12:35 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 2–4 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.155 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-0.7 mph · 1.1 mph
to 10 mph
- Temperature
- 74°F
- 50%
- 29.18 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 4 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Over -105 · Under -115 | 51% over | |
| — | KC +160 · MIN -200 | MIN 67% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN +110 · KC -116 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 2.0 , 1 H, 0 , 1 BB, 3 K, 34 pitches
83% 9% 9%
Four-seam47%
Cutter35%
Changeup9%
- 93.7 mph
- 15.8 in
- 18%
- 25% / 3%
- 50%
- 38%
- .386
- 141
- 24% · 25% vs RHP
| 34 | 16% | .352 | 16.2 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 2,528 | 18% | .347 | 13.8 in | |
| 1,160 | 19% | .311 | 15.2 in |
Jake Odorizzi MIN · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 3 H, 2 , 0 BB, 6 K, 79 pitches
35% 25% 39%
Four-seam25%
Cutter10%
Slider18%
Curveball7%
Splitter39%
- 92.8 mph
- 16.0 in
- 32%
- 13% / 13%
- 60%
- 50%
- .570
- 71
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 71 | 32% | .570 | 8.3 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 1,449 | 24% | .331 | 10.7 in | |
| 1,868 | 23% | .325 | 13.1 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield CF · R | 84 | 86.3 | 18.5° | 27% | 5% | 11% | 4 | .316 | .379 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 2 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 83 | 92.8 | 16.4° | 49% | 22% | 16% | 5 | .395 | .455 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R | 82 | 90.8 | 15.0° | 50% | 9% | 11% | 4 | .432 | .469 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier RF · R | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Ryan McBroom 1B · R | 37 | 91.7 | 26.4° | 35% | 20% | 15% | 3 | .361 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Maikel Franco 3B · R | 78 | 89.6 | 8.2° | 43% | 9% | 19% | 4 | .299 | .389 / — | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 7 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 63 | 85.2 | 12.1° | 25% | 5% | 7% | 1 | .284 | .279 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 75 | 88.2 | 16.1° | 35% | 8% | 17% | 0 | .242 | .215 / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 47 | 83.3 | 8.1° | 24% | 3% | 12% | 1 | .327 | .345 / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Kepler RF · L | 76 | 86.7 | 24.3° | 34% | 8% | 19% | 5 | .345 | .283 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 2 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 77 | 84.3 | 15.8° | 20% | 3% | 16% | 2 | .324 | .374 / — | — | — | 2-3 |
| 3 | Nelson Cruz DH · R | 80 | 89.8 | 9.3° | 45% | 13% | 11% | 4 | .363 | .489 / — | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario LF · L | 75 | 85.9 | 19.6° | 33% | 3% | 14% | 6 | .272 | .304 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Marwin Gonzalez 1B · S | 63 | 85.0 | 12.4° | 29% | 2% | 13% | 2 | .318 | .468 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Ehire Adrianza 3B · S | 29 | 87.1 | 20.9° | 21% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .219 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Luis Arraez 2B · L | 63 | 86.1 | 13.3° | 17% | 2% | 13% | 0 | .307 | .401 / — | — | — | 2-3 |
| 8 | Byron Buxton CF · R | 49 | 88.5 | 17.3° | 39% | 15% | 15% | 5 | .348 | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | Alex Avila C · L | 29 | 93.3 | 18.3° | 50% | 7% | 29% | 1 | .479 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |