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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Royals vs Blue Jays MLB Handicapping

Courtesy of Oddshark.com
 The Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Rogers Centre.
Lefthander Bruce Chen will take the mound for the Royals to start this game. Chen is 8-5 this season with a 4.17 ERA.
Starting this game for the Blue Jays will be Brandon Morrow. The righthander has a 4.41 ERA to go along with a 9-7 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Blue Jays listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total is sitting at 8½.
In their last action, Kansas City was a 6-1 loser at home against the Red Sox. Bettors on Boston at -200 on the moneyline collected their winnings from that game, while the total score (7) sent UNDER bettors home happy as well.
Toronto was a 1-0 winner in its last match on the road against the Athletics. They won as +122 underdogs, while the total score of 1 made winners of UNDER bettors.
Team records:
Kansas City: 52-76 SU
Toronto: 65-62 SU
Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 3-7
Before playing Toronto are 3-7
After playing Boston are 3-7
After a loss are 3-7

Toronto most recently:
When playing on Tuesday are 7-3
Before playing Kansas City are 7-3
After playing Oakland are 5-5
After a win are 4-6
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing on the road against Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games 
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 9 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Kansas City's last 12 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing at home against Kansas City
Toronto is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games 
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games at home
Next up:
Toronto home to Kansas City, Wednesday, August 24