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Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, June 10, 2015 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
73° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
59
On This Date:
20-22
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
60
On This Date:
46-58
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  2 @MIN  0     

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
33-23, 1st, 1 up / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   19-11   Road:   14-12   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  23-15   vsLHP:  10-7    1-Run:   6-5 
 vsEast:  2-4    vsCntrl:18-12   vsWest:  8-5  IL: 5-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 56 Tue, Jun  9  @MIN  W   2-0       33-23  1st  1.0 up
 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14
Minnesota Twins
33-25, 2nd, 1 GB, 2 up in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   20-11   Road:   13-14   ExtrInn: 3-1 
 vsRHP:  18-17   vsLHP:  15-8    1-Run:  11-7 
 vsEast:  9-4    vsCntrl:16-17   vsWest:  5-2  IL: 3-2 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 58 Tue, Jun  9   KCR  L   0-2       33-25  2nd  1.0 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
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:18-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jun 09, 2015 KCR  2 @MIN  0        W:Chris Young (5-2), L: Trevor May (4-4), S: Greg Holland (11)
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
Season Series: 2015 - KCR over 5-3; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; 2013 - KCR won 15-4; All-Time - MIN leads 376-346

SP: Edinson Volquez (31, RHP, 4-4, 3.26)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-4) 66.1 51 28 24 24 54 4 3.26
2014 (13-7) 192.2 166 75 65 71 140 17 3.04
2013 (9-12) 170.1 193 114 108 77 142 19 5.71
Last 7 GS 2-2 38.0 32 18 18 19 31 3 4.26 51
2015-06-05 TEX L 5.1 6 4 4 3 6 1 100 43
2015-05-29 @CHC ND 5.2 6 3 3 1 9 1 109 53
2015-05-23 STL W 6.0 4 2 2 3 1 0 84 54
2015-05-17 NYY W 7.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 101 76
2015-05-12 @TEX ND 5.0 6 4 4 3 3 1 82 39
2015-05-07 CLE ND 3.0 2 3 3 6 3 0 78 40
2015-05-02 DET L 6.0 5 2 2 3 4 0 102 55
Last 5 v.MIN 1-1 20.2 15 6 5 3 18 2 2.18 64
2015-04-20 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 99 67
2015-04-15 @MIN L 7.2 5 3 3 1 7 1 106 63
2007-09-17 @MIN ND 6.0 5 2 1 1 6 1 105 61

SP: Kyle Gibson (27, RHP, 4-3, 3.00)

2015 Gamelogs / 2015 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2015 (4-3) 69.0 65 25 23 21 39 8 3.00
2014 (13-12) 179.1 178 91 89 57 107 12 4.47
2013 (2-4) 51.0 69 38 37 20 29 7 6.53
Last 7 GS 3-1 46.2 39 12 11 9 33 6 2.12 61
2015-06-05 MIL ND 7.0 6 5 5 0 9 3 101 54
2015-05-30 TOR ND 5.2 8 2 1 4 3 1 103 46
2015-05-24 @CHW W 8.0 4 1 1 0 8 1 106 78
2015-05-17 TBR L 5.0 8 3 3 2 2 0 94 39
2015-05-12 @DET ND 7.0 5 1 1 0 6 1 105 69
2015-05-06 OAK W 6.0 4 0 0 2 1 0 104 63
2015-05-01 CHW W 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 0 94 77
Last 5 v.KCR 4-1 31.0 28 8 7 10 18 0 2.03 57
2015-04-20 @KCR L 5.0 4 4 3 4 0 0 94 41
2015-04-15 KCR W 6.2 9 1 1 0 3 0 109 55
2014-07-29 @KCR W 7.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 95 78
2014-04-11 KCR W 6.1 5 1 1 4 3 0 100 58
2013-06-29 KCR W 6.0 8 2 2 0 5 0 91 53

