12:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 5–8 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind in 10 mphWind blowing in from center field knocks fly balls down.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.123 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-9.9 mph · 4.7 mph
to 23 mph
- Temperature
- 87°F
- 55%
- 29.16 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Burch Smith KC · RHP
Today: 3.1 , 7 H, 4 , 1 BB, 4 K, 71 pitches
65% 19% 16%
Four-seam64%
Sinker1%
Curveball19%
Changeup16%
- 93.4 mph
- 14.1 in
- 21%
- 23% / 13%
- 44%
- 41%
- .362
- 672
- 22% · 21% vs RHP
| 192 | 23% | .367 | 17.3 in | |
| 230 | 21% | .356 | 18.6 in |
Lance Lynn MIN · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 5 H, 3 , 3 BB, 6 K, 114 pitches
88% 9% 2%
Four-seam43%
Sinker34%
Cutter11%
Curveball9%
Changeup2%
- 93.0 mph
- 14.2 in
- 22%
- 21% / 13%
- 39%
- 52%
- .333
- 1,628
- 21% · 20% vs RHP
| 251 | 16% | .371 | 12.2 in | |
| 379 | 26% | .425 | 16.5 in |
| 716 | 19% | .315 | 11.4 in | |
| 477 | 23% | .391 | 16.3 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield CF · R | 386 | 87.3 | 17.6° | 34% | 5% | 14% | 5 | .354 | .423 / .328 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 39 | 89.2 | 18.0° | 33% | 7% | 11% | 0 | .284 | .301 / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 373 | 89.6 | 19.2° | 42% | 9% | 19% | 17 | .354 | .345 / .384 | — | — | 3-5 2 HR |
| 4 | Salvador Perez DH · R Power in carry conditions | 291 | 90.3 | 17.7° | 45% | 11% | 19% | 11 | .314 | .343 / .293 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 5 | Lucas Duda 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 202 | 89.6 | 19.8° | 35% | 10% | 23% | 7 | .347 | .354 / .383 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 292 | 88.1 | 6.9° | 39% | 8% | 11% | 6 | .341 | .378 / .311 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 343 | 84.7 | 12.2° | 22% | 3% | 11% | 3 | .272 | .271 / .293 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Adalberto Mondesi 2B · S | 63 | 88.9 | 12.5° | 43% | 10% | 21% | 2 | .294 | .318 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Drew Butera C · R | 115 | 86.2 | 19.9° | 26% | 1% | 7% | 1 | .245 | .263 / .295 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Mauer DH · L | 256 | 90.3 | 4.3° | 42% | 6% | 4% | 2 | .362 | .326 / .404 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 2 | Eddie Rosario LF · L Power in carry conditions | 376 | 88.7 | 19.6° | 37% | 10% | 18% | 18 | .323 | .300 / .280 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Brian Dozier 2B · R | 389 | 87.1 | 17.6° | 30% | 6% | 17% | 14 | .287 | .329 / .318 | — | — | 3-5 1 HR |
| 4 | Eduardo Escobar 3B · S | 358 | 86.9 | 19.7° | 29% | 10% | 17% | 14 | .337 | .341 / .305 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Logan Morrison 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 295 | 88.2 | 21.0° | 39% | 11% | 19% | 10 | .351 | .342 / .287 | — | — | 1-5 1 HR |
| 6 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 37 | 88.2 | 11.3° | 33% | 0% | 21% | 0 | .347 | .357 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Max Kepler RF · L | 343 | 90.3 | 16.1° | 39% | 7% | 18% | 10 | .321 | .303 / .397 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Jake Cave CF · L Power in carry conditions | 66 | 89.0 | 13.2° | 48% | 16% | 2% | 3 | .347 | .307 / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Bobby Wilson C · R | 97 | 79.5 | 10.3° | 19% | 1% | 15% | 1 | .207 | .273 / — | — | — | 3-4 |