7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals 8–5 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.145 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+4.0 mph · 3.9 mph
to 11 mph
- Temperature
- 78°F
- 54%
- 29.19 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Ervin Santana MIN · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 5 H, 4 , 1 BB, 3 K, 67 pitches
53% 36% 11%
Four-seam34%
Sinker19%
Slider36%
Changeup11%
- 92.8 mph
- 20.0 in
- 21%
- 20% / 8%
- 31%
- 44%
- .307
- 2,822
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 621 | 19% | .346 | 11.1 in | |
| 308 | 12% | .256 | 13.1 in |
| 1,214 | 18% | .292 | 10.7 in | |
| 588 | 18% | .278 | 11.6 in |
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 3.0 , 4 H, 3 , 3 BB, 2 K, 55 pitches
61% 28% 11%
Four-seam40%
Sinker21%
Slider12%
Changeup11%
- 92.1 mph
- 18.9 in
- 20%
- 20% / 9%
- 37%
- 37%
- .360
- 2,343
- 21% · 22% vs RHP
| 563 | 16% | .344 | 11.1 in | |
| 449 | 23% | .312 | 11.8 in |
| 1,398 | 17% | .356 | 12.9 in | |
| 659 | 20% | .307 | 13.0 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 | 616 | 87.7 | 16.2° | 35% | 7% | 18% | 29 | .331 | .335 / .293 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Joe Mauer 1B · L | 511 | 90.3 | 6.0° | 46% | 4% | 3% | 6 | .374 | .338 / .402 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 454 | 84.6 | 16.0° | 26% | 3% | 16% | 10 | .290 | .222 / .311 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario LF · L | 499 | 86.7 | 13.0° | 31% | 7% | 14% | 20 | .322 | .431 / .263 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Byron Buxton CF · R | 429 | 86.2 | 13.0° | 32% | 6% | 20% | 13 | .296 | .412 / .238 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 6 | Max Kepler RF · L | 506 | 88.9 | 12.7° | 37% | 4% | 18% | 17 | .305 | .313 / .312 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Eduardo Escobar 3B · S | 407 | 86.3 | 17.2° | 30% | 7% | 14% | 15 | .325 | .357 / .395 | — | — | 3-5 1 HR |
| 8 | Jason Castro C · L | 350 | 88.0 | 11.3° | 33% | 7% | 9% | 7 | .319 | .303 / .358 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Ehire Adrianza DH · S | 153 | 84.5 | 13.3° | 24% | 2% | 14% | 2 | .295 | .281 / .375 | — | — | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 532 | 87.4 | 16.5° | 30% | 5% | 12% | 17 | .320 | .343 / .313 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Cain DH · R | 569 | 89.4 | 10.5° | 37% | 4% | 8% | 14 | .344 | .341 / .312 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Melky Cabrera RF · S | 580 | 88.4 | 8.3° | 36% | 4% | 13% | 17 | .328 | .302 / .362 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 583 | 89.8 | 4.7° | 40% | 8% | 5% | 23 | .361 | .349 / .462 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 444 | 88.9 | 19.3° | 40% | 10% | 21% | 24 | .345 | .317 / .463 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Paulo Orlando CF · R | 59 | 88.2 | 13.8° | 33% | 0% | 8% | 0 | .281 | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 550 | 83.6 | 12.6° | 22% | 3% | 10% | 4 | .272 | .282 / .263 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 8 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 466 | 86.1 | 13.6° | 31% | 5% | 14% | 5 | .290 | .299 / .300 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Ramón Torres 3B · S | 73 | 78.3 | 10.2° | 11% | 0% | 7% | 0 | .261 | .255 / — | — | — | 1-3 |