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Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, May 24, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
71° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
46
On This Date:
21-15
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
46
On This Date:
37-52
Season Series
Fri, Apr 08, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3     
Sat, Apr 09, 2016 KCR  7  MIN  0     
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3 (10)
Mon, May 23, 2016 KCR 10 @MIN  4     

Tue, May 24, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, May 25, 2016 KCR    @MIN  1:10pm
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 KCR    @MIN  7:10pm
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 KCR    @MIN  2:10pm
Thu, Aug 18, 2016 MIN    @KCR  8:15pm
Fri, Aug 19, 2016 MIN    @KCR  8:15pm
Sat, Aug 20, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Sun, Aug 21, 2016 MIN    @KCR  2:15pm
Mon, Sep 05, 2016 KCR    @MIN  2:10pm
Tue, Sep 06, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Wed, Sep 07, 2016 KCR    @MIN  8:10pm
Tue, Sep 27, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Wed, Sep 28, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm
Thu, Sep 29, 2016 MIN    @KCR  7:15pm

                         All times ET
Kansas City Royals
23-21, 3rd, 3 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-7    Road:   10-14   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  20-17   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl: 9-4    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Mon, May 23  @MIN  W  10-4       23-21  3rd  3.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 22  @CHW  L   2-3       22-21  3rd  3.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 21  @CHW  W   2-1       22-20  3rd  2.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 20  @CHW  W   4-1       21-20  3rd  3.5 gb
 40 Wed, May 18   BOS  L   2-5       20-20  3rd  4.0 gb
 39 Wed, May 18   BOS  W   3-2       20-19  3rd  4.0 gb
 38 Tue, May 17   BOS  W   8-4       19-19  3rd  4.5 gb
 37 Sun, May 15   ATL  W   4-2 (13)  18-19  3rd  5.5 gb
 36 Sat, May 14   ATL  L   0-5       17-19  3rd  6.5 gb
 35 Fri, May 13   ATL  W   5-1       17-18  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins
11-33, 5th, 15 GB, 15 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-14   Road:    4-19   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   9-28   vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   4-9 
 vsEast:  1-8    vsCntrl: 4-18   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 44 Mon, May 23   KCR  L   4-10      11-33  5th 15.0 gb
 43 Sun, May 22   TOR  L   1-3       11-32  5th 14.5 gb
 42 Sat, May 21   TOR  W   5-3       11-31  5th 13.5 gb
 41 Fri, May 20   TOR  L   3-9       10-31  5th 14.5 gb
 40 Thu, May 19   TOR  L   2-3 (11)  10-30  5th 14.5 gb
 39 Wed, May 18  @DET  L   3-6       10-29  5th 13.5 gb
 38 Tue, May 17  @DET  L   2-7       10-28  5th 13.5 gb
 37 Mon, May 16  @DET  L   8-10      10-27  5th 13.5 gb
 36 Sun, May 15  @CLE  W   5-1       10-26  5th 13.0 gb
 35 Sat, May 14  @CLE  W   6-3        9-26  5th 14.0 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 7-23

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 23, 2016 KCR 10 @MIN  4        W:Peter Moylan (1-0), L: Ricky Nolasco (1-3), S: none
Sun, Apr 10, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3 (10)   W:Wade Davis (1-0), L: Trevor May (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 09, 2016 KCR  7  MIN  0        W:Ian Kennedy (1-0), L: Tommy Milone (0-1), S: none
Fri, Apr 08, 2016 KCR  4  MIN  3        W:Joakim Soria (1-0), L: Kevin Jepsen (0-2), S: Wade Davis (2)

