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Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, June 9, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Start Time:

7:10ct (local), 8:10et

Venue:

Target Field

Series:

Game #2 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

72° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

On This Date:

20-20

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

On This Date:

40-60

Season Series
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 KCR 12 @MIN  3     
Wed, Apr 15, 2015 MIN  3  KCR  1     
Thu, Apr 16, 2015 MIN  8  KCR  5     
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 KCR  7  MIN  1     
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 KCR  6  MIN  5     
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 MIN  3 @KCR  0     
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 KCR  3 @MIN  1     

Tue, Jun 09, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Thu, Jul 02, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Jul 03, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Sat, Jul 04, 2015 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Jul 05, 2015 MIN    @KCR  2:10pm
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 MIN    @KCR  8:10pm
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 KCR    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Oct 04, 2015 KCR    @MIN  3:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

32-23, 1st, Tied / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   19-11   Road:   13-12   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  22-15   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl:17-12   vsWest:  8-5  IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 55 Mon, Jun  8  @MIN  W   3-1       32-23  1st    Tied
 54 Sun, Jun  7   TEX  W   4-3       31-23  2nd  1.0 gb
 53 Sat, Jun  6   TEX  L   2-4       30-23  2nd  1.0 gb
 52 Fri, Jun  5   TEX  L   0-4       30-22  2nd  1.0 gb
 51 Thu, Jun  4   CLE  L   2-6  (8)  30-21  2nd  1.0 gb
 50 Wed, Jun  3   CLE  W   4-2       30-20  1st    Tied
 49 Tue, Jun  2   CLE  L   1-2       29-20  2nd  0.5 gb
 48 Sun, May 31  @CHC  L   1-2 (11)  29-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 47 Fri, May 29  @CHC  W   8-4       29-18  1st  1.0 up
 46 Wed, May 27  @NYY  L   2-4       28-18  1st    Tied
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Minnesota Twins

33-24, 1st, Tied / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   20-10   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  18-16   vsLHP:  15-8    1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast:  9-4    vsCntrl:16-16   vsWest:  5-2  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 57 Mon, Jun  8   KCR  L   1-3       33-24  1st    Tied
 56 Sun, Jun  7   MIL  W   2-0       33-23  1st  1.0 up
 55 Sat, Jun  6   MIL  L   2-4       32-23  1st  1.0 up
 54 Fri, Jun  5   MIL  L   5-10      32-22  1st  1.0 up
 53 Thu, Jun  4  @BOS  W   8-4       32-21  1st  1.0 up
 52 Wed, Jun  3  @BOS  W   2-0       31-21  1st    Tied
 51 Wed, Jun  3  @BOS  L   3-6       30-21  1st    Tied
 50 Tue, Jun  2  @BOS  L   0-1       30-20  1st  0.5 up
 49 Sun, May 31   TOR  W   6-5       30-19  1st  0.5 up
 48 Sat, May 30   TOR  W   3-2       29-19  2nd  0.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:19-11

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Jun 08, 2015 KCR  3 @MIN  1        W:Jason Vargas (5-2), L: Phil Hughes (4-6), S: Greg Holland (10)
Wed, Apr 22, 2015 MIN  3 @KCR  0        W:Mike Pelfrey (1-0), L: Jeremy Guthrie (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (3)
Tue, Apr 21, 2015 KCR  6  MIN  5        W:Chris Young (1-0), L: Casey Fien (0-1), S: Wade Davis (3)
Mon, Apr 20, 2015 KCR  7  MIN  1        W:Edinson Volquez (2-1), L: Kyle Gibson (1-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 16, 2015 MIN  8  KCR  5        W:Tommy Milone (2-0), L: Jason Vargas (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (2)
Wed, Apr 15, 2015 MIN  3  KCR  1        W:Kyle Gibson (1-1), L: Edinson Volquez (1-1), S: Glen Perkins (1)
Mon, Apr 13, 2015 KCR 12 @MIN  3        W:Danny Duffy (1-0), L: Trevor May (0-1), S: none

