6:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals 2–5 final
- Wind in 8 mphWind blowing in from center field knocks fly balls down.
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Typical air
1.178 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-8.1 mph · 4.6 mph
to 22 mph
- Temperature
- 65°F
- 50%
- 29.24 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 14 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Ervin Santana MIN · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 4 H, 2 , 1 BB, 3 K, 77 pitches
53% 40% 8%
Four-seam51%
Sinker2%
Slider40%
Changeup8%
- 93.3 mph
- 15.2 in
- 21%
- 20% / 7%
- 34%
- 44%
- .314
- 2,852
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 593 | 16% | .242 | 10.4 in | |
| 280 | 24% | .306 | 10.2 in |
Jason Vargas KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 4 H, 0 , 1 BB, 6 K, 87 pitches
53% 13% 34%
Four-seam38%
Sinker16%
Changeup34%
- 87.0 mph
- 18.8 in
- 22%
- 18% / 7%
- 19%
- 33%
- .254
- 122
- 23% · 24% vs LHP
| 52 | 24% | .272 | 12.3 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Dozier 2B · R | 679 | 87.8 | 18.6° | 37% | 9% | 21% | 42 | .332 | .379 / .337 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 248 | 86.6 | 15.9° | 28% | 3% | 19% | 3 | .309 | .341 / .441 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Robbie Grossman LF · S | 371 | 86.6 | 13.8° | 29% | 5% | 13% | 11 | .340 | .332 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Miguel Sanó DH · R | 473 | 92.2 | 16.8° | 50% | 15% | 16% | 24 | .332 | .293 / .335 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | James Beresford 1B · L | 20 | 78.0 | -2.5° | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0 | .189 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Max Kepler RF · L | 431 | 89.7 | 8.8° | 38% | 4% | 16% | 17 | .291 | .318 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Eduardo Escobar 3B · S | 360 | 85.6 | 15.5° | 25% | 3% | 14% | 6 | .287 | .360 / .293 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | John Ryan Murphy C · R | 74 | 87.1 | 18.2° | 30% | 4% | 8% | 1 | .239 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Byron Buxton CF · R | 310 | 88.3 | 17.8° | 32% | 5% | 19% | 8 | .242 | .252 / .216 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarrod Dyson CF · L | 321 | 83.3 | 4.5° | 23% | 0% | 7% | 1 | .284 | .299 / .218 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 310 | 87.7 | 12.7° | 35% | 3% | 11% | 2 | .286 | .296 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 655 | 91.9 | 3.8° | 45% | 9% | 6% | 24 | .331 | .310 / .326 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Billy Burns DH · S | 327 | 82.0 | 5.9° | 13% | 0% | 10% | 0 | .242 | .269 / .258 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 538 | 88.9 | 18.8° | 38% | 6% | 18% | 22 | .289 | .306 / .345 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 492 | 87.7 | 15.2° | 37% | 9% | 17% | 17 | .326 | .328 / .384 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 7 | Paulo Orlando RF · R | 464 | 89.2 | 8.5° | 38% | 5% | 8% | 5 | .309 | .313 / .321 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 668 | 83.6 | 9.3° | 18% | 2% | 9% | 7 | .263 | .260 / .265 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 495 | 89.2 | 12.0° | 37% | 2% | 13% | 11 | .269 | .277 / .222 | — | — | 0-3 |