MLB Baseball Matchup of Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Minute Maid Park

Match Up: Kansas City Royals VS Houston Astros

KANSAS CITYROYALS (34-35)

HOUSTONASTROS (27-45)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
KC	34-35	-$118	6-12	28-23	16-15	18-20	25-41-3
HOU	27-45	-$15	8-11	19-34	1-2	26-43	38-32-2

Smart Chart

KC	TEAM	HOU
3.94	RUNS	3.85
3.67	RUNS AGAINST	5.07
0.28	DIFF	-1.22
-$118	MONEY	-$15
3.37	TEAM ERA	4.70
8.75	OFF HITS	8.03
2.54	OFF WALKS	2.56
6.43	OFF Ks	9.46
8.36	DEF HIT	9.82
2.91	DEF WALKS	3.47
7.09	DEF Ks	6.47

INJURIES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Danny Duffy	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jarrod Dyson	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Felipe Paulino	P	60-Day Disabled List

HOUSTON ASTROS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Edgar Gonzalez	P	15-Day Disabled List
Alex White	P	60-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

KANSAS CITY	HOUSTON
Kansas City Star	Houston Chronicle

BETTING TRENDS

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

HOUSTON ASTROS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

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

WANDY RODRIGUEZ (L) ERA: 3.59 W/L: 6-4

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/05/2013	ATL	L	0-5	U	⅓	-100
05/31/2013	CIN	L	0-6	U	7	-104
05/26/2013	MIL	W	5-4	O	5	125

Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 17⅓ innings in the last 3 games.
Houston Astros's relievers have pitched 8⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
06/18/2012	Mon	KC	7	HOU	9	HOU	-112	8½	O	J Sanchez	J Happ
06/17/2010	Thu	HOU	2	KC	5	KC	-110	9	U	B Myers	A Lerew
06/16/2010	Wed	HOU	4	KC	2	HOU	105	8½	U	R Oswalt	B Chen
06/15/2010	Tue	HOU	7	KC	15	KC	-120	9	O	F Paulino	K Davies
06/25/2009	Thu	KC	4	HOU	5	HOU	-110	9	P	B Bannister	B Moehler
06/24/2009	Wed	KC	4	HOU	3	KC	-165	8½	U	L Hochevar	R Oswalt
06/23/2009	Tue	KC	2	HOU	1	KC	125	8	U	Z Greinke	Ru Ortiz
06/18/2006	Sun	KC	7	HOU	4	KC	-240	9	O	B Duckworth	A Pettitte
06/17/2006	Sat	KC	2	HOU	7	HOU	-200	10	U	B Keppel	T Buchholz
06/16/2006	Fri	KC	7	HOU	2	KC	-230	9½	U	S Elarton	Wandy Rodriguez

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

ROYALS

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

Royals strike out less than any team in the league with 6.4 per game.

Royals are the toughest team to score on in the league, allowing just 3.7 runs per game.

ASTROS

Astros are the third lowest scoring team in the league at 3.8 runs per game.

Astros trail the league in hits with 8.0 per game.

Astros have the third-lowest base on balls in the league at 2.6 per game.

Astros strike out more than any team in the league with 9.5 per game.

Astros are the easiest team to score on in the league, giving up 5.1 runs per game.

Astros are second worst in the league in giving up hits, allowing 9.8 per game.

Astros are the third worst in base on balls allowed, allowing 3.5 per game.

Astros strike out the second least opponents in the league with 6.5 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/18/2012	Mon	7	at HOU	9	L	-112	8½	J Sanchez	6	J Happ
06/17/2012	Sun	5	at STL	3	W	-182	8½	L Mendoza	6	A Wainwright
06/16/2012	Sat	7	at STL	10	L	-133	9	B Chen	1⅔	J Kelly
06/15/2012	Fri	3	at STL	2	W	-168	8½	V Mazzaro	6	K Lohse
06/14/2012	Thu	4	MIL	3	W	-107	9	L Hochevar	7⅓	S Marcum

HOUSTON ASTROS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/18/2012	Mon	9	KC	7	W	-112	8½	J Happ	6	J Sanchez
06/17/2012	Sun	3	at TEX	9	L	-245	10	D Keuchel	5	C Lewis
06/16/2012	Sat	3	at TEX	8	L	-193	10½	L Harrell	5⅓	J Grimm
06/15/2012	Fri	2	at TEX	6	L	-240	10	J Lyles	4⅓	Y Darvish
06/14/2012	Thu	6	at SF	3	W	-120	7	Wandy Rodriguez	6	B Zito

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Houston's Overall Defense	3.9	11	5.1	15
Kansas City's Away Scoring vs Houston's Home Defense	4.3	7	5.7	15
Kansas City's Road ERA vs Houston's Home ERA Allowed	3.4	1	3.6	14
Houston's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	3.9	13	3.7	1
Houston's Home Scoring vs Kansas City's Road Defense	3.9	11	3.6	2
Houston's Home ERA vs Kansas City's Road ERA Allowed	5.0	15	4.0	6

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	34-35	17-16	17-19	16-15	18-20	25-41-3	6-12	28-23
vs Div	14-9	11-5	3-4	10-5	4-4	7-15-1	2-2	12-7
Last 10	7-3	3-1	4-2	2-1	5-2	3-6-1	1-0	6-3
vs AL	30-30	17-14	13-16	16-14	14-16	21-37-2	4-10	26-20
vs NL	4-5	0-2	4-3	0-1	4-4	4-4-1	2-2	2-3

HOUSTON ASTROS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	27-45	14-24	13-21	1-2	26-43	38-32-2	8-11	19-34
vs Div	13-21	5-13	8-8	1-0	12-21	19-15	4-6	9-15
Last 10	5-5	4-1	1-4	0-1	5-4	3-7	3-1	2-4
vs AL	22-42	12-23	10-19	1-2	21-40	35-27-2	8-9	14-33
vs NL	5-3	2-1	3-2	0-0	5-3	3-5	0-2	5-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

LUKE HOCHEVAR VS. HOUSTON ASTROS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/19/2012	2-0	KC	7⅔	5	0	0	4	6	W
06/24/2009	4-3	KC	7	3	2	2	1	4	ND

WANDY RODRIGUEZ VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/19/2012	2-0	KC	7	6	2	2	2	3	L
06/16/2006	7-2	KC	6	7	4	4	1	5	L