Thu, Aug 28, 2014 MIN 11 @KCR  5 (10)   W:Anthony Swarzak (3-1), L: Bruce Chen (2-4), S: none
Wed, Aug 27, 2014 KCR  6  MIN  1        W:Wade Davis (8-2), L: Phil Hughes (14-9), S: none
Tue, Aug 26, 2014 KCR  2  MIN  1        W:Wade Davis (7-2), L: Glen Perkins (3-1), S: none
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 4-3; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; 2013 - KCR won 15-4; All-Time - MIN leads 376-345

SP: Chris Young (36, RHP, 4-2, 2.56)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-2)			45.2	32	14	13	13	34	4	2.56
2014 (12-9)			165.0	143	70	67	60	108	26	3.65
2012 (4-9)			115.0	119	58	53	36	80	16	4.15

Last 7 GS		3-3	36.2	36	19	18	12	30	7	4.42	50
2015-06-04	CLE	L	5.0	8	6	6	2	4	1	94	29
2015-05-27	@NYY	L	6.0	7	4	4	2	7	2	101	47
2015-05-22	STL	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	106	60
2015-05-15	NYY	W	5.2	4	1	1	2	2	0	91	57
2015-05-10	@DET	ND	6.0	3	1	0	0	3	0	83	67
2015-05-01	DET	W	5.0	0	0	0	3	9	0	81	73
2014-09-20	@HOU	L	3.0	8	7	7	1	3	4	68	17

Last 5 v.MIN		0-2	27.0	26	9	9	7	15	3	3.00	54
2014-07-08	MIN	L	7.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	102	62
2014-05-16	@MIN	L	7.0	10	5	5	1	0	2	101	36
2005-09-07	@MIN	ND	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	52
2005-08-28	MIN	ND	7.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	109	75
2005-05-15	@MIN	ND	5.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	96	46

SP: Trevor May (25, RHP, 4-3, 4.45)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2015 (4-3)			56.2	61	28	28	9	50	4	4.45
2014 (3-6)			45.2	59	41	40	22	44	7	7.88

Last 7 GS		3-2	42.0	46	20	20	7	37	3	4.29	51
2015-06-03	@BOS	W	7.0	2	0	0	0	9	0	98	82
2015-05-29	TOR	ND	6.0	8	4	4	1	5	1	86	44
2015-05-23	@CHW	W	7.0	5	3	3	0	9	0	80	64
2015-05-16	TBR	ND	6.2	7	3	3	0	3	1	104	51
2015-05-10	@CLE	L	4.0	9	6	6	3	4	1	89	21
2015-05-05	OAK	L	5.2	5	2	2	2	3	0	101	52
2015-04-30	CHW	W	5.2	10	2	2	1	4	0	97	44

Last 5 v.KCR		0-2	10.0	15	8	8	5	5	1	7.20	35
2015-04-13	KCR	L	5.1	8	5	5	1	4	1	78	35
2014-08-18	KCR	L	4.2	7	3	3	4	1	0	85	35

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Royals Batters (4.36 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.07 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 65.May
G/S/vB 36.Boyer
G/S/vB 52.Duensing*
G/S/vB 50.Fien
G/S/vB 62.Graham
G/S/vB 15.Perkins*
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 22.Stauffer
G/S/vB 64.Thompson*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

9.Butera G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 2/2.500 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 38/34 .167/.167/.194/.361 .667/.333 .500 13/.417 0/1 0/1

6.Cain G/S/vP 3/1.333 1/.000 3/1.000 8/.708 1/no AB 7/.429 4/1.750 3/.666 2/.000 214/145 .282/.336/.405/.742 .945/.647 .756 80/.586 9/2 4/4

24.Colon G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 74/47 .269/.329/.313/.642 .884/.499 .637 9/.583 2/1 0/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 8/.393 2/.000 ··· 7/.286 6/.666 ··· ··· 77/62 .254/.284/.352/.636 .845/.589 .608 19/.974 6/1 0/0

2.Escobar G/S/vP 5/.650 4/.000 23/.755 7/.572 1/2.000 9/.889 8/1.250 8/.393 ··· 207/153 .263/.296/.353/.648 .555/.681 .716 95/.504 4/2 2/5

