Suppan	Z Greinke
06/21/2009	Sun	STL	12	KC	5	STL	-110	8½	O	A Wainwright	G Meche

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

ROYALS

Royals are third in the league in hits at 9.2 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 6.8 per game.

Royals have allowed the third fewest runs in the league at 4.0 runs per game.

CARDINALS

Cardinals are the third highest scoring team in the league at 4.7 runs per game.

Cardinals are third in the league in hits at 9.0 per game.

Cardinals are second best in K's per game with 6.8.

Cardinals are the toughest team to score on in the league, allowing just 3.5 runs per game.

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

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/14/2012	Thu	4	MIL	3	W	-107	9	L Hochevar	7⅓	S Marcum
06/13/2012	Wed	4	MIL	3	W	-106	9	J Sanchez	5	Ra Wolf
06/12/2012	Tue	2	MIL	1	W	132	8½	L Mendoza	6	Z Greinke
06/10/2012	Sun	2	at PIT	3	L	-123	7½	B Chen	5	A Burnett
06/09/2012	Sat	3	at PIT	5	L	-146	7½	V Mazzaro	3	J McDonald

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/14/2012	Thu	5	CHW	3	W	-120	8½	J Westbrook	6	G Floyd
06/13/2012	Wed	1	CHW	0	W	-136	7½	L Lynn	7⅓	J Peavy
06/12/2012	Tue	1	CHW	6	L	-159	8½	A Wainwright	7	J Quintana
06/10/2012	Sun	1	CLE	4	L	-109	9½	J Kelly	5	U Jimenez
06/09/2012	Sat	2	CLE	0	W	-130	9	K Lohse	7⅔	J Masterson

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs St. Louis's Overall Defense	4.4	10	3.5	1
Kansas City's Away Scoring vs St. Louis's Home Defense	4.6	7	3.4	5
Kansas City's Road ERA vs St. Louis's Home ERA Allowed	3.6	4	4.2	7
St. Louis's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	4.7	3	4.0	3
St. Louis's Home Scoring vs Kansas City's Road Defense	4.4	7	3.8	3
St. Louis's Home ERA vs Kansas City's Road ERA Allowed	3.2	6	4.3	6

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	21-21	10-8	11-13	10-9	11-12	18-23-1	4-9	17-12
vs Div	9-6	7-3	2-3	7-3	2-3	6-8-1	2-2	7-4
Last 10	3-7	0-2	3-5	1-3	2-4	4-6	0-4	3-3
vs AL	18-19	10-8	8-11	10-9	8-10	15-21-1	2-8	16-11
vs NL	3-2	0-0	3-2	0-0	3-2	3-2	2-1	1-1

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	29-16	14-8	15-8	20-12	9-4	22-22-1	4-5	25-11
vs Div	15-8	9-6	6-2	11-8	4-0	13-10	1-2	14-6
Last 10	6-4	5-3	1-1	6-4	0-0	6-4	0-2	6-2
vs NL	29-16	14-8	15-8	20-12	9-4	22-22-1	4-5	25-11

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

VIN MAZZARO VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/22/2012	11-4	STL	1⅓	6	7	7	2	2	L
06/15/2012	3-2	KC	6	5	0	0	1	4	W
06/18/2011	5-4	STL	6	7	3	3	2	2	ND
06/18/2010	6-4	STL	5	6	4	4	3	5	ND

KYLE LOHSE VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/15/2012	3-2	KC	7	10	3	3	2	4	L
05/23/2009	5-0	STL	8	4	0	0	0	6	W
04/25/2006	2-1	MIN	6	5	1	1	5	5	ND
09/28/2005	6-3	MIN	6	8	3	3	3	2	ND
08/31/2005	1-0	KC	7	3	0	0	1	2	ND