12:40 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 4–2 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.155 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-0.8 mph · 1.0 mph
to 10 mph
- Temperature
- 74°F
- 49%
- 29.18 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 6 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -118 · Under -104 | 54% over | |
| — | KC +160 · MIN -180 | MIN 64% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN +102 · KC -121 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Royals: starter TBD
Twins: starter TBD
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 | 84 | 86.3 | 18.5° | 27% | 5% | 11% | 4 | .316 | .379 / — | — | — | 3-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 23 | 90.1 | 13.0° | 46% | 8% | 8% | 0 | .329 | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez DH · R | 82 | 90.8 | 15.0° | 50% | 9% | 11% | 4 | .432 | .469 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier LF · R | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 48 | 85.6 | 10.5° | 37% | 7% | 10% | 0 | .270 | .386 / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 6 | Maikel Franco 3B · R | 78 | 89.6 | 8.2° | 43% | 9% | 19% | 4 | .299 | .389 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 47 | 83.3 | 8.1° | 24% | 3% | 12% | 1 | .327 | .345 / — | — | — | 2-2 |
| 8 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 75 | 88.2 | 16.1° | 35% | 8% | 17% | 0 | .242 | .215 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 2-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitch Garver C · R | 51 | 89.8 | 15.5° | 44% | 4% | 20% | 1 | .259 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 2 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 77 | 84.3 | 15.8° | 20% | 3% | 16% | 2 | .324 | .374 / — | — | — | 1-2 |
| 3 | Nelson Cruz DH · R | 80 | 89.8 | 9.3° | 45% | 13% | 11% | 4 | .363 | .489 / — | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 4 | Marwin Gonzalez 2B · S | 63 | 85.0 | 12.4° | 29% | 2% | 13% | 2 | .318 | .468 / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 5 | Miguel Sanó 1B · R | 56 | 95.6 | 27.7° | 54% | 25% | 21% | 4 | .275 | .180 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Max Kepler RF · L | 76 | 86.7 | 24.3° | 34% | 8% | 19% | 5 | .345 | .283 / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 7 | Byron Buxton CF · R | 49 | 88.5 | 17.3° | 39% | 15% | 15% | 5 | .348 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Jake Cave LF · L | 33 | 84.9 | 4.1° | 29% | 0% | 0% | 1 | .258 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Eddie Rosario PH · L | 75 | 85.9 | 19.6° | 33% | 3% | 14% | 6 | .272 | .304 / — | — | — | 0-1 |