7:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 6–4 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.145 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-2.8 mph · 3.2 mph
to 12 mph
- Temperature
- 74°F
- 67%
- 28.97 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 6 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -108 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +114 · MIN -135 | MIN 57% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN +140 · KC -167 | — | |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 4.5 | Over +110 · Under -140 | 48% over |
| Griffin Jax | 4.5 | Over +120 · Under -150 | 45% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Daniel Lynch IV KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 4 , 0 BB, 4 K, 98 pitches
52% 30% 18%
Four-seam39%
Sinker13%
Slider28%
Changeup18%
- 93.8 mph
- 15.5 in
- 25%
- 18% / 11%
- 45%
- 41%
- .369
- 926
- 23% · 23% vs LHP
| 327 | 28% | .346 | 2.3 in | |
| 66 | 21% | .432 | 2.2 in |
Griffin Jax MIN · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 5 H, 4 , 1 BB, 4 K, 76 pitches
43% 42% 15%
Four-seam43%
Sweeper30%
Curveball13%
Changeup15%
- 92.6 mph
- 16.1 in
- 21%
- 18% / 9%
- 46%
- 33%
- .375
- 1,007
- 21% · 22% vs RHP
| 407 | 20% | .362 | 12.4 in | |
| 93 | 13% | .397 | 12.3 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 | 621 | 86.3 | 13.1° | 29% | 3% | 12% | 10 | .308 | .296 / .350 | +500 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 471 | 84.5 | 0.9° | 27% | 1% | 5% | 2 | .292 | .325 / .319 | +800 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R | 573 | 92.6 | 15.1° | 55% | 15% | 17% | 42 | .366 | .394 / .377 | +200 | 2 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 450 | 88.9 | 14.6° | 43% | 9% | 13% | 13 | .324 | .317 / .346 | +325 | 1.5 | 4-5 2 HR |
| 5 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 575 | 89.7 | 12.3° | 41% | 7% | 16% | 19 | .336 | .263 / .446 | +290 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 6 | Adalberto Mondesi 3B · S | 64 | 88.8 | 21.4° | 53% | 18% | 15% | 5 | .360 | .510 / — | +360 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 480 | 88.0 | 11.5° | 39% | 6% | 7% | 11 | .298 | .279 / .246 | +425 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 8 | Greg Holland P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | Edward Olivares RF · R | 97 | 86.9 | 7.0° | 30% | 5% | 19% | 5 | .294 | .277 / — | +500 | 0.5 | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Buxton CF · R | 161 | 92.3 | 10.4° | 54% | 15% | 19% | 11 | .375 | .188 / .373 | +270 | 1.5 | 1-5 1 HR |
| 2 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 559 | 88.2 | 19.1° | 37% | 10% | 26% | 27 | .348 | .370 / .333 | +350 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 3 | Rob Refsnyder LF · R | 136 | 90.0 | 11.0° | 44% | 8% | 15% | 2 | .360 | .458 / — | +500 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 4 | Josh Donaldson 3B · R | 451 | 94.1 | 14.5° | 53% | 17% | 19% | 21 | .382 | .382 / .383 | +270 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Miguel Sanó 1B · R | 442 | 92.8 | 16.0° | 54% | 17% | 14% | 26 | .326 | .371 / .266 | +220 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 6 | Brent Rooker DH · R | 165 | 90.8 | 12.7° | 47% | 13% | 20% | 7 | .338 | .410 / .292 | +360 | 0.5 | 0-5 |
| 7 | Max Kepler RF · L | 419 | 89.8 | 15.8° | 43% | 11% | 16% | 16 | .345 | .351 / .346 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Ben Rortvedt C · L | 89 | 82.3 | 11.7° | 29% | 5% | 11% | 2 | .259 | .270 / .199 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | Luis Arraez 2B · L | 405 | 88.8 | 9.5° | 33% | 3% | 8% | 2 | .345 | .362 / .331 | — | — | 0-0 |