6:40 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 5–8 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.143 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-3.3 mph · 0.2 mph
to 6 mph
- Temperature
- 76°F
- 74%
- 29.09 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 5 mph, In From CF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 | Over -107 · Under -114 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +220 · MIN -265 | MIN 73% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN -134 · KC +115 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Mike Montgomery KC · LHP
Today: 4.0 , 7 H, 5 , 1 BB, 3 K, 88 pitches
57% 22% 21%
Four-seam14%
Sinker27%
Cutter16%
Curveball22%
Changeup21%
- 92.1 mph
- 12.4 in
- 21%
- 17% / 8%
- 44%
- 51%
- .374
- 1,390
- 21% · 20% vs LHP
| 432 | 18% | .364 | 10.3 in | |
| 53 | 12% | .388 | 13.9 in |
| 1,233 | 24% | .307 | 12.2 in | |
| 1,238 | 19% | .315 | 15.5 in |
Kyle Gibson MIN · RHP
Today: 1.2 , 3 H, 3 , 4 BB, 2 K, 52 pitches
50% 34% 16%
Four-seam18%
Sinker32%
Slider21%
Curveball13%
Changeup16%
- 93.2 mph
- 15.9 in
- 28%
- 22% / 7%
- 38%
- 52%
- .333
- 2,630
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 290 | 27% | .248 | 8.2 in | |
| 668 | 28% | .374 | 7.8 in |
| 2,158 | 23% | .322 | 8.1 in | |
| 1,941 | 26% | .339 | 8.3 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 696 | 86.7 | 15.3° | 30% | 5% | 13% | 16 | .329 | .329 / .327 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 429 | 88.8 | 10.0° | 35% | 9% | 13% | 9 | .289 | .262 / .312 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 641 | 92.6 | 15.5° | 50% | 17% | 14% | 45 | .393 | .414 / .297 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 548 | 91.3 | 16.6° | 44% | 11% | 18% | 26 | .350 | .310 / .376 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 5 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 601 | 88.4 | 9.1° | 39% | 6% | 10% | 13 | .329 | .321 / .358 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 6 | Ryan McBroom 1B · R | 47 | 84.9 | 4.2° | 27% | 3% | 7% | 0 | .289 | .280 / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 7 | Erick Mejia CF · S | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-2 |
| 8 | Meibrys Viloria C · L | 130 | 86.1 | 1.6° | 30% | 1% | 9% | 1 | .214 | .215 / — | — | — | 1-2 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 376 | 84.4 | 2.9° | 19% | 1% | 6% | 2 | .233 | .235 / .235 | — | — | 3-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitch Garver C · R | 338 | 91.1 | 15.7° | 50% | 16% | 19% | 30 | .384 | .424 / .380 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 2 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 669 | 87.9 | 18.9° | 34% | 7% | 17% | 22 | .343 | .319 / .367 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Nelson Cruz DH · R | 488 | 93.5 | 13.9° | 51% | 20% | 13% | 37 | .415 | .359 / .397 | — | — | 2-4 2 HR |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario RF · L | 557 | 89.3 | 17.2° | 35% | 9% | 20% | 31 | .326 | .289 / .339 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Miguel Sanó 3B · R | 408 | 94.1 | 16.4° | 57% | 20% | 23% | 30 | .360 | .436 / .329 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 6 | Marwin Gonzalez 1B · S | 447 | 90.6 | 11.3° | 44% | 7% | 12% | 15 | .327 | .286 / .322 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | LaMonte Wade Jr. LF · L | 41 | 87.0 | 14.8° | 39% | 7% | 14% | 1 | .375 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Jonathan Schoop 2B · R | 438 | 87.7 | 12.1° | 39% | 9% | 14% | 22 | .325 | .227 / .306 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Ryan LaMarre CF · R | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |