6:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 2–9 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.144 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.5 mph · 5.7 mph
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 76°F
- 42%
- 28.98 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 9 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | KC +120 · MIN -141 | MIN 59% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN +135 · KC -167 | — | |
| Brady Singer | 5.5 | Over +105 · Under -143 | 49% over |
| Michael Pineda | 3.5 | Over +110 · Under -140 | 48% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Brady Singer KC · RHP
Today: 4.2 , 7 H, 6 , 2 BB, 7 K, 97 pitches
58% 38% 4%
Sinker58%
Slider38%
Changeup4%
- 93.7 mph
- 16.2 in
- 24%
- 22% / 9%
- 37%
- 50%
- .319
- 2,075
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 543 | 21% | .356 | 4.7 in | |
| 237 | 24% | .366 | 5.1 in |
| 801 | 19% | .355 | 5.1 in | |
| 237 | 24% | .366 | 5.1 in |
Michael Pineda MIN · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 5 H, 1 , 0 BB, 3 K, 72 pitches
53% 29% 17%
Four-seam53%
Slider29%
Changeup17%
- 90.5 mph
- 14.4 in
- 21%
- 21% / 5%
- 45%
- 41%
- .334
- 1,383
- 21% · 22% vs RHP
| 225 | 19% | .383 | 2.6 in | |
| 398 | 23% | .352 | 2.8 in |
| 867 | 22% | .318 | 3.7 in | |
| 2,606 | 25% | .329 | 3.9 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 | 626 | 86.3 | 13.3° | 29% | 3% | 12% | 10 | .307 | .296 / .350 | +600 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 476 | 84.4 | 0.6° | 27% | 1% | 6% | 2 | .291 | .325 / .319 | +1000 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 3 | Sebastián Rivero C · R | 27 | 80.8 | 11.8° | 0% | 0% | 17% | 0 | .238 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 455 | 89.0 | 14.7° | 43% | 9% | 14% | 15 | .326 | .317 / .346 | +425 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 5 | Carlos Santana DH · S | 580 | 89.7 | 12.7° | 42% | 7% | 16% | 19 | .335 | .263 / .446 | +400 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 485 | 88.1 | 11.8° | 40% | 6% | 8% | 11 | .299 | .279 / .246 | +475 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Edward Olivares RF · R | 98 | 86.9 | 7.0° | 30% | 5% | 19% | 5 | .298 | .277 / — | +575 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Hanser Alberto 3B · R | 225 | 83.7 | 12.5° | 28% | 4% | 17% | 2 | .296 | .332 / .273 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Hunter Dozier 1B · R | 468 | 89.7 | 16.7° | 42% | 8% | 15% | 11 | .291 | .281 / .292 | +500 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Arraez 3B · L | 406 | 88.8 | 9.5° | 33% | 3% | 8% | 2 | .346 | .362 / .331 | +1000 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | Byron Buxton CF · R | 166 | 91.6 | 11.5° | 53% | 16% | 18% | 12 | .377 | .188 / .373 | +275 | 1.5 | 2-5 1 HR |
| 3 | Jorge Polanco 2B · S | 564 | 88.3 | 19.2° | 37% | 10% | 26% | 27 | .347 | .370 / .333 | +450 | 1.5 | 3-5 2 HR |
| 4 | Josh Donaldson DH · R | 456 | 94.1 | 14.6° | 53% | 17% | 19% | 22 | .384 | .382 / .383 | +340 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 5 | Max Kepler RF · L | 423 | 89.7 | 16.0° | 42% | 11% | 16% | 16 | .343 | .351 / .346 | +450 | 1.5 | 2-3 1 HR |
| 6 | Nick Gordon SS · L | 155 | 90.7 | 8.3° | 43% | 4% | 11% | 1 | .310 | .331 / — | +725 | 0.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 7 | Miguel Sanó 1B · R | 447 | 92.9 | 16.7° | 55% | 17% | 14% | 26 | .322 | .371 / .266 | +300 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Jake Cave LF · L | 157 | 86.2 | 7.4° | 34% | 7% | 7% | 3 | .282 | .215 / .253 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Ben Rortvedt C · L | 89 | 82.3 | 11.7° | 29% | 5% | 11% | 2 | .259 | .270 / .199 | — | — | 2-4 |