Kansas City Royals vs Chicago Cubs Odds - Monday September 28 2015

Power Ranking

Kansas City 4

Chicago 6

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KC
4.01
5.33
0.00
8.18
2.39
8.84
3.43

Offense
Defense
Team ERA
Offensive Hits
Offensive Walks
Defensive Hits
Defensive Walks

CHC
5.04
4.53
0.00
8.60
3.56
8.26
3.12

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Kansas City Royals at Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs will try to be nasty hosts on Monday when the Kansas City Royals pay a visit to Wrigley Field.

The Chicago Cubs will turn to Kyle Hendricks and his 7-7 record as they look for a win in this one, while the Kansas City Royals send Yordano Ventura (12-8) to the hill.

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Team Record

Kansas City Royals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	90-65	5-5	39-31	77-59	13-6
Home	51-30	3-3	21-17	43-28	8-2
Away	39-35	2-2	18-14	34-31	5-4
Fave	58-36	3-3	27-20	49-33	9-3
Dog	32-28	2-1	12-11	28-25	4-3
O/U	72-70-13	7-3	33-32-5	66-59-11	6-11-2
vs LHP	28-27	2-1	13-12	28-24	0-3
vs RHP	62-38	3-4	26-19	49-35	13-3

Team Record

Chicago Cubs

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	90-65	6-4	40-30	9-10	81-55
Home	48-32	5-4	22-15	3-6	45-26
Away	42-33	1-0	18-15	6-4	36-29
Fave	63-39	4-3	24-17	6-6	57-33
Dog	24-26	2-1	14-13	2-4	22-22
O/U	69-76-10	4-6	32-32-6	8-9-2	61-67-8
vs LHP	19-14	0-1	8-4	2-4	17-10
vs RHP	71-51	6-3	32-26	7-6	64-45

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Kansas City Royals

Yordano Ventura (12-8) ERA: 4.20

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 23, 2015	SEA	W	4-3	U	6	56
Sep 17, 2015	CLE	W	8-4	O	5	125
Sep 12, 2015	BAL	W	14-6	O	5.2	80

Chicago Cubs

Kyle Hendricks (7-7) ERA: 4.09 View Pitcher Log

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 23, 2015	MIL	L	1-4	U	6	-100
Sep 17, 2015	PIT	W	9-6	O	3	100
Sep 11, 2015	PHI	W	7-3	O	6.2	52

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

Kansas City Royals

Yordano Ventura (12-8) ERA: 4.20

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
May 31, 2015	2-1	CHC	7	4	1	1	1	6	No Decision

Chicago Cubs

Kyle Hendricks (7-7) ERA: 4.09

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
May 31, 2015	KC	1	-101	6.5	Under	Yordano Ventura (R)
May 31, 2015	CHC	2	-101	6.5	Under	Tsuyoshi Wada (L)
May 29, 2015	KC	8	-147	8.5	Over	Edinson Volquez (R)
May 29, 2015	CHC	4	-147	8.5	Over	Jake Arrieta (R)
Jun 26, 2011	CHC	3	-135	9	Push	Randy Wells (R)
Jun 26, 2011	KC	6	-135	9	Push	Luke Hochevar (R)
Jun 25, 2011	CHC	2	-115	9	Under	Carlos Zambrano (R)
Jun 25, 2011	KC	3	-115	9	Under	Danny Duffy (L)
Jun 24, 2011	CHC	6	-107	8.5	Over	Ryan Dempster (R)
Jun 24, 2011	KC	4	-107	8.5	Over	Bruce Chen (L)
Jul 17, 2001	KC	4	-155	8.5	Over	Jeff Suppan (R)
Jul 17, 2001	CHC	7	-155	8.5	Over	Jason Bere (R)
Jul 16, 2001	KC	4	-165	9.5	Under	Dan Reichert (R)
Jul 16, 2001	CHC	2	-165	9.5	Under	(R)
Jul 15, 2001	KC	1	-200	9.5	Under	Paul Byrd (R)
Jul 15, 2001	CHC	2	-200	9.5	Under	Jon Lieber (R)
Jul 18, 2000	CHC	4	110	10.5	Over	Ismael Valdez (R)
Jul 18, 2000	KC	12	110	10.5	Over	(R)
Jul 17, 2000	CHC	3	-110	10.5	Under	Scott Downs (L)
Jul 17, 2000	KC	1	-110	10.5	Under	Chad Durbin (R)

Betting Odds Trends

Kansas City Royals

The total has gone OVER in 7 of Kansas City's last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games on the road
Kansas City is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs

Betting Odds Trends

Chicago Cubs

Chi Cubs is 8-4 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games
Chi Cubs is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games at home
Chi Cubs is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Kansas City

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

Carlos Hernandez P 15-day IL (03/25), Shoulder
Josh Taylor RP 60-day IL (03/25), Biceps
Jake Brentz RP 15-day IL (03/25), Hamstring

Injuries

Chicago Cubs

Drew Smyly SP 15-day IL (04/22), Hip
Kyle Hendricks SP 15-day IL (04/23), Back
Cody Bellinger 1B 60-day IL (04/24), Ribs
Julian Merryweather SP 60-day IL (04/06), Shoulder
Justin Steele SP 15-day IL (03/29), Hamstring
Seiya Suzuki LF 10-day IL (04/15), Oblique
Caleb Kilian SP 60-day IL (03/28), Shoulder

Last 5 Games

Kansas City Royals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 27, 2015	CLE	3-0	W	+114	8	Chris Young	5	H	Danny Salazar
Sep 26, 2015	CLE	5-9	L	-123	8	Kris Medlen	3.2	H	Josh Tomlin
Sep 25, 2015	CLE	0-6	L	+148	7	Edinson Volquez	6	H	Carlos Carrasco
Sep 24, 2015	SEA	10-4	W	-172	8	Johnny Cueto	7	H	James Paxton
Sep 23, 2015	SEA	4-3	W	-177	8	Yordano Ventura	6	H	Roenis Elias

Chicago Cubs

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 27, 2015	PIT	4-0	W	-176	7	Jake Arrieta	7	H	A.J. Burnett
Sep 26, 2015	PIT	0-4	L	+102	7.5	Jason Hammel	4	H	Francisco Liriano
Sep 25, 2015	PIT	2-3	L	-110	6.5	Jon Lester	7	H	Gerrit Cole
Sep 23, 2015	MIL	1-4	L	-220	8	Kyle Hendricks	6	H	Zach Davies
Sep 22, 2015	MIL	4-0	W	-320	7.5	Jake Arrieta	9	H	Tyler Cravy

Stats Comparison

Kansas City Royals

Chicago Cubs

Runs Scored

4.01 5.04

Runs Allowed

5.33 4.53

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

3.45 5.38

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

5.20 4.63

Starter ERA

4.20 4.09

Stats Comparison

Kansas City Royals

Chicago Cubs

Offensive Hits

8.18 8.60

Hits Allowed

8.84 8.26

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

12.1 9

Offensive Walks

2.39 3.56

Defensive Walks

3.43 3.12

Wins Last 10 Games

5 6

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.01	28	4.53	17
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.45	30	4.63	19
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.04	5	5.33	28
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	5.38	3	5.20	29