6:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 12–5 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.135 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-4.7 mph · 10.0 mph
to 21 mph
- Temperature
- 75°F
- 85%
- 28.84 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 16 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 | Over -106 · Under -115 | 51% over | |
| — | KC +280 · MIN -345 | MIN 78% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN -178 · KC +148 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Glenn Sparkman KC · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 7 H, 4 , 2 BB, 4 K, 65 pitches
61% 26% 12%
Four-seam61%
Slider10%
Curveball16%
Changeup12%
- 93.4 mph
- 14.0 in
- 16%
- 13% / 7%
- 41%
- 38%
- .361
- 2,119
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 842 | 17% | .351 | 10.8 in | |
| 152 | 12% | .438 | 16.0 in |
| 1,188 | 19% | .335 | 9.5 in | |
| 152 | 12% | .438 | 16.0 in |
José Berríos MIN · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 8 H, 5 , 1 BB, 5 K, 97 pitches
55% 29% 15%
Four-seam31%
Sinker24%
Changeup15%
- 92.6 mph
- 14.6 in
- 22%
- 23% / 6%
- 33%
- 44%
- .303
- 2,936
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 469 | 24% | .332 | 16.8 in | |
| 567 | 23% | .277 | 17.9 in |
| 2,355 | 21% | .320 | 15.6 in | |
| 1,723 | 25% | .277 | 17.5 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 | 706 | 86.7 | 15.4° | 29% | 5% | 13% | 16 | .327 | .329 / .327 | — | — | 1-6 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 439 | 88.8 | 10.0° | 35% | 9% | 13% | 9 | .286 | .262 / .312 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Nicky Lopez DH · L | 384 | 84.5 | 2.9° | 19% | 1% | 6% | 2 | .236 | .235 / .235 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 557 | 91.4 | 16.4° | 44% | 10% | 17% | 26 | .347 | .310 / .376 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 610 | 88.6 | 9.0° | 39% | 6% | 10% | 13 | .333 | .321 / .358 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Bubba Starling RF · R | 187 | 80.6 | 12.8° | 17% | 3% | 17% | 4 | .238 | .196 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Erick Mejia CF · S | 18 | 79.6 | 8.4° | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0 | .213 | — / — | — | — | 1-1 |
| 8 | Nick Dini C · R | 53 | 89.6 | 24.9° | 41% | 6% | 9% | 1 | .276 | .295 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 316 | 88.6 | 14.4° | 37% | 4% | 14% | 8 | .290 | .308 / — | — | — | 1-1 1 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Arraez 2B · L | 337 | 86.7 | 11.8° | 23% | 3% | 9% | 3 | .338 | .320 / .426 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 678 | 87.9 | 19.0° | 34% | 7% | 17% | 22 | .343 | .319 / .367 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Nelson Cruz DH · R Power in carry conditions | 496 | 93.6 | 13.9° | 51% | 20% | 13% | 39 | .418 | .359 / .397 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario LF · L | 565 | 89.2 | 17.2° | 36% | 9% | 20% | 31 | .326 | .289 / .339 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 5 | Miguel Sanó 3B · R Power in carry conditionsWind toward pull side | 416 | 94.3 | 16.3° | 57% | 21% | 23% | 31 | .368 | .436 / .329 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 6 | Marwin Gonzalez RF · S | 454 | 90.6 | 11.2° | 44% | 7% | 12% | 15 | .325 | .286 / .322 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Willians Astudillo 1B · R | 184 | 85.8 | 15.4° | 30% | 3% | 14% | 3 | .313 | .310 / .378 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 8 | Mitch Garver C · R Power in carry conditions | 348 | 91.3 | 15.6° | 50% | 16% | 19% | 31 | .390 | .424 / .380 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | LaMonte Wade Jr. CF · L | 42 | 86.2 | 14.6° | 38% | 7% | 14% | 1 | .371 | — / — | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |