3:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 6–8 final
- Dense airAir density 0.99: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
Conditions at first pitch
0.99Dense air
1.207 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+5.4 mph · 6.5 mph
to 18 mph
- Temperature
- 49°F
- 87%
- 29.02 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 12 mph, In From LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +235 · MIN -275 | MIN 73% | |
| MIN -1.5 | MIN -140 · KC +112 | — | |
| Jordan Lyles | 4.5 | Over -116 · Under -110 | 54% over |
| Pablo López | 6.5 | Over -120 · Under -106 | 55% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Jordan Lyles KC · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 7 H, 7 , 4 BB, 4 K, 94 pitches
57% 39% 4%
Four-seam40%
Sinker13%
Cutter3%
Sweeper20%
Curveball19%
Changeup4%
- 90.7 mph
- 17.3 in
- 14%
- 18% / 6%
- 39%
- 28%
- .361
- 468
- 25% · 24% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 192 | 14% | .383 | 17.2 in |
| 2,105 | 19% | .342 | 10.3 in | |
| 2,781 | 22% | .319 | 14.6 in |
Pablo López MIN · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 8 H, 6 , 1 BB, 7 K, 92 pitches
50% 29% 21%
Four-seam36%
Sinker14%
Sweeper22%
Curveball7%
Changeup21%
- 94.9 mph
- 14.7 in
- 29%
- 32% / 7%
- 33%
- 46%
- .266
- 457
- 25% · 27% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 83 | 22% | .329 | 12.7 in |
| 596 | 25% | .322 | 13.0 in | |
| 766 | 21% | .277 | 13.3 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 | 109 | 90.4 | 18.4° | 42% | 7% | 14% | 4 | .305 | .298 / .247 | +750 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Vinnie Pasquantino DH · L Wind toward pull side | 106 | 92.1 | 12.9° | 53% | 6% | 23% | 5 | .394 | .383 / .502 | +650 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R | 96 | 89.2 | 20.1° | 42% | 7% | 15% | 2 | .327 | .307 / .417 | +450 | 0.5 | 3-4 1 HR |
| 4 | MJ Melendez RF · L Wind toward pull side | 93 | 95.2 | 17.4° | 57% | 18% | 22% | 2 | .337 | — / .470 | +500 | 0.5 | 1-5 |
| 5 | Edward Olivares LF · R | 76 | 88.0 | 12.0° | 41% | 11% | 14% | 2 | .362 | .444 / — | +950 | 0.5 | 3-4 |
| 6 | Nick Pratto 1B · L | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | +750 | 0.5 | 3-5 |
| 7 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 77 | 91.0 | 5.2° | 50% | 9% | 5% | 0 | .293 | — / .270 | +850 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 58 | 84.2 | 8.4° | 31% | 3% | 17% | 1 | .209 | — / .201 | +900 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 73 | 88.9 | 19.9° | 44% | 7% | 11% | 0 | .236 | .288 / — | +900 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Kepler RF · L | 58 | 91.0 | 12.8° | 45% | 12% | 17% | 2 | .326 | — / .384 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-2 1 HR |
| 2 | Carlos Correa SS · R | 93 | 87.8 | 19.2° | 41% | 11% | 6% | 3 | .295 | — / .248 | +525 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 3 | Jorge Polanco 2B · S | 26 | 89.9 | 20.6° | 48% | 10% | 19% | 1 | .355 | — / .393 | +400 | 0.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Byron Buxton DH · R | 95 | 90.9 | 19.9° | 44% | 14% | 18% | 5 | .307 | — / .336 | +320 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 5 | Willi Castro LF · S | 37 | 87.4 | 11.0° | 41% | 5% | 18% | 1 | .319 | — / .397 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Jose F Miranda 3B · R | 109 | 88.2 | 10.4° | 38% | 5% | 15% | 2 | .313 | — / .337 | +650 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Joey Gallo 1B · L | 53 | 98.1 | 31.7° | 77% | 33% | 37% | 7 | .491 | — / .402 | +300 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 8 | Christian Vázquez C · R | 65 | 88.7 | 7.3° | 39% | 0% | 15% | 0 | .324 | — / .322 | +1100 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 9 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 85 | 84.3 | 12.7° | 35% | 14% | 8% | 4 | .283 | — / .288 | +850 | 0.5 | 1-3 |