MLB Baseball Matchup of Saturday, July 21, 2012 Kauffman Stadium

Match Up: Minnesota Twins VS Kansas City Royals

MINNESOTATWINS (31-36)

KANSAS CITYROYALS (34-35)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
MIN	31-36	$351	5-5	26-31	6-6	25-30	30-36-1
KC	34-35	-$118	6-12	28-23	16-15	18-20	25-41-3

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

INJURIES

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

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

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

SCOTT DIAMOND (L) ERA: 5.29 W/L: 4-6

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/14/2013	DET	L	0-4	U	5⅔	-100
06/09/2013	WSH	L	0-7	U	4⅔	-100
06/02/2013	SEA	W	10-0	O	6	100

LUIS MENDOZA (R) ERA: 4.23 W/L: 2-3

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/14/2013	TB	W	7-2	O	6	151
06/09/2013	HOU	W	2-0	U	7	100
06/04/2013	MIN	L	0-3	U	4⅓	-133

Minnesota Twins's relievers have pitched 10⅓ innings in the last 3 games.
Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 10⅓ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
07/20/2012	Fri	MIN	2	KC	1	MIN	-145	10	U	N Blackburn	L Hochevar
07/01/2012	Sun	KC	8	MIN	10	MIN	-139	8	O	B Chen	F Liriano
06/30/2012	Sat	KC	1	MIN	5	MIN	121	9	U	L Hochevar	C De Vries
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

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

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.

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.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/20/2012	Fri	2	at KC	1	W	-145	10	N Blackburn	6⅔	L Hochevar
07/19/2012	Thu	3	BAL	4	L	-104	9½	C De Vries	6	W Chen
07/18/2012	Wed	1	BAL	2	L	-160	9	F Liriano	6	T Hunter
07/17/2012	Tue	6	BAL	4	W	-105	10	S Deduno	4⅓	Z Britton
07/16/2012	Mon	19	BAL	7	W	-125	9	S Diamond	6	C Tillman

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/20/2012	Fri	1	MIN	2	L	-145	10	L Hochevar	7	N Blackburn
07/19/2012	Thu	1	SEA	6	L	118	9	W Smith	6⅓	Felix Hernandez
07/18/2012	Wed	8	SEA	7	W	-132	9	B Chen	5⅓	K Millwood
07/17/2012	Tue	6	SEA	9	L	-132	10	R Verdugo	1⅔	B Beaven
07/16/2012	Mon	4	SEA	9	L	-110	9	J Sanchez	1⅓	J Vargas

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Minnesota's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	4.1	10	3.7	1
Minnesota's Away Scoring vs Kansas City's Home Defense	3.8	13	3.8	4
Minnesota's Road ERA vs Kansas City's Home ERA Allowed	4.5	13	3.6	12
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Minnesota's Overall Defense	3.9	11	4.5	10
Kansas City's Home Scoring vs Minnesota's Road Defense	3.6	15	4.6	12
Kansas City's Home ERA vs Minnesota's Road ERA Allowed	3.3	3	3.2	14

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

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

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

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

SCOTT DIAMOND VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
09/11/2012	9-1	KC	6	10	4	4	3	2	L
07/21/2012	7-3	KC	6	10	4	4	2	2	L
06/30/2012	7-2	MIN	8	6	2	2	2	4	W

LUIS MENDOZA VS. MINNESOTA TWINS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
06/04/2013	3-0	MIN	4⅓	7	3	3	3	1	L
09/13/2012	4-3	MIN	6	2	1	1	2	6	ND
09/02/2012	6-4	KC	5	7	2	2	0	3	ND
07/21/2012	7-3	KC	6⅓	7	3	3	2	4	W
06/29/2012	4-3	KC	8	5	1	1	0	5	W