MLB Baseball Matchup of Friday, August 17, 2012 Kauffman Stadium

Match Up: Chicago White Sox VS Kansas City Royals

CHICAGOWHITE SOX (29-40)

KANSAS CITYROYALS (34-36)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
CHW	29-40	-$1247	6-11	23-29	13-16	16-24	26-36-7
KC	34-36	-$218	6-12	28-24	16-15	18-21	26-41-3

Smart Chart

CHW	TEAM	KC
3.62	RUNS	3.93
4.19	RUNS AGAINST	3.70
-0.57	DIFF	0.23
-$1,247	MONEY	-$218
3.84	TEAM ERA	3.41
8.13	OFF HITS	8.80
2.39	OFF WALKS	2.53
7.81	OFF Ks	6.49
8.14	DEF HIT	8.34
3.17	DEF WALKS	2.93
7.93	DEF Ks	7.09

INJURIES

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Gavin Floyd	P	60-Day Disabled List
Jake Peavy	P	15-Day Disabled List
Angel Sanchez	2B	15-Day Disabled List
Dewayne Wise	OF	15-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

CHICAGO	KANSAS CITY
Chicago Tribune	Kansas City Star

BETTING TRENDS

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

No trends to report

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

CHRIS SALE (L) ERA: 2.69 W/L: 5-6

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/19/2013	MIN	L	4-7	O	5	-140
06/14/2013	HOU	L	1-2	U	8	-190
06/07/2013	OAK	L	3-4	U	7⅓	-134

LUIS MENDOZA (R) ERA: 4.46 W/L: 2-4

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
06/19/2013	CLE	L	3-6	O	5	-100
06/14/2013	TB	W	7-2	O	6	151
06/09/2013	HOU	W	2-0	U	7	100

Chicago White Sox's relievers have pitched 8 innings in the last 3 games.
Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 6 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
08/08/2012	Wed	KC	2	CHW	1	KC	-165	9	U	J Guthrie	J Quintana
08/07/2012	Tue	KC	5	CHW	2	KC	-200	8½	U	B Chen	J Peavy
08/06/2012	Mon	KC	2	CHW	4	CHW	-226	8½	U	L Mendoza	C Sale
07/15/2012	Sun	CHW	2	KC	1	CHW	156	9	U	C Sale	L Mendoza
07/14/2012	Sat	CHW	3	KC	6	KC	112	8½	O	J Peavy	L Hochevar
07/13/2012	Fri	CHW	9	KC	8	CHW	100	9	O	J Quintana	B Chen
05/13/2012	Sun	KC	9	CHW	1	KC	-116	8	O	D Duffy	P Humber
05/12/2012	Sat	KC	5	CHW	0	KC	-162	7½	U	L Hochevar	C Sale
05/11/2012	Fri	KC	0	CHW	5	CHW	-127	7½	U	F Paulino	G Floyd
09/25/2011	Sun	KC	2	CHW	1	KC	-143	8½	U	L Mendoza	G Floyd

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

WHITE SOX

White Sox are second lowest scoring team in the league at 3.6 runs per game.

White Sox trail the league in walks with 2.4 per game.

White Sox are second best in the league in giving up hits, allowing 8.1 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 6.5 per game.

Royals are the toughest team to score on in the league, allowing just 3.7 runs per game.

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/16/2012	Thu	7	at TOR	2	W	135	8½	F Liriano	6⅓	A Laffey
08/15/2012	Wed	9	at TOR	5	W	-102	8½	G Floyd	6	R Romero
08/14/2012	Tue	3	at TOR	2	W	105	9	J Quintana	6⅔	H Alvarez
08/13/2012	Mon	2	at TOR	3	L	112	8	J Peavy	8	C Villanueva
08/12/2012	Sun	7	OAK	3	W	-149	8	C Sale	6⅔	B Colon

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/16/2012	Thu	0	OAK	3	L	-106	8	L Hochevar	7	D Straily
08/15/2012	Wed	3	OAK	2	W	110	8½	W Smith	7	B McCarthy
08/14/2012	Tue	5	OAK	0	W	-112	8½	J Guthrie	7	J Parker
08/12/2012	Sun	3	at BAL	5	L	-119	9	B Chen	5⅓	T Hunter
08/11/2012	Sat	7	at BAL	3	W	-145	9	L Mendoza	6	C Tillman

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Chi White Sox's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	3.6	14	3.7	1
Chi White Sox's Away Scoring vs Kansas City's Home Defense	3.6	14	3.8	3
Chi White Sox's Road ERA vs Kansas City's Home ERA Allowed	4.4	10	3.6	12
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Chi White Sox's Overall Defense	3.9	11	4.2	7
Kansas City's Home Scoring vs Chi White Sox's Road Defense	3.6	15	4.5	8
Kansas City's Home ERA vs Chi White Sox's Road ERA Allowed	3.3	3	3.4	13

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	29-40	16-14	13-26	13-16	16-24	26-36-7	6-11	23-29
vs Div	7-11	3-4	4-7	4-6	3-5	6-11-1	0-2	7-9
Last 10	4-6	3-1	1-5	0-5	4-1	5-5	1-2	3-4
vs AL	25-33	13-13	12-20	9-14	16-19	22-32-4	6-9	19-24
vs NL	4-7	3-1	1-6	4-2	0-5	4-4-3	0-2	4-5

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	34-36	17-16	17-20	16-15	18-21	26-41-3	6-12	28-24
vs Div	14-10	11-5	3-5	10-5	4-5	8-15-1	2-2	12-8
Last 10	6-4	2-1	4-3	1-1	5-3	4-5-1	1-0	5-4
vs AL	30-31	17-14	13-17	16-14	14-17	22-37-2	4-10	26-21
vs NL	4-5	0-2	4-3	0-1	4-4	4-4-1	2-2	2-3

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

CHRIS SALE VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
05/06/2013	2-1	CHW	7⅓	6	1	1	0	5	ND
04/01/2013	1-0	CHW	7⅔	7	0	0	1	7	W
09/19/2012	3-0	KC	6⅔	8	3	3	2	8	L
09/08/2012	5-4	CHW	6	5	1	1	1	6	W
08/17/2012	4-2	KC	6⅔	9	4	4	4	5	L

LUIS MENDOZA VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
09/07/2012	7-5	KC	5⅓	10	5	5	1	3	ND
08/17/2012	4-2	KC	7	4	2	2	1	6	W
08/06/2012	4-2	CHW	7⅓	7	4	4	1	5	L
07/15/2012	2-1	CHW	7⅓	4	2	2	4	6	L
09/25/2011	2-1	KC	7⅔	5	1	1	2	4	W