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Match Up: Cleveland Indians VS Kansas City Royals

CLEVELANDINDIANS (27-19)

KANSAS CITYROYALS (21-23)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
CLE	27-20	$1092	10-7	17-13	13-6	14-14	23-20-4
KC	21-24	-$461	4-10	17-14	10-11	11-13	19-25-1

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CLE	TEAM	KC
5.09	RUNS	4.22
4.43	RUNS AGAINST	3.98
0.66	DIFF	0.24
$1,092	MONEY	-$461
4.17	TEAM ERA	3.65
9.15	OFF HITS	9.09
3.43	OFF WALKS	2.56
8.32	OFF Ks	6.60
8.09	DEF HIT	8.56
3.53	DEF WALKS	2.69
8.57	DEF Ks	7.33

INJURIES

CLEVELAND INDIANS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Frank Herrmann	P	60-Day Disabled List
Lou Marson	C	15-Day Disabled List
Brett Myers	P	15-Day Disabled List
Josh Tomlin	P	60-Day Disabled List
Blake Wood	P	60-Day Disabled List

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

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TEAM NEWS

CLEVELAND	KANSAS CITY
Cleveland Plain Dealer	Kansas City Star

BETTING TRENDS

CLEVELAND INDIANS

No trends to report

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

ZACH MCALLISTER (R) ERA: 2.89 W/L: 4-3

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/23/2013	BOS	W	12-3	O	5	144
05/18/2013	SEA	W	5-4	O	7⅓	100
05/12/2013	DET	W	4-3	U	6	133

LUIS MENDOZA (R) ERA: 5.35 W/L: 1-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/24/2013	LAA	L	2-5	U	5	-100
05/19/2013	OAK	L	3-4	U	6	-100
05/13/2013	LAA	W	11-4	O	6	132

Cleveland Indians's relievers have pitched 9⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 7 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
07/31/2012	Tue	CLE	3	KC	8	KC	-118	9½	O	D Lowe	L Hochevar
05/30/2012	Wed	KC	6	CLE	3	KC	-112	8	O	B Chen	J Gomez
05/29/2012	Tue	KC	8	CLE	2	KC	-137	8½	O	W Smith	J Masterson
05/28/2012	Mon	KC	5	CLE	8	CLE	-131	9½	O	N Adcock	J Tomlin
04/26/2012	Thu	KC	4	CLE	2	KC	-160	8½	U	L Mendoza	J Tomlin
04/25/2012	Wed	KC	8	CLE	2	KC	-143	7½	O	L Hochevar	U Jimenez
04/24/2012	Tue	KC	3	CLE	4	CLE	-124	8	U	J Sanchez	D Lowe
04/15/2012	Sun	CLE	13	KC	7	CLE	-103	8½	O	U Jimenez	L Mendoza
04/14/2012	Sat	CLE	11	KC	9	CLE	-139	9	O	J Gomez	J Sanchez
04/13/2012	Fri	CLE	8	KC	3	CLE	-111	8	O	D Lowe	L Hochevar

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

INDIANS

Indians are the second highest scoring team in the league at 5.1 runs per game.

Indians are second worst in K's per game with 8.3.

Indians are third in the league in striking out opponents with 8.6 per game.

ROYALS

Royals are second worst in the league in free passes at 2.6 per game.

Royals are third best in the league in times striking out with 6.6 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 2.7 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

CLEVELAND INDIANS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/31/2012	Tue	3	at KC	8	L	-118	9½	D Lowe	2⅓	L Hochevar
07/29/2012	Sun	1	at MIN	5	L	-111	9	U Jimenez	6⅓	B Duensing
07/28/2012	Sat	5	at MIN	12	L	116	9	J Masterson	5⅔	S Deduno
07/27/2012	Fri	0	at MIN	11	L	-136	9	J Tomlin	4	S Diamond
07/26/2012	Thu	5	DET	3	W	156	8	Z McAllister	6⅓	J Verlander

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
07/31/2012	Tue	8	CLE	3	W	-118	9½	L Hochevar	6	D Lowe
07/29/2012	Sun	6	at SEA	7	L	-190	6½	W Smith	6	Felix Hernandez
07/28/2012	Sat	3	at SEA	4	L	-110	7	B Chen	6	K Millwood
07/27/2012	Fri	1	at SEA	6	L	-116	7	J Guthrie	5⅓	B Beaven
07/26/2012	Thu	1	at SEA	4	L	-110	7	L Mendoza	5	J Vargas

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Cleveland's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	5.2	2	4.0	3
Cleveland's Away Scoring vs Kansas City's Home Defense	5.7	1	4.2	5
Cleveland's Road ERA vs Kansas City's Home ERA Allowed	4.0	7	4.2	10
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Cleveland's Overall Defense	4.3	11	4.4	7
Kansas City's Home Scoring vs Cleveland's Road Defense	4.1	11	4.2	6
Kansas City's Home ERA vs Cleveland's Road ERA Allowed	3.6	4	4.9	2

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

CLEVELAND INDIANS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	27-20	15-10	12-10	13-6	14-14	23-20-4	10-7	17-13
vs Div	9-8	4-4	5-4	4-1	5-7	8-8-1	4-1	5-7
Last 10	6-4	4-2	2-2	3-1	3-3	5-3-2	2-0	4-4
vs AL	24-19	13-10	11-9	12-5	12-14	21-18-4	8-7	16-12
vs NL	3-1	2-0	1-1	1-1	2-0	2-2	2-0	1-1

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	21-24	10-10	11-14	10-11	11-13	19-25-1	4-10	17-14
vs Div	9-6	7-3	2-3	7-3	2-3	6-8-1	2-2	7-4
Last 10	2-8	0-2	2-6	1-3	1-5	4-6	0-4	2-4
vs AL	18-22	10-10	8-12	10-11	8-11	16-23-1	2-9	16-13
vs NL	3-2	0-0	3-2	0-0	3-2	3-2	2-1	1-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

ZACH MCALLISTER VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
09/30/2012	15-3	CLE	6⅔	5	3	3	2	2	W
08/01/2012	5-2	KC	6	5	5	4	2	3	L

LUIS MENDOZA VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
09/21/2012	6-3	KC	6	8	2	2	2	3	W
08/01/2012	5-2	KC	7⅓	4	2	2	1	3	W
04/26/2012	4-2	KC	5	4	2	2	2	3	W
04/15/2012	13-7	CLE	4	9	9	5	4	1	L