6:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 2–8 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.
-3.5 mph · 10.2 mph
to 22 mph
- Temperature
- 78°F
- 72%
- 28.91 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Burch Smith KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 7 H, 6 , 2 BB, 4 K, 95 pitches
64% 19% 17%
Four-seam62%
Sinker1%
Curveball19%
Changeup17%
- 93.1 mph
- 14.0 in
- 23%
- 23% / 11%
- 43%
- 42%
- .343
- 959
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 389 | 26% | .302 | 17.1 in | |
| 230 | 21% | .356 | 18.6 in |
José Berríos MIN · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 5 H, 2 , 3 BB, 6 K, 106 pitches
61% 30% 10%
Four-seam35%
Sinker26%
Changeup10%
- 93.1 mph
- 15.5 in
- 24%
- 25% / 6%
- 36%
- 42%
- .303
- 2,026
- 21% · 20% vs RHP
| 487 | 22% | .309 | 15.3 in | |
| 482 | 25% | .283 | 16.8 in |
| 1,415 | 20% | .329 | 15.3 in | |
| 946 | 25% | .281 | 17.7 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 | 466 | 86.7 | 17.4° | 32% | 4% | 13% | 6 | .345 | .381 / .328 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 357 | 88.3 | 8.4° | 39% | 7% | 10% | 7 | .322 | .341 / .311 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez DH · R Power in carry conditions | 369 | 91.2 | 17.5° | 48% | 13% | 19% | 19 | .340 | .355 / .293 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Lucas Duda 1B · L | 269 | 89.4 | 18.8° | 34% | 9% | 19% | 9 | .329 | .341 / .383 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Rosell Herrera 3B · S | 150 | 87.6 | 1.9° | 33% | 3% | 8% | 1 | .274 | .289 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 104 | 86.6 | 22.7° | 29% | 6% | 14% | 1 | .271 | .282 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Brett Phillips CF · L | 44 | 88.3 | 6.2° | 38% | 14% | 17% | 1 | .264 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 397 | 84.7 | 11.9° | 22% | 3% | 11% | 3 | .269 | .268 / .293 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Drew Butera C · R | 137 | 86.5 | 21.1° | 26% | 1% | 8% | 2 | .249 | .270 / .295 | — | — | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Mauer DH · L | 343 | 90.5 | 4.3° | 43% | 6% | 4% | 3 | .368 | .345 / .404 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Eddie Rosario LF · L | 465 | 88.0 | 17.2° | 35% | 9% | 16% | 19 | .308 | .292 / .280 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 113 | 85.4 | 20.6° | 27% | 1% | 19% | 0 | .292 | .319 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Logan Morrison 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 339 | 88.4 | 20.5° | 39% | 11% | 17% | 14 | .350 | .340 / .287 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Miguel Sanó 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 185 | 91.1 | 15.1° | 47% | 11% | 9% | 7 | .258 | .281 / .313 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Max Kepler RF · L | 416 | 90.0 | 15.6° | 39% | 7% | 18% | 13 | .320 | .324 / .397 | — | — | 3-3 1 HR |
| 7 | Logan Forsythe 2B · R | 216 | 88.0 | 14.6° | 32% | 2% | 5% | 2 | .279 | .289 / .466 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Jake Cave CF · L Power in carry conditions | 117 | 87.8 | 11.4° | 37% | 11% | 5% | 3 | .313 | .284 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Bobby Wilson C · R | 127 | 80.3 | 9.9° | 23% | 1% | 15% | 1 | .211 | .265 / — | — | — | 1-4 |