7:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 3–4 final
- Dense airAir density 0.99: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
Conditions at first pitch
0.99Dense air
1.213 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-2.9 mph · 4.6 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 52°F
- 53%
- 29.30 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 13 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Nate Karns KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 5 H, 1 , 0 BB, 3 K, 72 pitches
50% 35% 16%
Four-seam41%
Sinker9%
Changeup16%
- 93.0 mph
- 17.2 in
- 29%
- 28% / 8%
- 38%
- 54%
- .324
- 675
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 100 | 26% | .514 | 12.1 in | |
| 122 | 28% | .268 | 8.9 in |
| 209 | 24% | .481 | 13.4 in | |
| 968 | 21% | .304 | 15.9 in |
Héctor Santiago MIN · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 8 H, 3 , 1 BB, 1 K, 94 pitches
67% 9% 24%
Four-seam7%
Sinker56%
Cutter4%
Slider4%
Curveball5%
Changeup22%
- 90.9 mph
- 19.6 in
- 19%
- 17% / 9%
- 40%
- 36%
- .377
- 741
- 21% · 23% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 298 | 25% | .299 | 13.1 in |
| 339 | 13% | .405 | 6.7 in | |
| 654 | 24% | .327 | 10.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 158 | 83.5 | 16.1° | 19% | 2% | 10% | 0 | .238 | .155 / — | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 161 | 87.9 | 10.8° | 29% | 1% | 4% | 1 | .322 | .399 / .391 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 169 | 91.1 | 2.8° | 37% | 7% | 4% | 3 | .347 | .249 / .431 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R | 149 | 89.4 | 22.8° | 41% | 8% | 23% | 8 | .352 | — / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 5 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 73 | 88.2 | 13.3° | 41% | 9% | 19% | 2 | .347 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 44 | 88.4 | 17.8° | 31% | 8% | 17% | 1 | .286 | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 100 | 88.3 | 15.5° | 27% | 7% | 17% | 4 | .343 | .415 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 152 | 85.6 | 7.7° | 29% | 2% | 10% | 0 | .284 | .338 / .347 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 51 | 85.9 | 7.6° | 27% | 5% | 9% | 1 | .231 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Dozier 2B · R | 153 | 89.5 | 16.5° | 37% | 8% | 12% | 5 | .355 | — / .268 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Robbie Grossman RF · S | 112 | 85.6 | 5.0° | 30% | 3% | 19% | 2 | .372 | — / .480 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Joe Mauer 1B · L | 134 | 89.4 | 7.1° | 42% | 6% | 5% | 2 | .356 | — / .404 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Ehire Adrianza 3B · S | 12 | 73.6 | 0.5° | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | Max Kepler CF · L | 133 | 89.9 | 12.7° | 36% | 3% | 19% | 3 | .310 | — / .379 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 138 | 84.4 | 17.8° | 25% | 2% | 12% | 2 | .296 | — / .306 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Jason Castro C · L | 106 | 86.4 | 13.6° | 28% | 6% | 10% | 3 | .321 | — / .320 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Brandon Kintzler P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | Eduardo Escobar LF · S | 77 | 88.2 | 17.3° | 38% | 11% | 22% | 4 | .362 | — / .381 | — | — | 0-2 |