Sun, Oct 04, 2015 KCR  6 @MIN  1        W:Johnny Cueto (11-13), L: Ricky Nolasco (5-2), S: none
Sat, Oct 03, 2015 KCR  5 @MIN  1        W:Yordano Ventura (13-8), L: Blaine Boyer (3-6), S: Wade Davis (17)
Fri, Oct 02, 2015 KCR  3 @MIN  1        W:Louis Coleman (1-0), L: Ervin Santana (7-5), S: Wade Davis (16)
Wed, Sep 09, 2015 MIN  3 @KCR  2 (12)   W:Blaine Boyer (3-4), L: Franklin Morales (3-2), S: Kevin Jepsen (12)
Tue, Sep 08, 2015 KCR  4  MIN  2        W:Edinson Volquez (13-7), L: Kyle Gibson (9-10), S: Greg Holland (30)
Mon, Sep 07, 2015 MIN  6 @KCR  2        W:Tommy Milone (8-4), L: Yordano Ventura (10-8), S: none
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 4-0; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; All-Time - MIN leads 380-357

SP: Edinson Volquez (32, RHP, 4-4, 3.79)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (4-4) 54.2 57 24 23 19 43 6 3.79
2015 (13-9) 200.1 190 89 79 72 155 16 3.55
2014 (13-7) 192.2 166 75 65 71 140 17 3.04
Last 7 GS 3-4 43.0 47 22 21 16 28 6 4.40 48
2016-05-18 BOS L 6.0 7 4 4 4 5 2 97 43
2016-05-13 ATL W 7.0 6 1 1 0 2 0 83 63
2016-05-08 @CLE L 4.1 7 5 5 4 4 2 105 29
2016-05-02 WSN L 7.2 7 2 2 1 7 0 114 63
2016-04-26 @LAA L 5.0 12 8 8 2 3 1 99 12
2016-04-21 DET W 7.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 112 71
2016-04-15 @OAK W 6.0 3 2 1 4 2 1 103 58
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 34.1 30 9 9 5 31 1 2.36 62
2016-04-10 MIN ND 5.2 8 2 2 0 10 0 103 55
2015-09-08 MIN W 7.0 6 2 2 0 3 0 91 60
2015-06-10 @MIN W 7.0 6 1 1 3 6 0 115 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

SP: Ervin Santana (33, RHP, 1-2, 3.13)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-2) 37.1 36 16 13 14 32 3 3.13
2015 (7-5) 108.0 104 50 48 36 82 12 4.00
2014 (14-10) 196.0 193 90 86 63 179 16 3.95
Last 7 GS 1-2 37.1 36 16 13 14 32 3 3.13 53
2016-05-19 TOR ND 8.0 4 2 2 2 5 1 109 69
2016-05-14 @CLE W 6.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 102 62
2016-05-07 @CHW L 3.1 7 3 3 3 4 1 83 35
2016-04-19 MIL ND 5.0 5 5 2 3 2 0 95 42
2016-04-14 CHW L 7.0 7 3 3 1 6 1 100 56
2016-04-08 @KCR ND 6.0 6 2 2 2 7 0 102 57
2016-04-04 @BAL ND 2.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 39 53
Last 5 v.KCR 0-3 33.2 27 16 15 15 25 5 4.01 54
2016-04-08 @KCR ND 6.0 6 2 2 2 7 0 102 57
2015-10-02 KCR L 7.0 4 2 2 3 3 0 110 61
2015-07-05 @KCR ND 8.0 3 2 2 3 8 1 93 73
2012-04-08 KCR L 5.2 7 6 5 2 2 2 96 33
2011-06-10 KCR L 7.0 7 4 4 5 5 2 116 47

