1:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 3–9 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.131 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-3.6 mph · 1.2 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 80°F
- 68%
- 29.02 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 9 mph, Out To CF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -105 · Under -115 | 51% over | |
| — | KC +163 · MIN -195 | MIN 66% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN +100 · KC -125 | — | |
| Zack Greinke | 3.5 | Over -105 · Under -125 | 51% over |
| Kenta Maeda | 4.5 | Over -165 · Under +123 | 62% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Zack Greinke KC · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 7 H, 6 , 0 BB, 3 K, 82 pitches
49% 35% 16%
Four-seam24%
Sinker17%
Cutter8%
Slider20%
Curveball16%
Changeup16%
- 89.5 mph
- 16.5 in
- 15%
- 17% / 4%
- 39%
- 44%
- .347
- 1,355
- 27% · 27% vs RHP
| 163 | 4% | .330 | 13.8 in | |
| 251 | 16% | .369 | 14.3 in |
| 4,761 | 22% | .301 | 11.5 in | |
| 2,696 | 20% | .311 | 13.6 in |
Kenta Maeda MIN · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 3 H, 1 , 1 BB, 9 K, 87 pitches
30% 39% 30%
Four-seam23%
Sinker7%
Slider32%
Sweeper3%
Curveball5%
Splitter30%
- 89.9 mph
- 15.8 in
- 25%
- 23% / 6%
- 48%
- 35%
- .317
- 427
- 25% · 25% vs RHP
| 82 | 32% | .331 | 8.0 in | |
| 100 | 15% | .435 | 10.2 in |
| 2,908 | 28% | .270 | 10.9 in | |
| 1,293 | 28% | .324 | 10.9 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maikel Garcia DH · R | 209 | 91.3 | 5.3° | 50% | 6% | 8% | 3 | .340 | .335 / — | +700 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R Power in carry conditions | 365 | 90.0 | 15.3° | 44% | 10% | 11% | 12 | .352 | .360 / .251 | +500 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Nick Pratto 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 238 | 88.3 | 12.6° | 45% | 11% | 16% | 6 | .320 | .331 / .228 | +650 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 319 | 90.5 | 16.6° | 47% | 10% | 14% | 15 | .323 | .311 / .379 | +300 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 5 | MJ Melendez LF · L Power in carry conditions | 323 | 93.1 | 17.8° | 51% | 12% | 18% | 6 | .321 | .299 / .345 | +380 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 116 | 89.4 | 10.0° | 44% | 7% | 9% | 1 | .279 | .240 / .250 | +600 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Michael Massey 2B · L Power in carry conditions | 204 | 88.6 | 18.2° | 43% | 10% | 22% | 4 | .315 | .304 / .322 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 8 | Dairon Blanco RF · R | 44 | 85.4 | 7.8° | 26% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .203 | — / — | +750 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 3B · L | 148 | 84.6 | -0.0° | 18% | 0% | 7% | 0 | .292 | .275 / .352 | +1550 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Correa SS · R Power in carry conditions | 321 | 89.4 | 12.7° | 43% | 12% | 15% | 11 | .321 | .278 / .300 | +350 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Joey Gallo LF · L Power in carry conditions | 221 | 94.0 | 28.0° | 59% | 22% | 31% | 15 | .328 | .212 / .289 | +230 | 1.5 | 0-1 |
| 3 | Byron Buxton DH · R Power in carry conditions | 277 | 90.6 | 19.6° | 43% | 14% | 22% | 14 | .324 | .337 / .377 | +240 | 1.5 | 3-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Alex Kirilloff 1B · L | 185 | 88.6 | 9.0° | 37% | 5% | 14% | 4 | .342 | .341 / — | +600 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 5 | Max Kepler RF · L Power in carry conditions | 206 | 90.9 | 12.9° | 42% | 11% | 16% | 11 | .324 | .287 / .409 | +380 | 1.5 | 2-3 1 HR |
| 6 | Kyle Farmer 2B · R | 183 | 88.1 | 12.1° | 37% | 7% | 20% | 4 | .321 | .385 / .299 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Willi Castro 3B · S | 207 | 83.9 | 14.1° | 34% | 9% | 19% | 5 | .318 | .318 / .434 | +650 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Christian Vázquez C · R | 191 | 86.6 | 9.8° | 37% | 2% | 16% | 1 | .304 | .375 / .300 | +850 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 9 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R Power in carry conditions | 233 | 84.9 | 11.2° | 38% | 13% | 11% | 10 | .306 | .306 / .307 | +550 | 0.5 | 0-4 |