MLB Matchup of

Match Up: Kansas City Royals VS Toronto Blue Jays

KANSAS CITYROYALS (20-21)

TORONTOBLUE JAYS (18-26)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
KC	20-21	-$136	4-9	16-12	9-9	11-12	17-23-1
TOR	18-26	-$868	4-8	14-18	9-10	9-16	25-18-1

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KC	TEAM	TOR
4.29	RUNS	4.18
3.98	RUNS AGAINST	5.16
0.32	DIFF	-0.98
-$136	MONEY	-$868
3.61	TEAM ERA	4.79
9.12	OFF HITS	8.11
2.49	OFF WALKS	3.02
6.73	OFF Ks	7.70
8.49	DEF HIT	9.11
2.59	DEF WALKS	3.75
7.37	DEF Ks	6.93

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)

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Rajai Davis	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Kyle Drabek	P	60-Day Disabled List
J.A. Happ	P	15-Day Disabled List
Drew Hutchison	P	60-Day Disabled List
Josh Johnson	P	15-Day Disabled List
Dustin McGowan	P	60-Day Disabled List
Luis Perez	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jose Reyes	SS	60-Day Disabled List
Sergio Santos	P	60-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

KANSAS CITY	TORONTO
Kansas City Star	Toronto Sun

BETTING TRENDS

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

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

BRETT CECIL (L) ERA: 0.00 W/L: 0-0

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
08/03/2012	OAK	L	4-5	O	5	-100
07/29/2012	DET	L	1-4	U	6⅔	-100
07/24/2012	OAK	L	2-7	P	6	-122

Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 6⅓ innings in the last 3 games.
Toronto Blue Jays's relievers have pitched 8 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
07/02/2012	Mon	KC	11	TOR	3	KC	-173	9½	O	E Teaford	R Romero
04/23/2012	Mon	TOR	4	KC	1	TOR	-109	8	U	B Morrow	B Chen
04/22/2012	Sun	TOR	5	KC	3	TOR	100	8	P	R Romero	D Duffy
04/21/2012	Sat	TOR	9	KC	5	TOR	-101	9	O	D Hutchison	L Mendoza
04/20/2012	Fri	TOR	4	KC	3	TOR	100	8	U	K Drabek	L Hochevar
08/25/2011	Thu	KC	9	TOR	6	KC	-162	9	O	J Francis	B Cecil
08/24/2011	Wed	KC	3	TOR	4	TOR	-180	8	U	L Hochevar	R Romero
08/23/2011	Tue	KC	6	TOR	4	KC	-200	8½	O	B Chen	B Morrow
06/09/2011	Thu	TOR	2	KC	3	KC	118	8½	U	R Romero	L Hochevar
06/08/2011	Wed	TOR	9	KC	8	TOR	-117	9	O	C Villanueva	D Duffy

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

ROYALS

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 4.0 runs per game.

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

BLUE JAYS

Blue Jays are third last in the league in hits at 8.1 per game.

Blue Jays have allowed the third most runs in the league at 5.2 runs per game.

Blue Jays are the third worst in base on balls allowed, allowing 3.8 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/02/2012	Mon	11	at TOR	3	W	-173	9½	E Teaford	7	R Romero
07/01/2012	Sun	8	at MIN	10	L	-139	8	B Chen	5⅔	F Liriano
06/30/2012	Sat	1	at MIN	5	L	121	9	L Hochevar	6	C De Vries
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

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/02/2012	Mon	3	KC	11	L	-173	9½	R Romero	6	E Teaford
07/01/2012	Sun	6	LAA	10	L	130	9½	A Laffey	6	C.J. Wilson
06/30/2012	Sat	11	LAA	2	W	-102	10	H Alvarez	7	G Richards
06/29/2012	Fri	7	LAA	5	W	110	9½	C Villanueva	5	E Santana
06/28/2012	Thu	7	LAA	9	L	125	9½	B Cecil	5⅓	D Haren

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Toronto's Overall Defense	4.3	11	5.2	13
Kansas City's Away Scoring vs Toronto's Home Defense	4.5	7	5.2	13
Kansas City's Road ERA vs Toronto's Home ERA Allowed	3.7	3	4.0	11
Toronto's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	4.2	12	4.0	3
Toronto's Home Scoring vs Kansas City's Road Defense	4.4	10	3.9	3
Toronto's Home ERA vs Kansas City's Road ERA Allowed	4.6	12	4.2	7

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	20-21	10-8	10-13	9-9	11-12	17-23-1	4-9	16-12
vs Div	9-6	7-3	2-3	7-3	2-3	6-8-1	2-2	7-4
Last 10	2-8	0-3	2-5	0-4	2-4	4-6	0-4	2-4
vs AL	17-19	10-8	7-11	9-9	8-10	14-21-1	2-8	15-11
vs NL	3-2	0-0	3-2	0-0	3-2	3-2	2-1	1-1

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	18-26	10-12	8-14	9-10	9-16	25-18-1	4-8	14-18
vs Div	9-17	4-6	5-11	4-5	5-12	16-9-1	1-7	8-10
Last 10	5-5	3-0	2-5	2-0	3-5	7-3	1-3	4-2
vs AL	16-26	8-12	8-14	8-10	8-16	23-18-1	3-8	13-18
vs NL	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1-0

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

VIN MAZZARO VS. TORONTO BLUE JAYS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
07/03/2012	6-3	TOR	5⅓	13	6	6	0	3	L
06/07/2011	8-5	TOR	5	8	6	6	1	3	L
08/02/2009	7-2	TOR	5	10	7	7	3	4	L

BRETT CECIL VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
07/03/2012	6-3	TOR	6	5	3	3	1	3	W
08/25/2011	9-6	KC	6⅓	9	5	5	1	3	L
07/19/2010	5-4	KC	6⅓	6	3	3	3	1	ND