6:40 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 3–2 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Typical air
1.181 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+3.0 mph · 6.2 mph
to 17 mph
- Temperature
- 59°F
- 61%
- 28.98 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 9 mph, In From LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | KC +154 · MIN -185 | MIN 65% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN +110 · KC -135 | — | |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 4.5 | Over -110 · Under -116 | 52% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Daniel Lynch IV KC · LHP
Today: 5.1 , 7 H, 2 , 2 BB, 6 K, 94 pitches
42% 38% 20%
Four-seam41%
Sinker1%
Slider34%
Changeup20%
- 93.7 mph
- 15.9 in
- 23%
- 21% / 10%
- 47%
- 37%
- .324
- 632
- 22% · 22% vs LHP
| 96 | 32% | .316 | 3.4 in | |
| 193 | 25% | .281 | 3.3 in |
| 476 | 31% | .348 | 2.6 in | |
| 259 | 24% | .320 | 3.1 in |
Devin Smeltzer MIN · LHP
Today: 7.0 , 2 H, 0 , 1 BB, 6 K, 80 pitches
51% 32% 17%
Four-seam44%
Sinker3%
Cutter5%
Sweeper2%
Curveball30%
Changeup17%
- 89.8 mph
- 15.3 in
- 16%
- 5% / 8%
- 32%
- 56%
- .269
- 151
- 20% · 19% vs LHP
| 290 | 13% | .314 | 13.9 in | |
| 113 | 20% | .309 | 14.6 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 188 | 87.1 | 17.2° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 3 | .314 | .386 / .237 | +1000 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 173 | 89.9 | 10.8° | 40% | 6% | 8% | 2 | .327 | .370 / .245 | +850 | 1.5 | 1-2 |
| 3 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R | 163 | 89.8 | 13.9° | 41% | 6% | 14% | 5 | .270 | .362 / .252 | +600 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier DH · R | 155 | 89.7 | 15.6° | 42% | 12% | 14% | 5 | .325 | .438 / .366 | +550 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | MJ Melendez C · L Wind toward pull side | 63 | 93.4 | 16.5° | 55% | 11% | 23% | 3 | .326 | .363 / — | +550 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 6 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 122 | 89.1 | 12.9° | 38% | 6% | 15% | 2 | .328 | .289 / .374 | +700 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Emmanuel Rivera 3B · R | 60 | 90.3 | 6.9° | 43% | 14% | 10% | 3 | .407 | .315 / — | +950 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 152 | 82.5 | 6.3° | 23% | 2% | 4% | 0 | .289 | .330 / .346 | — | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 9 | Dairon Blanco CF · R | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Buxton CF · R | 130 | 92.9 | 22.4° | 48% | 20% | 20% | 11 | .387 | — / .271 | +450 | 0.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Carlos Correa SS · R | 135 | 92.4 | 6.6° | 56% | 9% | 9% | 2 | .350 | — / .300 | +500 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Trevor Larnach LF · L | 86 | 91.7 | 12.3° | 44% | 12% | 15% | 1 | .318 | — / .379 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 4 | Gary Sánchez C · R | 135 | 90.8 | 22.6° | 50% | 16% | 22% | 4 | .306 | — / .368 | +400 | 0.5 | 2-5 |
| 5 | Gio Urshela 3B · R | 144 | 90.2 | 12.2° | 39% | 6% | 10% | 3 | .331 | — / .308 | +750 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Luis Arraez 2B · L | 139 | 89.1 | 11.4° | 27% | 4% | 10% | 1 | .358 | — / .305 | — | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Jose F Miranda 1B · R | 66 | 88.2 | 7.7° | 34% | 6% | 4% | 1 | .226 | — / .109 | +700 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 8 | Nick Gordon DH · L | 89 | 90.3 | 12.7° | 46% | 8% | 10% | 0 | .311 | — / .294 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Max Kepler RF · L | 166 | 90.7 | 13.0° | 42% | 10% | 17% | 6 | .390 | — / .422 | — | — | 0-2 |