12:10 PM CDT · Target Field
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins 4–1 final
- Wind in 12 mphWind blowing in from center field knocks fly balls down.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.143 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-12.0 mph · 1.8 mph
to 26 mph
- Temperature
- 78°F
- 57%
- 29.16 inHg
- Elevation
- 828 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 10 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -104 · Under -118 | 51% over | |
| — | KC -115 · MIN -105 | MIN 51% | |
| MIN +1.5 | MIN -178 · KC +146 | — | |
| Cole Ragans | 6.5 | Over -104 · Under -125 | 51% over |
| Louis Varland | 4.5 | Over +120 · Under -164 | 45% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Cole Ragans KC · LHP
Today: 7.0 , 5 H, 1 , 0 BB, 8 K, 106 pitches
53% 22% 25%
Four-seam41%
Cutter12%
Slider12%
Changeup25%
- 95.6 mph
- 17.0 in
- 30%
- 29% / 8%
- 37%
- 41%
- .292
- 2,339
- 21% · 21% vs LHP
| 1,003 | 32% | .293 | 7.8 in | |
| 354 | 29% | .297 | 11.2 in |
| 1,541 | 32% | .287 | 8.3 in | |
| 441 | 29% | .298 | 12.1 in |
Louis Varland MIN · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 8 H, 3 , 1 BB, 3 K, 98 pitches
40% 49% 11%
Four-seam36%
Sinker4%
Slider28%
Changeup11%
- 95.5 mph
- 15.8 in
- 20%
- 20% / 7%
- 45%
- 47%
- .366
- 556
- 18% · 18% vs RHP
| 117 | 29% | .285 | 7.3 in | |
| 74 | 5% | .564 | 8.0 in |
| 162 | 23% | .284 | 7.3 in | |
| 350 | 24% | .384 | 9.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maikel Garcia 2B · R | 504 | 89.8 | 6.8° | 44% | 4% | 8% | 6 | .310 | .314 / .277 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R | 527 | 92.8 | 15.6° | 49% | 14% | 11% | 23 | .409 | .447 / .355 | +380 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Vinnie Pasquantino DH · L | 487 | 90.7 | 15.7° | 47% | 8% | 19% | 17 | .341 | .349 / .351 | +400 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez 1B · R | 477 | 91.1 | 19.5° | 45% | 13% | 25% | 22 | .372 | .371 / .440 | +400 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 5 | Hunter Renfroe RF · R | 343 | 88.2 | 16.6° | 39% | 6% | 19% | 11 | .295 | .325 / .206 | +550 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | MJ Melendez LF · L | 334 | 90.8 | 14.7° | 43% | 9% | 21% | 14 | .326 | .310 / .313 | +320 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Paul DeJong 3B · R | 389 | 87.7 | 20.7° | 41% | 9% | 20% | 19 | .293 | .281 / .267 | +650 | 0.5 | 3-3 1 HR |
| 8 | Freddy Fermin C · R | 258 | 86.6 | 12.4° | 34% | 4% | 14% | 6 | .295 | .304 / .348 | +700 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 9 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 311 | 86.9 | 6.7° | 38% | 4% | 11% | 7 | .296 | .307 / .272 | +900 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Margot RF · R | 269 | 87.6 | 14.4° | 35% | 6% | 6% | 4 | .317 | .356 / .268 | +700 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 2 | Royce Lewis DH · R | 165 | 88.3 | 17.8° | 42% | 15% | 25% | 15 | .369 | .447 / — | +450 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 434 | 88.9 | 15.4° | 38% | 6% | 18% | 15 | .322 | .330 / .327 | +550 | 0.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Jose F Miranda 3B · R | 324 | 89.3 | 15.3° | 40% | 7% | 17% | 9 | .336 | .390 / .255 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Ryan Jeffers C · R | 355 | 86.1 | 15.3° | 33% | 9% | 17% | 17 | .319 | .233 / .333 | +500 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Willi Castro SS · S | 484 | 87.0 | 13.0° | 37% | 7% | 18% | 9 | .324 | .360 / .311 | +750 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Matt Wallner PH · L | 121 | 95.3 | 22.4° | 62% | 31% | 31% | 7 | .402 | .488 / .262 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 8 | Trevor Larnach LF · L | 280 | 91.9 | 12.7° | 44% | 10% | 15% | 11 | .346 | .260 / .359 | +900 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Austin Martin CF · R | 184 | 87.1 | 12.0° | 37% | 1% | 16% | 1 | .321 | .341 / .342 | +1100 | 0.5 | 1-3 |