MLB Matchup of

Match Up: Kansas City Royals VS Baltimore Orioles

KANSAS CITYROYALS (21-23)

BALTIMOREORIOLES (25-22)

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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
BAL	25-22	$282	6-7	19-15	10-9	15-13	25-19-3

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KC	TEAM	BAL
4.27	RUNS	4.94
3.95	RUNS AGAINST	4.64
0.32	DIFF	0.30
-$361	MONEY	$282
3.62	TEAM ERA	4.38
9.16	OFF HITS	9.36
2.52	OFF WALKS	2.81
6.66	OFF Ks	6.43
8.50	DEF HIT	8.49
2.59	DEF WALKS	3.47
7.45	DEF Ks	6.77

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

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Wilson Betemit	DH	60-Day Disabled List
Wei-Yin Chen	P	15-Day Disabled List
Nolan Reimold	OF	15-Day Disabled List
Brian Roberts	2B	60-Day Disabled List
Taylor Teagarden	C	15-Day Disabled List
Tsuyoshi Wada	P	60-Day Disabled List

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

KANSAS CITY	BALTIMORE
Kansas City Star	Baltimore Sun

BETTING TRENDS

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

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

CHRIS TILLMAN (R) ERA: 3.52 W/L: 3-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/19/2013	TB	L	1-3	U	6	-102
05/14/2013	SD	L	2-3	U	7	-142
05/08/2013	KC	W	5-3	U	6	100

Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 5⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Baltimore Orioles's relievers have pitched 8⅓ innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
08/10/2012	Fri	KC	1	BAL	7	BAL	-119	9½	U	L Hochevar	M Gonzalez
08/09/2012	Thu	KC	8	BAL	2	KC	-181	8½	O	W Smith	W Chen
05/27/2012	Sun	KC	4	BAL	2	KC	-139	9	U	L Hochevar	B Matusz
05/26/2012	Sat	KC	4	BAL	3	KC	-119	8½	U	F Paulino	W Chen
05/25/2012	Fri	KC	2	BAL	8	BAL	-125	8½	O	B Chen	J Hammel
05/17/2012	Thu	BAL	5	KC	3	BAL	-122	8½	U	B Matusz	L Hochevar
05/16/2012	Wed	BAL	4	KC	3	BAL	-136	8½	U	T Hunter	F Paulino
08/04/2011	Thu	BAL	4	KC	9	KC	-132	9	O	Z Britton	J Francis
08/03/2011	Wed	BAL	2	KC	6	KC	-114	9	U	J Guthrie	L Hochevar
08/02/2011	Tue	BAL	8	KC	2	BAL	-140	9½	O	A Simon	B Chen

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.

ORIOLES

Orioles are the third highest scoring team in the league at 4.9 runs per game.

Orioles have the second best hits stat in the league at 9.4 per game.

Orioles are second best in K's per game with 6.4.

Orioles are third last in the league in striking out opponents with 6.8 per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/10/2012	Fri	1	at BAL	7	L	-119	9½	L Hochevar	5⅓	M Gonzalez
08/09/2012	Thu	8	at BAL	2	W	-181	8½	W Smith	7	W Chen
08/08/2012	Wed	2	at CHW	1	W	-165	9	J Guthrie	8	J Quintana
08/07/2012	Tue	5	at CHW	2	W	-200	8½	B Chen	6⅔	J Peavy
08/06/2012	Mon	2	at CHW	4	L	-226	8½	L Mendoza	7⅓	C Sale

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/10/2012	Fri	7	KC	1	W	-119	9½	M Gonzalez	8	L Hochevar
08/09/2012	Thu	2	KC	8	L	-181	8½	W Chen	4⅔	W Smith
08/08/2012	Wed	9	SEA	2	W	-128	9½	S Johnson	6	K Millwood
08/07/2012	Tue	8	SEA	7	W	-135	9	Z Britton	5	B Beaven
08/06/2012	Mon	3	SEA	1	W	-131	8½	C Tillman	7⅓	J Vargas

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Baltimore's Overall Defense	4.3	11	4.6	11
Kansas City's Away Scoring vs Baltimore's Home Defense	4.4	8	4.9	10
Kansas City's Road ERA vs Baltimore's Home ERA Allowed	3.6	3	4.4	6
Baltimore's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	4.9	3	4.0	3
Baltimore's Home Scoring vs Kansas City's Road Defense	4.7	6	3.8	3
Baltimore's Home ERA vs Kansas City's Road ERA Allowed	4.7	14	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

BALTIMORE ORIOLES

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	25-22	11-12	14-10	10-9	15-13	25-19-3	6-7	19-15
vs Div	11-11	6-6	5-5	4-2	7-9	10-9-3	3-4	8-7
Last 10	3-7	2-6	1-1	1-4	2-3	5-4-1	1-2	2-5
vs AL	23-19	9-9	14-10	8-6	15-13	22-17-3	5-7	18-12
vs NL	2-3	2-3	0-0	2-3	0-0	3-2	1-0	1-3

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

LUIS MENDOZA VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
05/08/2013	5-3	BAL	6	5	5	3	3	2	L
08/11/2012	7-3	KC	6	7	3	3	2	4	W
08/08/2008	9-1	BAL	3	6	5	5	1	1	L
09/21/2007	3-2	TEX	5	4	1	1	1	2	W

CHRIS TILLMAN VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
05/08/2013	5-3	BAL	6	5	3	3	3	2	W
08/11/2012	7-3	KC	5⅔	6	6	6	2	5	L
05/05/2011	9-1	KC	3⅔	10	8	8	1	3	L
07/29/2009	7-3	BAL	4⅔	7	3	3	1	2	ND