1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals 5–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Danny Duffy: breakers in thin air43% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.117 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+1.4 mph · 10.2 mph
to 22 mph
- Temperature
- 85°F
- 65%
- 28.97 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 12 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -112 · Under -116 | 53% over | |
| — | MIN -190 · KC +150 | KC 40% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC +100 · MIN -116 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
José Berríos MIN · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 5 H, 2 , 3 BB, 3 K, 90 pitches
55% 30% 15%
Four-seam30%
Sinker24%
Changeup15%
- 92.7 mph
- 15.6 in
- 22%
- 24% / 4%
- 31%
- 41%
- .301
- 1,489
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 567 | 23% | .277 | 17.9 in |
| 1,886 | 21% | .317 | 15.3 in | |
| 1,723 | 25% | .277 | 17.5 in |
Danny Duffy KC · LHP
Today: 8.0 , 6 H, 3 , 2 BB, 4 K, 96 pitches
49% 43% 7%
Four-seam41%
Sinker8%
Slider29%
Curveball14%
Changeup7%
- 92.0 mph
- 17.7 in
- 21%
- 20% / 9%
- 37%
- 39%
- .346
- 937
- 20% · 20% vs LHP
| 51 | 21% | .575 | 8.4 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 2,343 | 20% | .316 | 9.0 in | |
| 789 | 23% | .365 | 6.8 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 325 | 88.6 | 21.8° | 37% | 8% | 17% | 11 | .370 | — / .368 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | C.J. Cron 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 279 | 90.7 | 12.8° | 45% | 15% | 14% | 16 | .394 | — / .382 | — | — | 3-5 1 HR |
| 3 | Nelson Cruz DH · R Power in carry conditions | 213 | 93.4 | 12.2° | 51% | 20% | 17% | 13 | .405 | — / .418 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario LF · L Power in carry conditions | 309 | 90.3 | 16.8° | 38% | 11% | 20% | 19 | .353 | — / .347 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 5 | Willians Astudillo C · R | 130 | 86.5 | 13.7° | 32% | 4% | 15% | 3 | .336 | — / .372 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 6 | Max Kepler CF · L Power in carry conditions | 305 | 91.0 | 18.4° | 44% | 11% | 24% | 19 | .366 | — / .391 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Miguel Sanó 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 113 | 91.3 | 17.9° | 54% | 15% | 20% | 8 | .318 | — / .319 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Luis Arraez 2B · L | 40 | 88.1 | 10.6° | 31% | 3% | 17% | 1 | .386 | — / .484 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Jake Cave RF · L | 66 | 88.1 | 2.3° | 34% | 6% | 9% | 0 | .279 | — / .263 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 343 | 87.9 | 15.1° | 32% | 5% | 14% | 10 | .346 | .277 / .333 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 140 | 84.6 | 1.9° | 22% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .248 | .236 / .235 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 304 | 89.0 | 9.6° | 43% | 8% | 12% | 10 | .346 | .287 / .369 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler RF · R Power in carry conditions | 311 | 91.1 | 13.5° | 45% | 14% | 14% | 21 | .369 | .353 / .281 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 221 | 92.0 | 15.2° | 42% | 9% | 16% | 11 | .371 | .235 / .402 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 78 | 87.4 | 8.9° | 37% | 6% | 15% | 4 | .280 | .324 / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 7 | Lucas Duda DH · L Power in carry conditions | 73 | 91.6 | 26.7° | 48% | 13% | 21% | 2 | .306 | — / .318 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Terrance Gore CF · R | 53 | 80.7 | 4.5° | 15% | 0% | 19% | 0 | .218 | .229 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 79 | 82.1 | 12.5° | 21% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .225 | .215 / .143 | — | — | 0-3 |