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Match Up: Kansas City Royals VS Seattle Mariners

KANSAS CITYROYALS (21-23)

SEATTLEMARINERS (20-27)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
KC	21-23	-$361	4-9	17-14	10-11	11-12	19-24-1
SEA	20-27	-$628	8-7	12-20	7-7	13-20	21-22-4

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KC	TEAM	SEA
4.27	RUNS	3.60
3.95	RUNS AGAINST	4.45
0.32	DIFF	-0.85
-$361	MONEY	-$628
3.62	TEAM ERA	4.32
9.16	OFF HITS	8.02
2.52	OFF WALKS	3.26
6.66	OFF Ks	8.30
8.50	DEF HIT	8.53
2.59	DEF WALKS	2.55
7.45	DEF Ks	8.06

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

SEATTLE MARINERS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Franklin Gutierrez	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Josh Kinney	P	60-Day Disabled List
Stephen Pryor	P	60-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

KANSAS CITY	SEATTLE
Kansas City Star	Seattle Times

BETTING TRENDS

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

SEATTLE MARINERS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

LUIS MENDOZA (R) ERA: 5.88 W/L: 1-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/19/2013	OAK	L	3-4	U	6	-100
05/13/2013	LAA	W	11-4	O	6	132
05/08/2013	BAL	L	3-5	U	6	-100

JASON VARGAS (L) ERA: 3.55 W/L: 3-3

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/19/2013	CHW	W	6-2	O	7	100
05/14/2013	KC	W	6-2	U	7	100
05/09/2013	HOU	W	6-5	O	5⅔	100

Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 9⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Seattle Mariners's relievers have pitched 7⅔ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
07/19/2012	Thu	SEA	6	KC	1	SEA	118	9	U	Felix Hernandez	W Smith
07/18/2012	Wed	SEA	7	KC	8	KC	-132	9	O	K Millwood	B Chen
07/17/2012	Tue	SEA	9	KC	6	SEA	-132	10	O	B Beaven	R Verdugo
07/16/2012	Mon	SEA	9	KC	4	SEA	-110	9	O	J Vargas	J Sanchez
09/11/2011	Sun	KC	2	SEA	1	KC	103	9	U	E Teaford	A Vasquez
09/10/2011	Sat	KC	4	SEA	2	KC	-150	7	U	F Paulino	M Pineda
09/09/2011	Fri	KC	3	SEA	7	SEA	-102	8	O	J Francis	B Beaven
09/08/2011	Thu	KC	1	SEA	4	SEA	-102	8	U	L Hochevar	J Vargas
04/17/2011	Sun	SEA	3	KC	2	SEA	-121	7½	U	M Pineda	J Francis
04/16/2011	Sat	SEA	0	KC	7	KC	145	7½	U	Felix Hernandez	S O'Sullivan

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

MARINERS

Mariners are lowest scoring team in the league at 3.6 runs per game.

Mariners trail the league in hits with 8.0 per game.

Mariners are third worst in the league in times striking out with 8.3 per game.

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

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/25/2012	Wed	6	at LAA	11	L	-215	8	L Hochevar	3	Jered Weaver
07/24/2012	Tue	4	at LAA	1	W	-177	9	W Smith	7	G Richards
07/23/2012	Mon	3	at LAA	6	L	-210	7½	B Chen	5⅓	C.J. Wilson
07/22/2012	Sun	5	MIN	7	L	-155	10½	J Guthrie	5	S Deduno
07/21/2012	Sat	7	MIN	3	W	-124	9	L Mendoza	6⅓	S Diamond

SEATTLE MARINERS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/25/2012	Wed	2	NYY	5	L	153	7½	H Iwakuma	5	I Nova
07/24/2012	Tue	4	NYY	2	W	-126	7	Felix Hernandez	7⅓	F Garcia
07/23/2012	Mon	1	NYY	4	L	163	7	K Millwood	7	H Kuroda
07/22/2012	Sun	2	at TB	1	W	-185	7½	B Beaven	8	M Moore
07/21/2012	Sat	2	at TB	1	W	-146	7½	J Vargas	6	A Cobb

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Seattle's Overall Defense	4.3	10	4.5	9
Kansas City's Away Scoring vs Seattle's Home Defense	4.4	8	3.6	2
Kansas City's Road ERA vs Seattle's Home ERA Allowed	3.6	3	3.8	12
Seattle's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	3.6	15	3.9	3
Seattle's Home Scoring vs Kansas City's Road Defense	3.8	12	3.8	3
Seattle's Home ERA vs Kansas City's Road ERA Allowed	3.3	3	4.1	8

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	21-23	10-9	11-14	10-11	11-12	19-24-1	4-9	17-14
vs Div	9-6	7-3	2-3	7-3	2-3	6-8-1	2-2	7-4
Last 10	3-7	0-1	3-6	1-3	2-4	5-5	0-3	3-4
vs AL	18-21	10-9	8-12	10-11	8-10	16-22-1	2-8	16-13
vs NL	3-2	0-0	3-2	0-0	3-2	3-2	2-1	1-1

SEATTLE MARINERS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	20-27	11-9	9-18	7-7	13-20	21-22-4	8-7	12-20
vs Div	11-15	8-6	3-9	5-4	6-11	11-14-1	3-4	8-11
Last 10	3-7	1-0	2-7	0-1	3-6	4-4-2	2-3	1-4
vs AL	19-26	11-9	8-17	7-7	12-19	21-20-4	8-7	11-19
vs NL	1-1	0-0	1-1	0-0	1-1	0-2	0-0	1-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

LUIS MENDOZA VS. SEATTLE MARINERS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
07/26/2012	4-1	SEA	5	9	4	4	3	1	L
07/29/2008	11-10	TEX	5⅓	9	6	5	0	1	ND

JASON VARGAS VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
05/14/2013	6-2	LAA	7	5	2	2	1	7	W
07/26/2012	4-1	SEA	8	1	1	1	3	5	W
07/16/2012	9-4	SEA	6	7	3	3	3	0	W
09/08/2011	4-1	SEA	6	4	1	1	2	3	W
08/08/2010	3-2	SEA	6	4	1	1	3	3	W