1:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 5–3 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.95Typical air
1.163 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.5 mph · 2.4 mph
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 71°F
- 45%
- 29.20 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 5 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | KC +145 · MIN -175 | MIN 64% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN +118 · KC -135 | — | |
| Kris Bubic | 4.5 | Over -118 · Under -111 | 54% over |
| Bailey Ober | 4.5 | Over +120 · Under -160 | 45% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Kris Bubic KC · LHP
Today: 5.1 , 4 H, 2 , 1 BB, 6 K, 86 pitches
51% 17% 32%
Four-seam51%
Curveball17%
Changeup32%
- 90.7 mph
- 15.2 in
- 22%
- 21% / 12%
- 40%
- 47%
- .358
- 1,832
- 23% · 23% vs LHP
| 765 | 24% | .338 | 16.4 in | |
| 170 | 27% | .332 | 18.0 in |
| 944 | 23% | .361 | 16.2 in | |
| 170 | 27% | .332 | 18.0 in |
Bailey Ober MIN · RHP
Today: 4.1 , 5 H, 3 , 0 BB, 6 K, 75 pitches
59% 29% 13%
Four-seam59%
Slider7%
Sweeper11%
Curveball11%
Changeup13%
- 92.3 mph
- 15.7 in
- 21%
- 25% / 5%
- 42%
- 34%
- .326
- 1,245
- 21% · 22% vs RHP
| 513 | 26% | .338 | 11.1 in | |
| 63 | 13% | .095 | 13.8 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 | 631 | 86.4 | 13.2° | 29% | 3% | 12% | 10 | .307 | .296 / .350 | +650 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 480 | 84.6 | 0.7° | 27% | 1% | 5% | 2 | .292 | .325 / .319 | +1000 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez DH · R | 582 | 92.7 | 15.1° | 56% | 15% | 18% | 42 | .364 | .394 / .377 | +200 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 459 | 88.9 | 14.6° | 43% | 9% | 14% | 15 | .327 | .317 / .346 | +450 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier 1B · R | 472 | 89.7 | 16.5° | 42% | 8% | 15% | 11 | .292 | .281 / .292 | +550 | 0.5 | 0-1 |
| 6 | Adalberto Mondesi 3B · S | 69 | 88.9 | 21.7° | 51% | 17% | 15% | 5 | .350 | .510 / — | +550 | 0.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 7 | Edward Olivares RF · R | 102 | 86.7 | 7.3° | 29% | 5% | 20% | 5 | .290 | .277 / — | +650 | 0.5 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 36 | 85.5 | 2.9° | 26% | 5% | 11% | 0 | .225 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Sebastián Rivero C · R | 27 | 80.8 | 11.8° | 0% | 0% | 17% | 0 | .238 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Buxton CF · R | 171 | 91.5 | 12.3° | 53% | 16% | 18% | 13 | .386 | .188 / .373 | +320 | 1.5 | 2-3 |
| 2 | Rob Refsnyder LF · R | 141 | 90.0 | 11.0° | 43% | 8% | 14% | 2 | .360 | .458 / — | +600 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Luis Arraez 2B · L | 411 | 88.6 | 9.5° | 32% | 3% | 8% | 2 | .344 | .362 / .331 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Josh Donaldson 3B · R | 461 | 94.1 | 14.6° | 53% | 17% | 19% | 22 | .381 | .382 / .383 | +310 | 1 | 0-2 |
| 5 | Miguel Sanó DH · R | 451 | 92.9 | 16.6° | 55% | 17% | 14% | 26 | .322 | .371 / .266 | +275 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Jorge Polanco PH · S | 569 | 88.3 | 19.1° | 37% | 10% | 26% | 29 | .351 | .370 / .333 | +400 | 1.5 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Max Kepler RF · L | 427 | 89.8 | 16.1° | 43% | 11% | 16% | 17 | .346 | .351 / .346 | +550 | 0.5 | 1-2 |
| 8 | Willians Astudillo 1B · R | 197 | 85.5 | 16.6° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 7 | .295 | .295 / .280 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Nick Gordon PH · L | 159 | 91.0 | 8.2° | 44% | 5% | 10% | 2 | .321 | .331 / — | — | — | 0-1 |