7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals 1–8 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.139 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-0.3 mph · 6.4 mph
to 17 mph
- Temperature
- 77°F
- 68%
- 29.03 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 10 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Ervin Santana MIN · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 8 H, 5 , 2 BB, 5 K, 100 pitches
55% 33% 13%
Four-seam39%
Sinker16%
Slider33%
Changeup13%
- 92.7 mph
- 19.8 in
- 19%
- 19% / 8%
- 31%
- 45%
- .294
- 1,596
- 20% · 21% vs RHP
| 200 | 19% | .351 | 9.3 in | |
| 308 | 12% | .256 | 13.1 in |
| 793 | 17% | .268 | 10.2 in | |
| 588 | 18% | .278 | 11.6 in |
Jason Vargas KC · LHP
Today: 7.0 , 2 H, 1 , 4 BB, 4 K, 100 pitches
50% 20% 30%
Four-seam3%
Sinker47%
Changeup30%
- 85.9 mph
- 16.4 in
- 24%
- 19% / 5%
- 30%
- 39%
- .289
- 1,431
- 22% · 22% vs LHP
| 194 | 17% | .314 | 20.3 in | |
| 204 | 25% | .333 | 11.1 in |
| 246 | 19% | .306 | 19.2 in | |
| 204 | 25% | .333 | 11.1 in |
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 | 338 | 88.6 | 17.8° | 37% | 7% | 17% | 13 | .334 | .363 / .308 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Joe Mauer 1B · L | 279 | 89.6 | 6.5° | 43% | 6% | 3% | 4 | .372 | .232 / .405 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Miguel Sanó 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 297 | 94.9 | 16.0° | 54% | 19% | 16% | 18 | .374 | .475 / .374 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Eduardo Escobar DH · S | 192 | 88.6 | 18.7° | 33% | 8% | 16% | 8 | .358 | .546 / .414 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Jason Castro C · L | 212 | 87.6 | 13.0° | 30% | 8% | 11% | 6 | .322 | .324 / .343 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 249 | 84.5 | 16.3° | 25% | 2% | 12% | 3 | .283 | .338 / .297 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Eddie Rosario LF · L | 253 | 85.3 | 8.9° | 27% | 5% | 11% | 10 | .290 | .471 / .245 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Byron Buxton CF · R | 249 | 86.9 | 15.2° | 31% | 4% | 23% | 4 | .271 | .422 / .234 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | Max Kepler RF · L | 287 | 89.5 | 13.2° | 36% | 3% | 19% | 9 | .304 | .318 / .336 | — | — | 0-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 242 | 87.9 | 15.5° | 29% | 6% | 13% | 6 | .338 | .369 / .338 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 226 | 89.3 | 15.0° | 45% | 9% | 16% | 11 | .349 | .368 / .423 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 318 | 89.0 | 11.0° | 35% | 4% | 9% | 10 | .342 | .365 / .335 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 322 | 90.9 | 2.3° | 41% | 9% | 5% | 9 | .361 | .336 / .447 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 280 | 90.0 | 21.2° | 42% | 11% | 24% | 16 | .373 | .288 / .484 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L Power in carry conditionsWind toward pull side | 294 | 87.3 | 16.1° | 33% | 10% | 23% | 20 | .341 | .400 / .348 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 73 | 86.9 | 19.0° | 31% | 5% | 15% | 1 | .249 | .443 / .153 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 311 | 83.9 | 15.5° | 20% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .243 | .187 / .257 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 270 | 86.2 | 11.0° | 31% | 4% | 13% | 3 | .290 | .277 / .315 | — | — | 0-2 |