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

Royals Batters (4.32 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.03 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 44.Gibson
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 3/1.334 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 11/.282 1/.000 3/1.000 9/.619 1/no AB 7/.429 4/1.750 3/.666 2/.000 218/149 .281/.335/.402/.737 .945/.643 .746 80/.586 9/2 4/4
24.Colon G/S/vP 2/.500 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 7/.286 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 15/.967 5/.000 23/.755 8/.500 1/2.000 9/.889 8/1.250 8/.393 ··· 212/158 .262/.293/.354/.647 .555/.678 .711 96/.509 4/2 2/5
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 14/.846 1/.000 35/.715 6/.333 ··· 25/.931 7/1.971 4/.750 1/no AB 210/140 .256/.371/.426/.798 .805/.794 .978 80/.633 0/3 6/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 15/.564 ··· 24/.724 6/1.500 ··· 12/.917 5/1.000 5/.800 4/1.750 238/150 .301/.376/.483/.859 .740/.927 .785 86/.692 3/2 7/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 9/.583 2/.000 9/.444 8/.946 1/.000 7/.857 9/.666 5/.400 1/.000 186/143 .217/.226/.300/.526 .637/.492 .532 76/.464 0/0 0/3
25.Morales# G/S/vP 9/.472 2/.500 8/.929 3/.666 ··· 11/1.273 2/.000 2/.500 3/.000 234/149 .292/.355/.476/.831 .745/.882 .864 85/.851 0/0 7/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 14/.967 1/.000 14/1.143 7/.453 1/no AB 13/.616 6/.533 5/.650 2/.000 227/147 .319/.369/.459/.828 .764/.862 .890 87/.796 1/2 5/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 14/.286 2/4.500 3/1.666 12/1.250 1/.000 13/.641 7/.714 2/2.500 ··· 200/144 .282/.295/.472/.767 .804/.752 .679 70/.859 1/0 9/1
15.Rios G/S/vP 6/.666 1/3.000 19/.387 3/1.667 1/no AB 23/1.043 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 58/44 .236/.276/.327/.603 .643/.590 .421 29/.392 2/0 1/0
IP 69.0 30.0 11.2 15.2 24.1 27.0 19.2 15.0 25.1 TOTAL .270/.320/.408/.728 .750/.718 .737 .657 30/14 42/30
ERA-K/9 3.00/5.1 2.40/3.9 9.26/3.8 2.87/4.6 2.96/7.4 1.67/8.0 2.75/7.8 6.60/3.6 3.91/5.3 3.79/5.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (8-3-0)
 Perez (22-14-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 287/.250 118/.245 60/.367 60/.237 103/.280 108/.221 79/.188 73/.369 106/.247 .272  Gordon
 Cain
 Dyson
 Hosmer
 Rios
52/0/0/3
0/51/0/3
3/7/15/1
0/0/1/0
0/0/15/0
OPS .720 .700 1.005 .559 .806 .548 .510 1.132 .638 .738
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.640 43/.295 24/1.092 19/.778 43/.713 29/.893 30/.679 24/1.173 43/.478 .696
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 145/.798 75/.924 36/.946 41/.463 60/.874 79/.424 49/.408 49/1.106 63/.742 .772
Home 159/.711 64/.481 33/1.209 31/.548 63/.791 65/.658 47/.308 49/1.179 55/.662
Last 28d days 106/.773 48/.599 28/1.072 19/.421 52/.986 51/.697 51/.437 23/.982 25/1.065
HR/SB/CS 8/2/1 3/2/3 1/2/0 1/1/0 4/2/0 2/1/0 0/0/2 4/0/0 2/2/0 56/33/15
Usage ····X··· X··Xo·o· o···oo·· X···oo·o ···X···· ··o··oo· oo·X·oX· ···Xo·o· ·o·ooo··
Twins Batters (4.28 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.52 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
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/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