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Royals Batters (3.68 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
G/S/vB		 58.Abad*
G/S/vB		 64.Dean*
G/S/vB		 49.Jepsen
G/S/vB		 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB		 65.May
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
9.Butera G/S/vP 9/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 17/13 .250/.294/.438/.732 .000/.968 .452 9/.333 0/0 0/0
6.Cain G/S/vP 9/.111 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 ··· 9/.904 5/1.400 1/2.000 2/.000 179/142 .280/.335/.415/.750 .951/.699 .913 96/.897 5/3 6/1
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/39 .255/.269/.373/.642 .154/.807 .690 52/.642 0/0 1/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 6/1.200 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 2/.500 6/.666 1/.000 ··· 89/81 .247/.291/.321/.612 .661/.606 .530 59/.523 8/2 0/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 27/.760 2/.000 ··· 13/.398 ··· 11/.764 11/1.436 1/.000 3/1.333 201/161 .259/.291/.312/.604 .384/.659 .511 109/.664 10/2 0/7
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 19/1.154 1/no AB ··· 6/.000 ··· 9/.708 5/1.000 1/.000 2/.500 182/128 .307/.363/.512/.875 .602/.991 .871 99/.914 3/1 8/2
14.Infante G/S/vP 17/.521 1/3.000 ··· 5/1.500 1/.000 8/.393 11/.600 ··· 2/1.000 133/101 .248/.282/.322/.605 .612/.603 .760 67/.516 0/0 0/2
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 13/8 .308/.308/.385/.692 .400/.875 .700 13/.692 0/0 0/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP 11/.573 2/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 10/1.100 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 177/130 .191/.249/.321/.570 .883/.458 .568 96/.488 0/0 5/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 14/.594 2/1.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 10/1.156 7/.629 ··· 2/.000 113/91 .240/.301/.500/.801 .842/.791 .633 30/.407 0/1 7/2
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 68/44 .400/.412/.538/.950 1.109/.864 .905 45/1.179 2/0 1/0
13.Perez G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 7/.857 1/4.000 11/.910 9/.778 ··· 2/.000 160/125 .270/.300/.480/.780 .651/.816 .684 91/.699 0/0 6/0
IP 37.1 17.0 14.0 18.1 7.2 22.1 25.0 6.1 22.1 TOTAL .259/.308/.392/.700 .658/.713 .705 .685 33/10 38/19
ERA-K/9 3.13/7.7 0.53/9.0 3.86/7.7 5.89/6.4 2.35/5.8 5.64/12.9 5.04/8.6 4.26/5.7 3.22/11.3 5.03/7.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (1-0-0)
 Perez (12-15-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 159/.255 63/.193 61/.304 83/.312 31/.300 106/.281 115/.265 26/.346 92/.220 .283  Dyson
 Orlando
 Cain
 Merrifield
1/3/21/5
0/1/18/2
0/42/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .707 .447 .843 .921 .856 .870 .791 .962 .711 .818
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 72/.668 20/.050 7/.619 31/.889 7/1.143 34/.531 45/.737 7/1.429 27/.606 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 87/.739 43/.631 54/.870 52/.940 24/.770 72/1.025 70/.816 19/.789 65/.748 .826
Home 81/.655 31/.499 37/.699 47/.842 21/1.179 52/.718 46/.691 17/.824 41/.603
Last 28d days 71/.694 30/.559 61/.843 43/1.029 31/.856 56/.990 51/.829 23/1.000 53/.617
HR/SB/CS 3/1/1 0/0/0 2/1/0 4/1/0 1/0/0 5/3/0 4/0/0 2/0/0 3/4/1 62/20/5
Usage ····X··· X·o·X··· ··X····X X·o·X··· X·X·X·o· X··o··o· ·X·oo··X Xo·X·X·· ·X·X·oX·
Twins Batters (3.55 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Volquez
G/S/vB		 54.Alexander*
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 44.Hochevar
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 67.Wang
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