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 6/1.100 1/.000 34/.676 6/.333 ··· 25/.931 7/1.971 4/.750 1/no AB 206/137 .253/.364/.425/.789 .786/.791 .966 79/.597 0/2 6/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 23/.757 6/1.500 ··· 12/.917 5/1.000 5/.800 4/1.750 234/147 .306/.378/.490/.868 .749/.937 .801 86/.701 3/2 7/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 9/.444 7/1.096 1/.000 7/.857 9/.666 5/.400 1/.000 182/139 .216/.225/.301/.526 .637/.492 .534 75/.443 0/0 0/3

25.Morales# G/S/vP 3/2.334 2/.500 7/.858 3/.666 ··· 11/1.273 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 230/146 .292/.352/.478/.831 .738/.887 .864 85/.846 0/0 7/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 5/1.200 ··· 14/1.143 6/.533 1/no AB 13/.616 6/.533 5/.650 2/.000 222/142 .322/.373/.465/.838 .764/.879 .917 86/.806 1/2 5/4

13.Perez G/S/vP 5/1.200 1/no AB 3/1.666 12/1.250 1/.000 13/.641 7/.714 2/2.500 ··· 196/140 .277/.291/.455/.746 .804/.723 .632 69/.812 1/0 8/1

15.Rios G/S/vP 2/.000 1/3.000 19/.387 3/1.667 1/no AB 23/1.043 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 54/40 .235/.278/.333/.611 .643/.599 .408 25/.374 2/0 1/0

IP 56.2 29.0 11.1 14.1 24.1 27.0 19.1 15.0 25.1 TOTAL .270/.320/.408/.728 .748/.719 .737 .646 30/13 41/30

ERA-K/9

4.45/7.9

2.17/4.0

9.53/4.0

3.14/4.4

2.96/7.4

1.67/8.0

2.79/7.9

6.60/3.6

3.91/5.3

3.82/5.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (8-3-0)
Perez (21-13-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.271 114/.245 57/.362 56/.255 103/.280 108/.221 78/.191 73/.369 106/.247 .272 Gordon
Cain
Dyson
Hosmer
Rios 51/0/0/3
0/50/0/3
3/7/15/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/14/0

OPS .704 .679 .996 .600 .806 .548 .517 1.132 .638 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 143/.738 42/.302 22/1.101 18/.824 43/.713 29/.893 30/.679 24/1.173 43/.478 .697

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.652 72/.891 35/.929 38/.500 60/.874 79/.424 48/.417 49/1.106 63/.742 .771

Home 149/.745 60/.427 30/1.211 27/.630 63/.791 65/.658 46/.315 49/1.179 55/.662

Last 28d days 102/.629 46/.513 27/1.052 15/.533 52/.986 54/.656 50/.447 23/.982 30/1.093

HR/SB/CS 4/4/1 2/2/3 1/2/0 1/1/0 4/2/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 4/0/0 2/2/0 55/33/14

Usage ·····X·· ··Xo·o·· ···oo··· ···oo·o· ··X····· ·o··oo·· o·X·oX·· ··Xo·o·· o·ooo···

Twins Batters (4.35 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Young
G/S/vB 49.Blanton
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB 46.Madson
G/S/vB 47.Morales*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

2.Dozier G/S/vP 9/.889 5/.400 10/.875 6/1.000 4/.500 4/.250 8/.393 4/.000 3/.000 250/167 .268/.344/.527/.871 .970/.822 .912 104/1.038 3/2 11/1

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 7/.453 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 7/.143 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 163/103 .239/.259/.361/.621 .550/.662 .744 73/.607 1/1 3/4

12.Herrmann* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 50/32 .174/.224/.326/.551 .289/.677 .533 20/.599 0/0 1/2

32.Hicks# G/S/vP 3/1.667 2/2.500 4/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 89/63 .262/.303/.321/.625 .599/.635 .701 85/.631 5/1 1/0

