7:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 0–2 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.133 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+1.4 mph · 3.5 mph
to 20 mph
- Temperature
- 75°F
- 71%
- 28.74 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 16 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -112 · Under -112 | 53% over | |
| — | KC +195 · MIN -240 | MIN 71% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN -124 · KC -103 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Brad Keller KC · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 3 H, 0 , 3 BB, 5 K, 97 pitches
63% 35% 2%
Four-seam40%
Sinker23%
Slider35%
Changeup2%
- 92.8 mph
- 14.6 in
- 19%
- 16% / 11%
- 40%
- 52%
- .346
- 1,433
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 98 | 21% | .252 | 9.1 in | |
| 546 | 21% | .336 | 8.7 in |
| 1,179 | 19% | .322 | 7.2 in | |
| 847 | 21% | .328 | 8.5 in |
Kyle Gibson MIN · RHP
Today: 8.0 , 2 H, 0 , 0 BB, 6 K, 88 pitches
52% 34% 14%
Four-seam18%
Sinker34%
Slider22%
Curveball12%
Changeup14%
- 93.1 mph
- 16.7 in
- 30%
- 25% / 6%
- 44%
- 48%
- .352
- 1,116
- 24% · 23% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 566 | 29% | .384 | 7.8 in |
| 1,868 | 23% | .334 | 8.1 in | |
| 1,839 | 26% | .340 | 8.4 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 | 305 | 88.0 | 14.7° | 33% | 5% | 13% | 7 | .339 | .269 / .319 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 108 | 84.4 | 1.8° | 17% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .230 | .219 / .152 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon DH · L | 274 | 89.1 | 10.7° | 43% | 8% | 13% | 10 | .353 | .284 / .379 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Terrance Gore RF · R | 47 | 80.4 | 3.2° | 18% | 0% | 23% | 0 | .222 | .243 / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 5 | Lucas Duda 1B · L | 56 | 92.4 | 26.6° | 50% | 18% | 21% | 2 | .357 | — / .354 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 45 | 89.2 | 7.5° | 38% | 7% | 10% | 3 | .284 | .306 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Jorge Bonifacio LF · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 72 | 82.3 | 13.1° | 23% | 0% | 13% | 0 | .236 | .244 / .131 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 205 | 79.1 | 10.6° | 8% | 0% | 10% | 0 | .276 | .259 / .297 | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Kepler CF · L Power in carry conditions | 267 | 90.8 | 17.7° | 43% | 10% | 22% | 16 | .358 | — / .391 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 2 | Jorge Polanco DH · S | 290 | 88.4 | 21.7° | 37% | 8% | 18% | 10 | .377 | — / .368 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Mitch Garver C · R Power in carry conditions | 122 | 92.0 | 14.8° | 48% | 15% | 25% | 10 | .367 | — / .383 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario LF · L Power in carry conditions | 271 | 90.2 | 17.2° | 39% | 12% | 20% | 19 | .357 | — / .347 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | C.J. Cron 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 246 | 91.0 | 13.2° | 45% | 16% | 15% | 15 | .389 | — / .382 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Miguel Sanó 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 84 | 91.1 | 17.6° | 55% | 14% | 23% | 6 | .337 | — / .319 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 7 | Ehire Adrianza SS · S | 117 | 86.7 | 12.0° | 30% | 5% | 11% | 4 | .367 | — / .375 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 8 | Jonathan Schoop 2B · R | 232 | 88.5 | 10.3° | 40% | 10% | 14% | 12 | .334 | — / .306 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Marwin Gonzalez RF · S | 238 | 91.2 | 11.4° | 48% | 8% | 11% | 8 | .346 | — / .325 | — | — | 0-1 |