7:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 1–9 final
- Dense airAir density 0.98: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
Conditions at first pitch
0.98Dense air
1.201 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-4.9 mph · 1.3 mph
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 56°F
- 38%
- 29.20 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 6 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | KC +120 · MIN -150 | MIN 60% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN +140 · KC -170 | — | |
| Brady Singer | 5.5 | Over +106 · Under -143 | 49% over |
| Michael Pineda | 5.5 | Over -133 · Under -128 | 57% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Brady Singer KC · RHP
Today: 2.0 , 2 H, 1 , 3 BB, 1 K, 48 pitches
61% 36% 4%
Sinker60%
Slider36%
Changeup4%
- 94.3 mph
- 14.2 in
- 24%
- 28% / 7%
- 34%
- 55%
- .277
- 343
- 24% · 24% vs RHP
| 258 | 16% | .354 | 6.0 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
Michael Pineda MIN · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 3 H, 1 , 2 BB, 5 K, 71 pitches
55% 31% 14%
Four-seam55%
Slider31%
Changeup14%
- 90.4 mph
- 15.2 in
- 22%
- 25% / 5%
- 44%
- 40%
- .327
- 334
- 22% · 24% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 178 | 22% | .373 | 2.6 in |
| 642 | 23% | .295 | 4.0 in | |
| 2,386 | 26% | .329 | 4.0 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 | 103 | 87.2 | 15.0° | 28% | 3% | 16% | 3 | .337 | — / .369 | +675 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | Ryan McBroom PH · R | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-1 |
| 3 | Cam Gallagher PH · R | 13 | 75.3 | 24.6° | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 4 | Hanser Alberto PH · R | 50 | 81.2 | 9.9° | 21% | 0% | 19% | 0 | .221 | — / .224 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 5 | Ryan O'Hearn DH · L | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — / — | +340 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 6 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 70 | 91.1 | 12.2° | 46% | 11% | 15% | 2 | .294 | — / .305 | +500 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 7 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 88 | 87.0 | 7.8° | 35% | 4% | 9% | 1 | .292 | — / .343 | +600 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 8 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 82 | 87.7 | 12.2° | 37% | 9% | 4% | 2 | .353 | — / .332 | +500 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 75 | 82.0 | -3.0° | 20% | 0% | 3% | 0 | .270 | — / .287 | +1150 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Arraez LF · L | 86 | 89.5 | 4.3° | 31% | 3% | 9% | 1 | .369 | — / .362 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 2 | Josh Donaldson 3B · R | 44 | 93.0 | 5.2° | 50% | 11% | 11% | 2 | .409 | — / .387 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Jake Cave CF · L | 74 | 87.6 | 2.9° | 38% | 5% | 5% | 1 | .275 | — / .264 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Nelson Cruz DH · R | 82 | 94.3 | 10.7° | 59% | 21% | 11% | 7 | .452 | — / .427 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 5 | Alex Kirilloff 1B · L | 26 | 93.9 | 6.2° | 60% | 15% | 5% | 0 | .332 | — / .337 | — | — | 2-4 2 HR |
| 6 | Jorge Polanco 2B · S | 93 | 88.2 | 12.7° | 33% | 4% | 14% | 1 | .317 | — / .352 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 7 | Max Kepler RF · L | 54 | 90.8 | 13.4° | 47% | 6% | 11% | 0 | .302 | — / .319 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Andrelton Simmons SS · R | 49 | 89.8 | 0.0° | 46% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .346 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Ben Rortvedt C · L | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |