Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, at Kauffman Stadium, September 9, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Start Time
6:15ct (local), 7:15et
Venue
Kauffman Stadium
Series
Game #3 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
79° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Friday, 08 Sep 2017
Royals favored: 53.6% to 46.4%
Score: Royals 4.69 to 4.64

Minnesota Twins

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Minnesota Twins
Record 74-67
Manager Paul Molitor
Game # 148
On This Date 56-55
Standing 2nd (11.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 19-11
Home 35-37
Away 39-30
Extra Innings 1-3
vs. RHP 53-48
vs. LHP 21-19
1-Run Games 14-15
vs. East 13-13
vs. Central 34-30
vs. West 16-17
Inter-League 11-7

MIN Last 10 Games

Jose Berrios (#17, 23, RHP, 12-7, 4.01)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2017 Kansas City Royals
Record 69-71
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 145
On This Date 15-28
Standing 3rd (15.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 12-18
Home 36-34
Away 33-37
Extra Innings 4-6
vs. RHP 53-51
vs. LHP 16-20
1-Run Games 19-13
vs. East 15-13
vs. Central 28-33
vs. West 19-15
Inter-League 7-10

KCR Last 10 Games

Jakob Junis (#65, 24, RHP, 7-2, 4.48)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, Apr 03, 2017MIN7 KCR1
Wed, Apr 05, 2017MIN9 KCR1
Thu, Apr 06, 2017MIN5 KCR3
Fri, Apr 28, 2017MIN6@KCR4
Sun, Apr 30, 2017MIN7@KCR5
Fri, May 19, 2017MIN4 KCR3(10)
Sun, May 21, 2017KCR6@MIN4
Sun, May 21, 2017MIN8 KCR4
Fri, Jun 30, 2017KCR8 MIN1
Sat, Jul 01, 2017KCR11 MIN6
Sat, Jul 01, 2017MIN10@KCR5
Sun, Jul 02, 2017KCR6 MIN2
Fri, Sep 01, 2017KCR7@MIN6
Sat, Sep 02, 2017MIN17 KCR0
Sun, Sep 03, 2017KCR5@MIN4
Thu, Sep 07, 2017MIN4@KCR2
Fri, Sep 08, 2017MIN8@KCR5
DateAwayHomeTime
Sat, Sep 09, 2017MIN@KCR7:15pm
Sun, Sep 10, 2017MIN@KCR2:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

MIN Batters vs KCR Pitchers
MIN Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Twins Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.96 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Twins Batters (4.96 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.96 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 54. Alexander* 49. Buchter* 34. Cahill 40. Herrera 65. Junis 59. Machado 32. Maurer 61. McCarthy 26. Minor* 47. Moylan 69. Skoglund*
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
16. Adrianza# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500
25. Buxton G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 5/1.600 2/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.333 4/.000 2/.000
21. Castro* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 1/.000 1/.000 8/1.547 2/.500 ··· 8/1.089 ··· 11/1.011 2/.000 ···
2. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 12/.792 3/.666 1/no AB 3/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 9/.347 2/2.500
5. Escobar# G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.286 ··· 2/5.000 14/.536 ··· 1/4.000 1/3.000 4/1.833 3/.000 2/1.000 1/.000
43. Garver G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000
38. Gimenez G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/no AB
23. Goodrum# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ···
8. Granite* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ···
36. Grossman# G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.800 1/.000 1/3.000 6/1.300 ··· ··· 3/1.333 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 ···
26. Kepler* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 8/.929 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.250 4/.250 1/no AB ···
7. Mauer* G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/1.750 1/.000 13/.641 14/1.071 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 3/.666 2/2.000
11. Polanco# G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.250 1/.000 2/.500 10/.733 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 8/1.143 1/no AB 1/.000
20. Rosario* G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.900 2/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 8/.125 ··· 2/.000
19. Vargas# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 6/1.166 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 3/1.000 ··· ···

MIN Batters

MIN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
16. Adrianza# G ·  S ·  vP 153 .262 .329 .385 .714 107 .699 46 .743 .647 44 .763 8 1 2 2
25. Buxton G ·  S ·  vP 433 .246 .308 .397 .706 313 .660 120 .828 .646 102 .964 25 1 13 5
21. Castro* G ·  S ·  vP 353 .228 .324 .365 .689 265 .679 88 .716 .719 35 .517 7 1
2. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 620 .261 .348 .480 .828 482 .768 138 1.047 .787 122 .945 15 6 29 4
5. Escobar# G ·  S ·  vP 412 .258 .314 .444 .758 273 .748 139 .778 .706 108 .866 4 1 16 4
43. Garver G ·  S ·  vP 38 .219 .342 .375 .717 20 .535 18 .922 .502 38 .717 2
38. Gimenez G ·  S ·  vP 200 .206 .338 .358 .696 122 .692 78 .700 .640 49 .834 1 6 1
23. Goodrum# G ·  S ·  vP 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 .000 3 .000 .000 8 .000
8. Granite* G ·  S ·  vP 86 .231 .302 .256 .559 71 .557 15 .564 .557 16 .393 2 2 1
36. Grossman# G ·  S ·  vP 396 .252 .372 .397 .769 270 .789 126 .724 .855 26 1.085 2 1 9 4
26. Kepler* G ·  S ·  vP 511 .245 .316 .428 .744 399 .850 112 .367 .658 79 .688 6 1 17 2
7. Mauer* G ·  S ·  vP 516 .306 .390 .421 .811 404 .821 112 .774 .814 103 1.014 2 6 1
11. Polanco# G ·  S ·  vP 459 .260 .317 .416 .733 318 .753 141 .689 .733 110 1.080 10 4 10 17
20. Rosario* G ·  S ·  vP 504 .287 .325 .494 .819 363 .867 141 .699 .654 110 .765 8 6 21 4
19. Vargas# G ·  S ·  vP 234 .242 .299 .414 .713 171 .775 63 .540 .699 44 .683 9 2
TOTAL .258 .334 .429 .763 .770 .745 .862 84 23 174 69