48.Hunter G/S/vP 10/.856 16/.875 19/.489 16/1.161 9/.472 20/1.000 8/.250 2/1.000 8/.661 222/147 .277/.333/.446/.779 .764/.786 .727 94/.768 1/2 8/2

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 12/.523 30/1.060 18/1.199 8/1.071 5/1.350 37/1.428 8/1.000 2/.000 9/.444 235/151 .264/.323/.363/.687 .764/.641 .701 95/.645 1/0 2/2

9.Nunez G/S/vP 3/.666 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 3/.333 ··· 3/.666 53/29 .300/.340/.460/.800 .556/1.004 .667 29/.599 0/2 1/1

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 7/.429 9/1.444 7/.953 8/.875 7/1.238 15/.498 8/1.250 1/.000 2/.000 222/142 .245/.315/.425/.740 .826/.693 .833 95/.668 0/0 8/5

21.Robinson G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 ··· 93/38 .238/.293/.262/.555 .574/.527 .673 35/.310 3/1 0/0

20.Rosario* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/5.000 ··· 88/65 .298/.310/.440/.751 .759/.748 1.038 68/.775 4/1 3/3

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 9/.889 ··· 7/.715 11/.282 5/.200 15/.467 9/.222 2/.000 ··· 175/118 .239/.310/.316/.626 .629/.622 .613 74/.617 0/0 2/1

19.Vargas# G/S/vP 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 116/73 .248/.293/.358/.651 .869/.524 .780 12/.417 0/0 3/0

IP 45.2 12.1 25.0 17.1 21.2 7.0 14.1 25.2 23.1 TOTAL .252/.304/.382/.686 .725/.665 .758 .675 22/16 45/36

ERA-K/9

2.56/6.7

2.19/8.0

0.36/9.4

0.52/5.7

2.08/9.5

5.14/10.3

1.88/7.6

2.10/9.1

3.09/5.4

3.45/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Herrmann (6-4-0)
Suzuki (27-10-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 182/.192 50/.255 94/.141 78/.297 88/.182 33/.375 54/.111 102/.198 89/.202 .235 Escobar
Robinson
Rosario
Hicks
Hunter
Nunez
Herrmann 25/0/0/4
24/13/3/3
12/0/12/3
0/25/0/2
0/0/41/1
2/0/0/1
0/0/1/0

OPS .566 .670 .412 .793 .532 .863 .423 .594 .569 .666

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 107/.660 30/.660 54/.449 38/.895 51/.370 17/.765 31/.530 50/.602 44/.669 .696

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 75/.437 20/.684 40/.362 40/.677 37/.765 16/.967 23/.282 52/.584 45/.466 .637

Road 78/.582 9/.833 42/.326 38/.707 36/.606 11/1.045 35/.649 60/.594 39/.541

Last 28d days 100/.800 50/.670 42/.567 30/.941 37/.516 22/.933 21/.473 39/.796 34/.425

HR/SB/CS 4/4/0 1/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 2/2/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 45/23/13

Usage ····X··· ··Xoo··· oo····X· ··X·X··· ·Xo··oo· ···o··o· oo···o·· X··o·X·· ··ooX·o·

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below
Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.
PA - Plate Appearances (`AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI`) BF - Batters Faced BA - Batting Average OBP - On-Base Percentage SLG - Slugging Percentage Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days. SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP Total - Team totals for those categories. Usage - See the note below the grid.	OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so) RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game. PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed. G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2015 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games. OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TOR 5.32

DET 4.12

PHI 3.22

RA/G

STL 2.95

DET 4.17

COL 5.02

D. Gordon .366

S. Castro .265

S. Drew .168

OBP

P. Goldschmidt .466

G. Polanco .324

O. Infante .225

SLG

B. Harper .706

G. Springer .419

M. Cabrera .259

OPS

B. Harper 1.170

N. Markakis .748

M. Cabrera .523

ERA

S. Gray 1.65

A. Warren 3.64

K. Lohse 6.59

K/9IP

D. Salazar 11.82

Y. Ventura 7.28

J. Guthrie 3.73

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.