MLB Baseball Matchup of Saturday, June 30, 2012 Target Field

Match Up: Kansas City Royals VS Minnesota Twins

KANSAS CITYROYALS (34-35)

MINNESOTATWINS (31-36)

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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
MIN	31-36	$351	5-5	26-31	6-6	25-30	30-36-1

Smart Chart

KC	TEAM	MIN
3.94	RUNS	4.12
3.67	RUNS AGAINST	4.52
0.28	DIFF	-0.40
-$118	MONEY	$351
3.37	TEAM ERA	4.25
8.75	OFF HITS	8.31
2.54	OFF WALKS	3.40
6.43	OFF Ks	7.94
8.36	DEF HIT	9.94
2.91	DEF WALKS	2.57
7.09	DEF Ks	5.93

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

MINNESOTA TWINS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Aaron Hicks	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Darin Mastroianni	OF	60-Day Disabled List
Wilkin Ramirez	OF	7-Day Disabled List
Tim Wood	P	60-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

KANSAS CITY	MINNESOTA
Kansas City Star	Minnesota Star Tribune

BETTING TRENDS

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

MINNESOTA TWINS

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

COLE DE VRIES (R) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
09/08/2012	CLE	W	3-0	U	6	100
09/01/2012	KC	W	3-1	U	6⅔	123
08/26/2012	TEX	W	6-5	O	5	190

Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 8⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Minnesota Twins's relievers have pitched 10 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
06/30/2012	Sat	KC	2	MIN	7	MIN	-143	9½	U	J Sanchez	S Diamond
06/29/2012	Fri	KC	4	MIN	3	KC	-126	9½	U	L Mendoza	B Duensing
06/06/2012	Wed	MIN	4	KC	2	MIN	-170	8½	U	N Blackburn	F Paulino
06/05/2012	Tue	MIN	0	KC	1	KC	-125	8½	U	F Liriano	B Chen
06/04/2012	Mon	MIN	10	KC	7	MIN	-140	9½	O	C De Vries	W Smith
04/29/2012	Sun	KC	4	MIN	7	MIN	101	8½	O	B Chen	J Marquis
04/27/2012	Fri	KC	7	MIN	6	KC	-111	8½	O	E Teaford	C Pavano
09/28/2011	Wed	KC	0	MIN	1	MIN	105	8	U	B Chen	C Pavano
09/27/2011	Tue	KC	4	MIN	7	MIN	-106	9	O	S O'Sullivan	A Swarzak
09/26/2011	Mon	KC	7	MIN	3	KC	116	8½	O	F Paulino	K Slowey

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.

TWINS

Twins have the worst hits allowed in the league, allowing 9.9 per game.

Twins are second best in walks allowed in the league at 2.6 per game.

Twins trail the league in K's with 5.9 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/30/2012	Sat	2	at MIN	7	L	-143	9½	J Sanchez	4⅓	S Diamond
06/29/2012	Fri	4	at MIN	3	W	-126	9½	L Mendoza	8	B Duensing
06/27/2012	Wed	5	TB	4	W	124	9½	E Teaford	5	M Moore
06/26/2012	Tue	8	TB	2	W	-110	9	B Chen	7	C Archer
06/25/2012	Mon	8	TB	0	W	-102	9	L Hochevar	9	A Cobb

MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
06/30/2012	Sat	7	KC	2	W	-143	9½	S Diamond	8	J Sanchez
06/29/2012	Fri	3	KC	4	L	-126	9½	B Duensing	4	L Mendoza
06/27/2012	Wed	5	CHW	12	L	153	8½	N Blackburn	5	C Sale
06/26/2012	Tue	2	CHW	3	L	102	9	L Hendriks	6⅓	G Floyd
06/25/2012	Mon	4	CHW	1	W	-105	7½	F Liriano	7	J Peavy

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Minnesota's Overall Defense	3.9	11	4.5	10
Kansas City's Away Scoring vs Minnesota's Home Defense	4.3	7	4.4	9
Kansas City's Road ERA vs Minnesota's Home ERA Allowed	3.4	1	4.4	9
Minnesota's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	4.1	10	3.7	1
Minnesota's Home Scoring vs Kansas City's Road Defense	4.4	9	3.6	2
Minnesota's Home ERA vs Kansas City's Road ERA Allowed	4.0	10	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

MINNESOTA TWINS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	31-36	17-17	14-19	6-6	25-30	30-36-1	5-5	26-31
vs Div	11-17	5-5	6-12	1-2	10-15	10-17-1	1-1	10-16
Last 10	5-5	4-3	1-2	2-0	3-5	3-7	2-1	3-4
vs AL	23-27	12-13	11-14	4-4	19-23	22-27-1	3-2	20-25
vs NL	8-9	5-4	3-5	2-2	6-7	8-9	2-3	6-6

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

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

COLE DE VRIES VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
09/01/2012	3-1	MIN	6⅔	7	1	1	0	3	W
06/30/2012	5-1	MIN	6	5	1	1	1	6	W
06/04/2012	10-7	MIN	5	6	5	4	0	4	W