31.Arcia* G/S/vP 6/.834 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/no AB 92/79 .217/.293/.373/.667 .657/.667 .662 49/.581 0/0 4/1
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 24/15 .304/.333/.522/.855 .556/1.043 .571 24/.855 0/0 1/0
2.Dozier G/S/vP 16/.333 ··· 15/.988 ··· 5/1.267 7/.953 ··· 7/.714 ··· 170/151 .199/.284/.318/.602 1.009/.550 .437 77/.492 2/0 4/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 10/.311 1/2.000 8/.000 ··· 8/.125 1/2.000 1/2.000 6/.167 ··· 106/84 .248/.283/.297/.580 .838/.513 .630 27/.593 0/1 0/5
36.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 14/9 .500/.571/.917/1.488 2.000/1.127 1.488 14/1.488 0/0 1/0
21.Mastroianni G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.000 8/.875 ··· 1/no AB ··· 11/2 .000/.182/.000/.182 .222/.000 .667 11/.182 1/0 0/0
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 19/1.053 1/2.000 21/1.005 ··· 8/1.100 39/1.396 1/2.000 16/1.268 10/.650 184/152 .271/.380/.381/.761 .572/.805 .885 91/.602 1/0 3/0
9.Nunez G/S/vP 3/2.000 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 137/119 .307/.343/.457/.800 .535/.839 .679 84/.711 8/2 3/5
52.Park G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/.000 147/128 .223/.306/.492/.798 .582/.826 .714 86/.769 1/0 9/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 12/.666 1/.000 8/.821 ··· 10/1.056 18/.833 1/2.000 6/.000 1/.000 116/99 .261/.284/.396/.681 .669/.683 .863 71/.562 1/0 3/2
22.Sano G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.666 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 182/157 .226/.330/.406/.736 .829/.721 .742 93/.710 1/0 7/3
39.Santana# G/S/vP 9/.444 1/.000 5/.200 ··· 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 7/.334 ··· 108/89 .257/.269/.352/.621 .263/.699 .793 88/.614 10/5 1/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 13/.154 ··· 7/.715 ··· 8/.125 17/.411 1/.000 14/1.121 3/.666 97/76 .221/.281/.314/.595 .311/.670 .485 50/.608 0/0 1/3
IP 54.2 8.0 15.2 7.1 23.0 19.1 5.1 22.1 15.2 TOTAL .233/.298/.370/.669 .587/.686 .674 .636 31/8 41/27
ERA-K/9 3.79/7.1 2.25/10.1 1.15/8.6 4.91/7.4 0.78/10.6 2.79/11.2 1.69/8.5 3.63/7.7 2.87/6.9 3.77/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Centeno (2-0-0)
 Suzuki (14-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 237/.264 32/.258 61/.154 30/.208 89/.212 74/.188 23/.318 96/.253 69/.295 .246  Arcia
 Mastroianni
 Sano
 Grossman
 Santana
16/0/9/2
1/1/4/0
0/0/33/0
4/0/0/0
1/25/2/0
OPS .702 .572 .433 .613 .541 .606 .666 .759 .770 .711
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 115/.587 15/.400 42/.496 12/.422 46/.790 28/.458 7/.762 49/.608 33/.734 .718
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 122/.809 17/.728 19/.263 18/.722 43/.282 46/.684 16/.625 47/.920 36/.801 .703
Road 79/.912 12/.871 29/.361 26/.693 45/.570 31/.583 17/.787 56/.684 25/.646
Last 28d days 109/.782 32/.572 33/.536 30/.613 48/.590 44/.591 23/.666 46/.495 38/.732
HR/SB/CS 6/4/2 0/0/0 0/1/1 0/0/0 0/0/1 2/1/2 0/0/0 2/0/1 0/0/0 44/13/15
Usage ·····X·· X····o·· ··oo·o·· ··o··o·· oo·o·oo· ·X·X·oX· X·X··o·· ··Xo··X· X····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 2016 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

BOS  5.82

MIL  4.18

ATL  3.19

 RA/G

CHC  2.93

TEX  4.29

CIN  5.87

 BA

D. Murphy  .389

W. Myers  .262

D. Norris  .173

 OBP

B. Zobrist  .448

L. Cain  .335

E. Aybar  .216

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .684

C. Rasmus  .437

E. Aybar  .204

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.092

C. Rasmus  .774

E. Aybar  .421

 ERA

J. Arrieta  1.29

J. Odorizzi  3.81

W. Peralta  6.99

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.07

D. Straily  7.80

M. Latos  4.59

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.