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 68.1 4.48 7.9 298 .265 .761 157 .719 141 .805 .689 104 .676 10 1 1
54. Alexander* G ·  S ·  vP Xo··oo·o·ooo·· 60.0 2.10 7.5 242 .240 .629 168 .593 74 .711 .560 44 .402 3 2
49. Buchter* G ·  S ·  vP X···o······o·X 56.2 3.02 9.2 232 .182 .645 141 .632 91 .665 .776 45 .328 10 2 2
34. Cahill G ·  S ·  vP X··X··X······· 77.1 5.12 9.8 350 .274 .832 194 .854 156 .801 .652 29 1.323 14 17 2
64. Garcia* G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 6.0 13.50 3.0 32 .444 1.346 28 1.362 4 1.250 32 1.346 2
62. Gaviglio G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ 67.1 4.41 5.7 281 .266 .860 150 .884 131 .833 .804 22 .792 16 7 3
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 161.2 4.73 7.0 706 .269 .747 333 .776 373 .721 .693 132 .847 24 18 3
40. Herrera G ·  S ·  vP oX·····X··o·X· 51.1 4.56 8.9 229 .263 .822 108 .797 121 .839 .956 39 1.200 8 5
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP X····X·····X·· 138.2 5.45 7.5 593 .247 .806 304 .787 289 .827 .910 95 1.171 30 3 4
59. Machado G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X······· 3.2 22.09 2.5 24 .476 1.399 14 1.726 10 .956 24 1.399 2
32. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP ·o··XX·o·oo··o 56.0 6.11 9.2 247 .286 .803 137 .859 110 .731 .573 49 .996 7 2
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP o·X·X·X····X·· 35.1 2.55 4.8 149 .268 .666 90 .578 59 .799 .637 55 .740 2 1
26. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ·o···X·X·oo··· 67.0 2.82 10.2 266 .205 .597 172 .714 94 .381 .672 43 .520 5 4 1
47. Moylan G ·  S ·  vP ·oX·Xoo··o·o·· 51.2 3.83 6.8 210 .189 .573 166 .481 44 .946 .512 31 .198 4 2 1
69. Skoglund* G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 14.0 10.29 7.1 72 .377 1.048 63 1.071 9 .873 .573 28 1.354 2 1
51. Vargas* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 153.1 4.23 6.6 650 .268 .772 518 .758 132 .827 .762 111 .974 24 8 4
TOTAL 4.65 7.6 .264 .765 .735 .859 175 74 24
KCR Batters vs MIN Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
MIN Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.89 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.89 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 9. Belisle 17. Berrios 62. Boshers* 67. Busenitz 27. Curtiss 56. Duffey 35. Gee 39. Hildenberger 15. Perkins* 57. Pressly 55. Rogers* 59. Tonkin 66. Turley*
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
38. Bonifacio G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
9. Butera G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000
53. Cabrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/.573 6/.533 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 10/1.000 12/1.167 2/.000 12/.834 6/1.100 5/.650 5/1.000 1/.000
6. Cain G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 6/.533 ··· 2/3.000 1/.000 12/.350 6/1.100 2/.000 9/.708 11/1.000 4/.833 5/.400 ···
19. Cuthbert G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/no AB 7/.762 ··· ··· ··· 9/.778 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 4/.500 5/.400 1/.000
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/1.000 9/1.333 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 12/1.219 7/1.000 2/.000 11/.728 19/1.137 5/.400 5/.800 ···
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.500 8/.542 3/.000 2/no AB ··· 7/1.262 3/.000 1/.000 28/.958 10/2.100 11/.546 3/1.667 ···
Gore G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
35. Hosmer* G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.500 10/.733 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 13/.231 5/.400 2/1.000 15/1.000 10/1.067 13/.518 3/.333 ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 7/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 1/.000 7/1.000 2/1.000 4/1.000 ··· 5/.000 2/.500 ··· ···
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.500 1/.000 ···
37. Moss* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 3/2.334 4/2.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 5/.000 2/.000 1/.000 3/1.167 1/.000 2/1.500 ···
8. Moustakas* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.667 3/1.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/1.000 1/.000 17/.588 9/.476 3/.000 2/.000 ···
16. Orlando G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.500 5/1.100 2/.000 ··· ··· 9/.444 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.800 3/1.334 6/.533 ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.833 10/.800 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 13/.840 5/.400 2/.500 15/.553 12/.584 6/1.100 3/.666 ···
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 ··· 1/5.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
46. Torres# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/2.000 ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Bonifacio G ·  S ·  vP 396 .253 .318 .428 .746 287 .770 109 .684 .738 46 .705 1 16 3
9. Butera G ·  S ·  vP 150 .252 .302 .353 .655 103 .692 47 .574 .608 30 .679 3 1
53. Cabrera# G ·  S ·  vP 583 .295 .332 .444 .776 441 .776 142 .775 .777 100 .699 1 1 17 2
6. Cain G ·  S ·  vP 570 .295 .358 .440 .798 440 .802 130 .785 .765 98 .848 24 2 14 7
19. Cuthbert G ·  S ·  vP 133 .220 .271 .317 .588 82 .571 51 .615 .641 30 .783 2 5
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 553 .245 .267 .338 .606 424 .574 129 .713 .607 89 .824 4 5 4 14
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 19 .375 .474 .625 1.099 17 1.113 2 1.000 1.125 11 1.636 1
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 469 .202 .283 .289 .572 338 .554 131 .617 .543 65 .516 6 4 5 2
Gore G ·  S ·  vP 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 .000 1 .000 1
35. Hosmer* G ·  S ·  vP 587 .319 .385 .507 .892 407 .945 180 .774 .895 96 1.039 6 1 24 3
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 535 .288 .322 .466 .788 418 .767 117 .865 .880 110 .730 28 3 17 10
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 53 .130 .184 .196 .379 41 .384 12 .364 .505 4 1.000 5 2 1
37. Moss* G ·  S ·  vP 337 .199 .282 .419 .701 272 .670 65 .828 .854 52 .647 2 18
8. Moustakas* G ·  S ·  vP 528 .278 .318 .543 .861 388 .906 140 .742 .786 84 .716 36 9
16. Orlando G ·  S ·  vP 64 .164 .190 .164 .354 51 .326 13 .462 .320 14 .429 1 1
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 448 .261 .291 .486 .777 314 .774 134 .783 .646 57 .503 1 24 5
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 104 .154 .260 .275 .534 64 .498 40 .593 .768 2 2
46. Torres# G ·  S ·  vP 75 .243 .293 .286 .579 53 .588 22 .558 .667 8 .500 1
TOTAL .258 .311 .420 .730 .734 .719 .748 80 21 171 66

