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Match Up: Kansas City Royals VS Tampa Bay Rays

KANSAS CITYROYALS (21-21)

TAMPA BAYRAYS (24-21)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
KC	21-21	-$36	4-9	17-12	10-9	11-12	18-23-1
TB	24-21	-$138	9-6	15-15	19-11	5-10	26-14-5

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KC	TEAM	TB
4.36	RUNS	4.87
3.95	RUNS AGAINST	4.60
0.40	DIFF	0.27
-$36	MONEY	-$138
3.59	TEAM ERA	4.38
9.21	OFF HITS	8.78
2.52	OFF WALKS	3.51
6.79	OFF Ks	6.84
8.52	DEF HIT	8.18
2.67	DEF WALKS	3.20
7.43	DEF Ks	8.31

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
Salvador Perez	C	Day-to-Day (hip)

TAMPA BAY RAYS

PLAYER	POS	DESCRIPTION
Brandon Gomes	P	15-Day Disabled List
Matt Joyce	OF	Day-to-Day (hamstring)
Jeff Niemann	P	60-Day Disabled List
Juan Oviedo	P	60-Day Disabled List
David Price	P	15-Day Disabled List

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TEAM NEWS

KANSAS CITY	TAMPA BAY
Kansas City Star	Tampa Bay Tribune

BETTING TRENDS

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

No trends to report

TAMPA BAY RAYS

No trends to report

PITCHER LAST 3 STARTS

WILL SMITH (L) ERA: 9.00 W/L: 0-1

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
04/28/2013	CLE	L	3-10	O	4	-138
09/28/2012	CLE	L	5-8	O	3	-100
09/22/2012	CLE	W	5-3	U	7	100

JEREMY HELLICKSON (R) ERA: 5.82 W/L: 2-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/17/2013	BAL	W	12-10	O	7⅔	100
05/11/2013	SD	W	8-7	O	6⅔	100
05/06/2013	TOR	L	7-8	O	5	-138

Kansas City Royals's relievers have pitched 6⅓ innings in the last 3 games.
Tampa Bay Rays's relievers have pitched 12 innings in the last 3 games.

HEAD TO HEAD DETAIL

DATE	DAY	AWAY	RUNS	HOME	RUNS	WINNER	HOMELINE	TOTAL	OU	AWAY STARTER	HOME STARTER
06/27/2012	Wed	TB	4	KC	5	KC	124	9½	U	M Moore	E Teaford
06/26/2012	Tue	TB	2	KC	8	KC	-110	9	O	C Archer	B Chen
06/25/2012	Mon	TB	0	KC	8	KC	-102	9	U	A Cobb	L Hochevar
08/11/2011	Thu	KC	1	TB	4	TB	-180	8	U	D Duffy	J Niemann
08/10/2011	Wed	KC	7	TB	8	TB	-130	8½	O	F Paulino	W Davis
08/09/2011	Tue	KC	0	TB	4	TB	-176	7½	U	J Francis	J Shields
08/08/2011	Mon	KC	1	TB	2	TB	-155	8	U	L Hochevar	J Hellickson
07/24/2011	Sun	TB	5	KC	0	TB	-102	9	U	A Cobb	F Paulino
07/23/2011	Sat	TB	4	KC	5	KC	100	9	P	J Niemann	J Francis
07/22/2011	Fri	TB	4	KC	10	KC	-108	9½	O	W Davis	L Hochevar

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

ROYALS

Royals are third in the league in hits at 9.2 per game.

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 6.8 per game.

Royals have allowed the third fewest runs in the league at 4.0 runs per game.

RAYS

No trends to report

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/19/2012	Sun	5	CHW	2	W	-102	8½	J Guthrie	7⅔	J Quintana
08/18/2012	Sat	9	CHW	4	W	128	8	B Chen	6	J Peavy
08/17/2012	Fri	4	CHW	2	W	138	7½	L Mendoza	7	C Sale
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

TAMPA BAY RAYS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
08/19/2012	Sun	8	at LAA	3	W	-145	8	M Moore	6⅓	Z Greinke
08/18/2012	Sat	10	at LAA	8	W	-148	8	A Cobb	2⅔	C.J. Wilson
08/17/2012	Fri	12	at LAA	3	W	-152	7	J Shields	6	Jered Weaver
08/16/2012	Thu	7	at LAA	0	W	-105	7½	D Price	7	D Haren
08/15/2012	Wed	0	at SEA	1	L	-130	6½	J Hellickson	7	Felix Hernandez

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Tampa Bay's Overall Defense	4.4	10	4.6	11
Kansas City's Away Scoring vs Tampa Bay's Home Defense	4.6	7	4.2	7
Kansas City's Road ERA vs Tampa Bay's Home ERA Allowed	3.6	4	4.8	3
Tampa Bay's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	4.9	4	4.0	3
Tampa Bay's Home Scoring vs Kansas City's Road Defense	4.9	4	3.8	3
Tampa Bay's Home ERA vs Kansas City's Road ERA Allowed	4.0	8	4.3	6

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

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

TAMPA BAY RAYS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	24-21	14-8	10-13	19-11	5-10	26-14-5	9-6	15-15
vs Div	11-13	6-7	5-6	9-8	2-5	13-8-3	4-5	7-8
Last 10	7-3	3-2	4-1	5-2	2-1	6-4	1-2	6-1
vs AL	19-20	11-8	8-12	15-10	4-10	21-13-5	7-6	12-14
vs NL	5-1	3-0	2-1	4-1	1-0	5-1	2-0	3-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

WILL SMITH VS. TAMPA BAY RAYS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
08/20/2012	5-1	TB	3⅔	8	4	4	2	4	L

JEREMY HELLICKSON VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
05/01/2013	9-8	KC	5	9	4	4	1	5	ND
08/20/2012	5-1	TB	7	6	1	1	1	6	W
08/08/2011	2-1	TB	7⅓	6	1	1	3	7	ND