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Match Up: Cleveland Indians VS Kansas City Royals

CLEVELANDINDIANS (26-17)

KANSAS CITYROYALS (20-21)

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TEAM	RECORD	MONEY	vsLHP	vsRHP	FAVE	DOG	OU	RUN DIFF
CLE	26-18	$1148	10-7	16-11	13-6	13-12	21-20-3
KC	20-21	-$136	4-9	16-12	9-9	11-12	17-23-1

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CLE	TEAM	KC
5.07	RUNS	4.29
4.21	RUNS AGAINST	3.98
0.86	DIFF	0.32
$1,248	MONEY	-$136
3.91	TEAM ERA	3.61
9.16	OFF HITS	9.12
3.42	OFF WALKS	2.49
8.23	OFF Ks	6.73
7.88	DEF HIT	8.49
3.58	DEF WALKS	2.59
8.42	DEF Ks	7.37

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
Nick Swisher	1B	Paternity Leave 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
Salvador Perez	C	Day-to-Day (hip)

team weather and news

TEAM NEWS

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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

UBALDO JIMENEZ (R) ERA: 5.31 W/L: 3-2

DATE	OPP	W/L	SCORE	OU	IP	$
05/17/2013	SEA	W	6-3	P	5	100
05/11/2013	DET	W	7-6	O	6	230
05/06/2013	OAK	W	7-3	O	5⅔	100

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

Cleveland Indians's relievers have pitched 10⅔ innings in the last 3 games.
Kansas City Royals'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
09/21/2012	Fri	CLE	3	KC	6	KC	-110	8½	O	J Masterson	L Mendoza
08/02/2012	Thu	CLE	6	KC	7	KC	-139	9½	O	C Kluber	B Chen
08/01/2012	Wed	CLE	2	KC	5	KC	103	9½	U	Z McAllister	L Mendoza
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

TOP 3/BOTTOM 3

INDIANS

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

Indians are third worst in the league in times striking out with 8.2 per game.

Indians are second best in the league in giving up hits, allowing 7.9 per game.

Indians are third in the league in striking out opponents with 8.4 per game.

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

TEAMS LAST 5 GAMES

CLEVELAND INDIANS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
09/21/2012	Fri	3	at KC	6	L	-110	8½	J Masterson	6	L Mendoza
09/20/2012	Thu	4	MIN	3	W	-142	9½	C Kluber	6	E Vasquez
09/19/2012	Wed	4	MIN	6	L	-135	9	Z McAllister	4⅓	L Hendriks
09/18/2012	Tue	5	MIN	6	L	-139	9	David Huff	4⅓	P Walters
09/16/2012	Sun	7	DET	6	W	108	8½	U Jimenez	6	R Porcello

KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	DAY	RUNS	OPPONENT	RUNS	RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL	STARTER	IP	OPP STARTER
09/21/2012	Fri	6	CLE	3	W	-110	8½	L Mendoza	6	J Masterson
09/20/2012	Thu	4	CHW	3	W	-111	8	J Guthrie	6	F Liriano
09/19/2012	Wed	3	CHW	0	W	130	7½	B Chen	6⅔	C Sale
09/18/2012	Tue	2	CHW	3	L	-102	8½	L Hochevar	7	G Floyd
09/16/2012	Sun	3	LAA	4	L	156	9	W Smith	5	D Haren

STATS

Stats Breakdown		RANK		RANK
Cleveland's Overall Scoring vs Kansas City's Overall Defense	5.1	2	4.0	3
Cleveland's Away Scoring vs Kansas City's Home Defense	5.4	2	4.1	6
Cleveland's Road ERA vs Kansas City's Home ERA Allowed	4.1	7	4.2	9
Kansas City's Overall Scoring vs Cleveland's Overall Defense	4.3	11	4.2	7
Kansas City's Home Scoring vs Cleveland's Road Defense	4.1	11	4.3	8
Kansas City's Home ERA vs Cleveland's Road ERA Allowed	3.6	4	4.6	3

TEAM VS DIVISION OR CONFERENCE

CLEVELAND INDIANS

TITLE	SU	HOME	AWAY	FAVE	DOG	OU	vsLHP	vsRHP
Overall	26-18	15-9	11-9	13-6	13-12	21-20-3	10-7	16-11
vs Div	9-7	4-3	5-4	4-1	5-6	7-8-1	4-1	5-6
Last 10	7-3	5-2	2-1	4-2	3-1	3-6-1	2-1	5-2
vs AL	23-17	13-9	10-8	12-5	11-12	19-18-3	8-7	15-10
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	20-21	10-8	10-13	9-9	11-12	17-23-1	4-9	16-12
vs Div	9-6	7-3	2-3	7-3	2-3	6-8-1	2-2	7-4
Last 10	2-8	0-3	2-5	0-4	2-4	4-6	0-4	2-4
vs AL	17-19	10-8	7-11	9-9	8-10	14-21-1	2-8	15-11
vs NL	3-2	0-0	3-2	0-0	3-2	3-2	2-1	1-1

PITCHER RECENT STARTS VS OPPONENT

UBALDO JIMENEZ VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
04/29/2013	9-0	CLE	7	3	0	0	2	4	W
09/22/2012	5-3	KC	4⅓	7	5	2	3	3	L
04/25/2012	8-2	KC	6	6	4	4	3	2	L
04/15/2012	13-7	CLE	5	9	4	4	3	5	W
08/26/2011	2-1	CLE	7	7	1	1	1	10	W

WILL SMITH VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS

DATE	RUNS	WINNER	INNINGS PITCHED	HITS	RUNS	EARNED RUNS	WALKS	KS	DECISION
04/28/2013	10-3	CLE	4	7	6	4	1	5	L
09/28/2012	8-5	CLE	3	9	6	6	2	2	L
09/22/2012	5-3	KC	7	8	2	2	2	5	W
05/29/2012	8-2	KC	6	4	2	2	2	5	W