MIN Pitchers

MIN Pitchers Table
PitcherUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
17. Berrios G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 123.1 4.01 8.9 515 .230 .678 282 .629 233 .739 .803 98 .588 14 5 2
9. Belisle G ·  S ·  vP ooo·····X·X·o· 53.2 4.36 8.6 224 .228 .692 150 .751 74 .570 .716 28 .530 6 4 1
62. Boshers* G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o·oo······ 32.2 4.96 6.9 140 .264 .820 86 .936 54 .641 .902 18 1.154 7 4 2
67. Busenitz G ·  S ·  vP ···o·X··X····· 24.0 1.88 6.0 90 .195 .586 58 .653 32 .463 .497 36 .318 3 1
40. Colon G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 124.2 6.06 5.8 566 .320 .896 290 .880 276 .913 .872 135 .884 23 6 2
27. Curtiss G ·  S ·  vP ····X··X·····X 3.1 10.80 10.8 17 .333 1.012 10 .844 7 1.262 1.117 17 1.012 1 1
56. Duffey G ·  S ·  vP o···o··X·····X 63.2 4.81 8.6 274 .267 .696 170 .685 104 .716 .620 43 .776 8 1
35. Gee G ·  S ·  vP ·······X·····X 38.1 4.46 7.7 167 .287 .861 91 .714 76 1.042 .808 65 .865 8 2
44. Gibson G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 135.1 5.19 6.3 603 .301 .839 300 .811 303 .867 .775 126 .670 19 1 4
39. Hildenberger G ·  S ·  vP Xoo··X····X·oo 35.1 2.29 9.2 139 .233 .624 92 .678 47 .523 .571 47 .490 2 3
15. Perkins* G ·  S ·  vP ····o····X···o 3.1 16.20 5.4 23 .438 1.190 14 1.349 9 .984 .750 23 1.190
57. Pressly G ·  S ·  vP ··X·o··X·o···X 53.1 4.72 9.1 215 .226 .697 131 .559 84 .913 .570 45 .578 9 3
55. Rogers* G ·  S ·  vP o·Xo·oo·····o· 51.2 3.31 7.7 219 .250 .700 143 .751 76 .605 .711 33 .708 6 3 1
54. Santana G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 187.2 3.45 7.2 772 .223 .687 431 .707 341 .662 .623 157 .730 29 8 1
50. Slegers G ·  S ·  vP ··X··········· 10.1 6.10 5.2 40 .194 .719 17 1.042 23 .494 1.076 40 .719 3 1
59. Tonkin G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 11.0 6.55 10.6 58 .298 1.027 40 .665 18 1.743 .929 4 1
66. Turley* G ·  S ·  vP ······o······· 14.2 11.66 6.8 72 .397 1.183 62 1.246 10 .686 .933 18 .479 4 2
TOTAL 4.66 7.3 .267 .780 .744 .726 198 64 25

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