1:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 3–2 final
- Dense airAir density 0.98: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
- Wind out 9 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Brad Keller: breakers in dense air45% breaking balls. Dense air adds break to those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.98Dense air
1.202 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+9.1 mph · 4.5 mph
to 22 mph
- Temperature
- 49°F
- 62%
- 28.86 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 10 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +200 · MIN -240 | MIN 71% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN -120 · KC -105 | — | |
| Brad Keller | 4.5 | Over -105 · Under -113 | 51% over |
| Bailey Ober | 5.5 | Over -102 · Under -122 | 50% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Brad Keller KC · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 6 H, 1 , 5 BB, 4 K, 92 pitches
42% 45% 13%
Four-seam32%
Sinker10%
Slider15%
Sweeper4%
Changeup13%
- 93.5 mph
- 11.9 in
- 21%
- 19% / 18%
- 39%
- 60%
- .320
- 463
- 25% · 25% vs RHP
| 176 | 16% | .334 | 9.6 in | |
| 94 | 17% | .312 | 12.0 in |
| 3,863 | 20% | .331 | 7.4 in | |
| 1,855 | 20% | .349 | 8.2 in |
Bailey Ober MIN · RHP
Today: 5.2 , 4 H, 1 , 2 BB, 6 K, 88 pitches
45% 39% 16%
Four-seam45%
Slider2%
Sweeper28%
Curveball9%
Changeup16%
- 90.8 mph
- 17.1 in
- 19%
- 19% / 14%
- 29%
- 36%
- .251
- 89
- 26% · 27% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 89 | 19% | .251 | 13.5 in |
| 513 | 26% | .338 | 11.1 in | |
| 547 | 24% | .299 | 10.1 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R Power in carry conditions | 114 | 90.8 | 18.2° | 43% | 10% | 13% | 4 | .319 | .298 / .305 | +475 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | Jackie Bradley Jr. RF · L | 45 | 88.7 | 3.3° | 37% | 3% | 23% | 0 | .283 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | MJ Melendez C · L Power in carry conditions | 98 | 95.0 | 17.0° | 55% | 18% | 24% | 2 | .327 | — / .421 | +340 | 0.5 | 0-5 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier DH · R | 62 | 83.2 | 9.8° | 29% | 3% | 16% | 1 | .222 | — / .241 | +650 | 0.5 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Nick Pratto 1B · L | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | +550 | 0.5 | 2-3 |
| 6 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 81 | 91.0 | 7.2° | 49% | 8% | 5% | 0 | .283 | — / .240 | +550 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Edward Olivares LF · R Power in carry conditions | 81 | 88.6 | 12.1° | 42% | 10% | 17% | 2 | .372 | .444 / .424 | +800 | 0.5 | 2-3 |
| 8 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 77 | 89.2 | 19.6° | 46% | 7% | 11% | 0 | .231 | .288 / .329 | +650 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 3B · L | 63 | 85.5 | 2.2° | 17% | 0% | 15% | 0 | .279 | — / .310 | +1250 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Kepler RF · L Power in carry conditions | 62 | 91.4 | 13.5° | 45% | 14% | 18% | 3 | .348 | — / .413 | +575 | 1.5 | 2-3 |
| 2 | Willi Castro PR · S | 37 | 87.4 | 11.0° | 41% | 5% | 18% | 1 | .319 | — / .397 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | Jorge Polanco 2B · S | 30 | 91.0 | 22.7° | 52% | 13% | 22% | 2 | .368 | — / .401 | +425 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 4 | Byron Buxton DH · R Power in carry conditions | 99 | 91.2 | 20.5° | 44% | 15% | 19% | 5 | .319 | — / .359 | +360 | 0.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Trevor Larnach LF · L Power in carry conditions | 104 | 87.2 | 15.5° | 42% | 13% | 20% | 3 | .346 | — / .422 | +700 | 0.5 | 1-5 |
| 6 | Jose F Miranda 3B · R | 113 | 88.6 | 11.0° | 39% | 6% | 16% | 3 | .320 | — / .350 | +700 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Joey Gallo 1B · L | 57 | 98.0 | 32.0° | 77% | 32% | 39% | 7 | .470 | — / .381 | +333 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Ryan Jeffers C · R | 38 | 85.9 | 6.5° | 35% | 5% | 0% | 1 | .271 | — / .144 | +700 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R Power in carry conditions | 89 | 83.2 | 10.4° | 34% | 13% | 8% | 4 | .281 | — / .285 | +950 | 0.5 | 1-4 |