7:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 9–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.136 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-5.5 mph · 2.6 mph
to 15 mph
- Temperature
- 83°F
- 48%
- 29.21 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 8 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 3.0 , 5 H, 2 , 1 BB, 3 K, 67 pitches
70% 19% 11%
Four-seam59%
Cutter9%
Slider2%
Changeup11%
- 92.0 mph
- 17.3 in
- 18%
- 21% / 8%
- 38%
- 31%
- .349
- 1,601
- 22% · 21% vs RHP
| 471 | 16% | .343 | 16.0 in | |
| 280 | 17% | .338 | 17.5 in |
| 1,958 | 18% | .354 | 13.3 in | |
| 939 | 19% | .315 | 13.9 in |
Aaron Slegers MIN · RHP
Today: 1.1 , 7 H, 5 , 0 BB, 0 K, 41 pitches
70% 17% 12%
Four-seam46%
Sinker25%
Slider17%
Changeup12%
- 90.2 mph
- 13.4 in
- 19%
- 11% / 4%
- 43%
- 46%
- .431
- 155
- 21% · 20% vs RHP
| 83 | 13% | .358 | 6.8 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 83 | 13% | .358 | 6.8 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
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 | 380 | 87.3 | 17.6° | 34% | 5% | 14% | 5 | .352 | .419 / .328 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 2 | Rosell Herrera RF · S | 88 | 88.2 | 3.3° | 32% | 2% | 5% | 0 | .255 | .279 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 368 | 89.7 | 19.4° | 42% | 9% | 20% | 17 | .356 | .349 / .384 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 286 | 90.3 | 17.9° | 45% | 11% | 18% | 11 | .315 | .347 / .293 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 5 | Lucas Duda DH · L | 197 | 89.4 | 19.5° | 34% | 10% | 22% | 7 | .348 | .358 / .383 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 6 | Hunter Dozier 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 172 | 89.7 | 11.2° | 38% | 11% | 11% | 4 | .263 | .266 / .187 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 7 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 287 | 87.9 | 6.4° | 39% | 7% | 11% | 5 | .336 | .366 / .311 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Abraham Almonte CF · S | 150 | 88.7 | 7.5° | 38% | 8% | 10% | 3 | .322 | .247 / .402 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 58 | 89.0 | 11.8° | 42% | 8% | 21% | 1 | .270 | .284 / — | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Mauer 1B · L | 251 | 90.3 | 4.0° | 43% | 6% | 5% | 2 | .365 | .336 / .404 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Eddie Rosario LF · L Power in carry conditions | 372 | 88.6 | 19.6° | 36% | 10% | 18% | 18 | .322 | .295 / .280 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 3 | Brian Dozier 2B · R | 385 | 87.1 | 17.5° | 30% | 6% | 17% | 13 | .288 | .334 / .318 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Eduardo Escobar 3B · S | 354 | 86.9 | 19.8° | 29% | 10% | 17% | 14 | .336 | .340 / .305 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Logan Morrison DH · L Power in carry conditions | 291 | 88.0 | 20.9° | 39% | 11% | 18% | 10 | .350 | .340 / .287 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 33 | 87.2 | 11.9° | 29% | 0% | 24% | 0 | .349 | .361 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Max Kepler CF · L | 339 | 90.2 | 16.2° | 39% | 7% | 18% | 10 | .323 | .308 / .397 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Willians Astudillo PH · R | 14 | 83.8 | 15.9° | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Robbie Grossman RF · S | 256 | 86.9 | 17.4° | 28% | 2% | 12% | 4 | .302 | .320 / .295 | — | — | 1-2 |