1:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 5–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.131 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+0.3 mph · 8.8 mph
to 19 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 52%
- 29.01 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 12 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 5.2 , 5 H, 2 , 1 BB, 1 K, 89 pitches
61% 28% 12%
Four-seam39%
Sinker21%
Slider12%
Changeup12%
- 92.1 mph
- 18.8 in
- 20%
- 20% / 10%
- 37%
- 37%
- .358
- 2,255
- 21% · 22% vs RHP
| 475 | 19% | .335 | 11.0 in | |
| 449 | 23% | .312 | 11.8 in |
| 1,310 | 18% | .353 | 13.0 in | |
| 659 | 20% | .307 | 13.0 in |
Ervin Santana MIN · RHP
Today: 6.2 , 8 H, 4 , 1 BB, 2 K, 110 pitches
53% 36% 11%
Four-seam33%
Sinker19%
Slider36%
Changeup11%
- 92.8 mph
- 20.0 in
- 22%
- 20% / 8%
- 32%
- 43%
- .307
- 2,713
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 512 | 22% | .358 | 10.9 in | |
| 308 | 12% | .256 | 13.1 in |
| 1,105 | 19% | .293 | 10.6 in | |
| 588 | 18% | .278 | 11.6 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 509 | 87.5 | 16.8° | 30% | 6% | 12% | 17 | .317 | .343 / .313 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 548 | 89.4 | 10.6° | 38% | 4% | 8% | 13 | .341 | .330 / .312 | — | — | 3-4 |
| 3 | Melky Cabrera RF · S | 559 | 88.5 | 8.0° | 36% | 4% | 13% | 16 | .330 | .286 / .362 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 562 | 89.8 | 4.4° | 40% | 8% | 5% | 22 | .358 | .350 / .462 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R Wind toward pull side | 423 | 88.9 | 18.9° | 40% | 10% | 21% | 21 | .348 | .322 / .463 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 509 | 87.5 | 18.8° | 34% | 9% | 21% | 36 | .338 | .314 / .388 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 451 | 86.0 | 13.3° | 31% | 4% | 14% | 5 | .287 | .299 / .300 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Brandon Moss DH · L Power in carry conditions | 326 | 89.8 | 17.8° | 42% | 16% | 25% | 18 | .343 | .348 / .375 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 532 | 83.6 | 12.9° | 22% | 2% | 10% | 3 | .269 | .283 / .263 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Dozier 2B · R | 593 | 87.6 | 15.9° | 36% | 8% | 17% | 27 | .335 | .352 / .293 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Joe Mauer 1B · L | 492 | 90.1 | 5.8° | 46% | 5% | 3% | 6 | .373 | .316 / .402 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 432 | 84.6 | 16.2° | 26% | 3% | 16% | 10 | .290 | .234 / .311 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario RF · L | 482 | 86.5 | 12.8° | 31% | 7% | 14% | 20 | .319 | .404 / .263 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Byron Buxton CF · R Wind toward pull side | 408 | 86.6 | 12.9° | 33% | 6% | 21% | 13 | .300 | .395 / .238 | — | — | 2-2 |
| 6 | Zack Granite LF · L | 85 | 84.4 | 11.0° | 22% | 0% | 10% | 0 | .297 | .280 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Eduardo Escobar 3B · S | 388 | 86.4 | 17.5° | 30% | 7% | 14% | 14 | .330 | .363 / .395 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Chris Gimenez C · R Wind toward pull side | 193 | 85.1 | 16.4° | 28% | 4% | 24% | 6 | .303 | .340 / .248 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Ehire Adrianza PH · S | 144 | 84.6 | 13.8° | 24% | 2% | 14% | 1 | .302 | .278 / .375 | — | — | 0-1 |