1:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 7–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Chris Archer: breakers in thin air52% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.125 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-2.5 mph · 15.3 mph
to 32 mph
- Temperature
- 79°F
- 51%
- 28.71 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 19 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over +100 · Under -120 | 50% over | |
| — | KC +135 · MIN -160 | MIN 62% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN -105 · KC -120 | — | |
| Brady Singer | 4.5 | Over -152 · Under +114 | 60% over |
| Chris Archer | 4.5 | Over +120 · Under -162 | 45% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Brady Singer KC · RHP
Today: 5.2 , 6 H, 3 , 0 BB, 8 K, 90 pitches
45% 43% 11%
Four-seam2%
Sinker43%
Slider43%
Changeup11%
- 94.1 mph
- 14.1 in
- 24%
- 24% / 5%
- 42%
- 58%
- .289
- 291
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 153 | 26% | .236 | 3.8 in | |
| 43 | 29% | .181 | 4.3 in |
| 972 | 20% | .342 | 4.9 in | |
| 280 | 24% | .340 | 4.9 in |
Chris Archer MIN · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 7 H, 3 , 0 BB, 1 K, 78 pitches
39% 52% 9%
Four-seam39%
Slider46%
Curveball5%
Changeup9%
- 93.2 mph
- 19.3 in
- 23%
- 21% / 12%
- 40%
- 34%
- .338
- 564
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 75 | 20% | .411 | 6.8 in | |
| 214 | 28% | .317 | 6.9 in |
| 1,139 | 28% | .294 | 5.8 in | |
| 1,586 | 25% | .337 | 6.9 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield CF · R | 197 | 87.4 | 17.7° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 3 | .318 | .386 / .237 | +800 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 182 | 89.8 | 10.9° | 41% | 6% | 8% | 2 | .331 | .370 / .245 | +650 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R | 172 | 90.1 | 14.6° | 42% | 7% | 14% | 6 | .290 | .362 / .252 | +500 | 4.5 | 3-5 |
| 4 | Dairon Blanco DH · R | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | MJ Melendez C · L Power in carry conditions | 72 | 93.3 | 16.9° | 51% | 12% | 20% | 4 | .337 | .363 / — | +550 | 0.5 | 0-5 |
| 6 | Brewer Hicklen RF · R | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 131 | 89.4 | 12.5° | 38% | 5% | 15% | 2 | .324 | .289 / .374 | +475 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Rivera 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 69 | 91.3 | 4.6° | 48% | 15% | 8% | 3 | .397 | .315 / — | +650 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 161 | 83.0 | 6.8° | 26% | 2% | 6% | 0 | .297 | .330 / .346 | +1400 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Buxton CF · R Power in carry conditionsWind toward pull side | 135 | 92.8 | 22.2° | 48% | 19% | 20% | 11 | .383 | — / .271 | +350 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Luis Arraez 1B · L | 149 | 88.8 | 10.7° | 26% | 4% | 11% | 1 | .362 | — / .305 | +1400 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 3 | Carlos Correa SS · R Power in carry conditions | 146 | 92.1 | 7.0° | 56% | 10% | 10% | 3 | .361 | — / .300 | +650 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 4 | Jorge Polanco 2B · S Power in carry conditions | 182 | 88.5 | 18.3° | 41% | 11% | 23% | 5 | .375 | — / .304 | +650 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Kyle Garlick RF · R | 44 | 94.4 | 18.0° | 61% | 14% | 29% | 4 | .489 | — / .394 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Trevor Larnach DH · L Power in carry conditions | 93 | 91.8 | 12.3° | 45% | 11% | 15% | 1 | .325 | — / .379 | +600 | 0.5 | 1-2 1 HR |
| 7 | Ryan Jeffers C · R Power in carry conditionsWind toward pull side | 115 | 86.9 | 18.2° | 38% | 14% | 20% | 3 | .338 | — / .363 | +500 | 0.5 | 1-2 |
| 8 | Gio Urshela 3B · R | 154 | 89.9 | 11.6° | 38% | 6% | 9% | 3 | .332 | — / .308 | +800 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 9 | Nick Gordon LF · L | 95 | 89.1 | 10.1° | 44% | 9% | 11% | 0 | .306 | — / .294 | +800 | 0.5 | 1-4 |