2.Dozier G/S/vP 6/.167 5/.400 10/.875 6/1.000 4/.500 4/.250 9/.347 4/.000 3/.000 254/171 .265/.343/.520/.863 .970/.810 .894 103/.981 3/2 11/1
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 5/.000 2/.000 7/.143 ··· 3/.666 2/1.000 ··· 166/106 .236/.261/.357/.617 .550/.656 .735 72/.606 1/2 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 ··· 2/2.500 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 92/66 .256/.304/.314/.618 .599/.626 .683 84/.592 6/1 1/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 10/.650 16/.875 19/.489 16/1.161 9/.472 20/1.000 9/.222 2/1.000 8/.661 226/151 .272/.327/.437/.764 .764/.764 .701 93/.687 1/2 8/2
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 9/.778 30/1.060 18/1.199 8/1.071 5/1.350 37/1.428 9/1.056 2/.000 9/.444 239/155 .260/.322/.358/.680 .764/.632 .688 94/.621 1/0 2/2
9.Nunez G/S/vP ··· 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 6/1.000 9/1.444 7/.953 8/.875 7/1.238 15/.498 9/1.111 1/.000 2/.000 226/146 .245/.314/.431/.746 .826/.702 .839 95/.668 0/0 8/5
11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /
21.Robinson G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 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 1/.000 91/67 .287/.300/.425/.725 .726/.725 .977 67/.786 4/1 3/3
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 10/.200 ··· 7/.715 11/.282 6/.167 15/.467 9/.222 2/.000 ··· 178/121 .234/.305/.310/.615 .629/.605 .591 73/.534 0/0 2/1
19.Vargas# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 3/.000 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 119/76 .241/.286/.348/.634 .869/.502 .743 15/.333 0/0 3/0
IP 66.1 12.1 26.0 17.1 22.0 7.0 15.1 25.2 23.2 TOTAL .249/.302/.378/.680 .723/.657 .745 .645 23/17 45/36
ERA-K/9 3.26/7.3 2.19/8.0 0.35/9.7 0.52/5.7 2.05/9.4 5.14/10.3 1.76/7.6 2.10/9.1 3.04/5.3 3.39/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Herrmann (6-4-0)
 Suzuki (27-11-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 275/.208 50/.255 97/.136 78/.297 89/.179 33/.375 58/.104 102/.198 90/.200 .232  Escobar
 Hicks
 Robinson
 Rosario
 Hunter
 Nunez
 Herrmann
25/0/0/4
0/26/0/3
24/13/3/3
13/0/12/3
0/0/42/1
2/0/0/1
0/0/1/0
OPS .591 .670 .398 .793 .526 .863 .412 .594 .563 .661
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 149/.537 30/.660 57/.424 38/.895 51/.370 17/.765 32/.553 50/.602 45/.654 .689
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 126/.656 20/.684 40/.362 40/.677 38/.743 16/.967 26/.247 52/.584 45/.466 .633
Road 101/.657 9/.833 45/.303 38/.707 37/.588 11/1.045 39/.609 60/.594 40/.526
Last 28d days 100/.627 50/.670 45/.526 30/.941 34/.502 22/.933 25/.440 39/.796 35/.412
HR/SB/CS 4/7/2 1/0/0 0/2/1 1/1/0 2/2/1 0/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 1/0/0 45/24/14
Usage ····X··· ···Xoo·· ooo····X ···X·X·· o·Xo··oo ····o··o Xoo···o· ·X··o·X· o··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  5.30

SFG  4.14

PHI  3.20

 RA/G

STL  2.97

OAK  4.12

COL  4.98

 BA

D. Gordon  .362

M. Cuddyer  .267

S. Drew  .175

 OBP

B. Harper  .465

C. Gonzalez  .326

O. Infante  .226

 SLG

B. Harper  .723

W. Flores  .417

M. Cabrera  .269

 OPS

B. Harper  1.187

A. Hechavarria  .751

D. Santana  .525

 ERA

G. Cole  1.73

J. Lackey  3.74

K. Lohse  6.59

 K/9IP

D. Salazar  11.82

E. Volquez  7.33

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.