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Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, May 25, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Start Time:
12:10ct (local), 1:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #3 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
72° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
47
On This Date:
25-21
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
47
On This Date:
50-56
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  7 @MIN  4     

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
24-21, 3rd, 2 GB, 3 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   13-7    Road:   11-14   ExtrInn: 2-0 
 vsRHP:  21-17   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   7-5 
 vsEast:  5-5    vsCntrl:10-4    vsWest:  5-8  IL: 4-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 24  @MIN  W   7-4       24-21  3rd  2.0 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
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
Minnesota Twins
11-34, 5th, 15 GB, 16 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    7-15   Road:    4-19   ExtrInn: 1-3 
 vsRHP:   9-29   vsLHP:   2-5    1-Run:   4-9 
 vsEast:  1-8    vsCntrl: 4-19   vsWest:  4-2  IL: 2-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 45 Tue, May 24   KCR  L   4-7       11-34  5th 15.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 7-23

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, May 24, 2016 KCR  7 @MIN  4        W:Edinson Volquez (5-4), L: Ervin Santana (1-3), S: Wade Davis (12)
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)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 5-0; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; All-Time - MIN leads 380-358

SP: Dillon Gee (30, RHP, 1-1, 2.90)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-1) 31.0 28 10 10 12 26 4 2.90
2015 (0-3) 39.2 55 29 26 11 25 5 5.90
2014 (7-8) 137.1 128 61 61 43 94 18 4.00
Last 7 GS 1-3 37.2 49 23 20 12 26 1 4.78 44
2016-05-20 @CHW W 5.0 4 1 1 1 5 0 92 59
2016-05-14 ATL L 5.1 6 3 3 3 5 0 78 46
2015-06-14 ATL ND 3.2 11 8 8 1 4 1 72 10
2015-06-03 @SDP L 4.0 8 7 4 1 1 0 73 24
2015-05-03 WSN L 5.0 6 1 1 5 5 0 94 51
2015-04-27 @MIA ND 7.2 6 1 1 0 3 0 70 66
2015-04-22 ATL ND 7.0 8 2 2 1 3 0 102 55
Last 5 v.MIN 1-0 7.2 6 1 0 1 9 0 0.00 73
2013-08-19 @MIN W 7.2 6 1 0 1 9 0 99 73

SP: Tyler Duffey (25, RHP, 1-3, 3.30)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (1-3) 30.0 31 14 11 6 25 3 3.30
2015 (5-1) 58.0 56 20 20 20 53 4 3.10
Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 45 18 15 8 34 4 3.19 53
2016-05-20 TOR L 5.2 9 6 6 1 2 1 103 28
2016-05-15 @CLE W 7.0 6 0 0 1 6 0 110 70
2016-05-08 @CHW L 7.0 6 3 3 2 9 0 97 60
2016-04-30 DET L 6.1 5 4 1 0 7 1 106 60
2016-04-24 @WSN ND 4.0 5 1 1 2 1 1 74 47
2015-10-01 @CLE ND 6.1 6 2 2 1 6 1 102 58
2015-09-26 @DET W 6.0 8 2 2 1 3 0 112 50
Has never faced KCR as starter.

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Royals Batters (3.76 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.40 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Duffey
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 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 17/13 .250/.294/.438/.732 .000/.968 .452 9/.333 0/0 0/0
6.Cain G/S/vP ··· 2/1.500 ··· 4/.000 1/.000 9/.904 6/1.500 1/2.000 2/.000 184/147 .296/.348/.432/.780 .951/.738 .957 101/.943 6/3 6/1
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 56/43 .255/.268/.364/.631 .154/.778 .667 56/.631 0/0 1/0
1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/.000 2/.500 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 93/85 .250/.300/.321/.621 .661/.617 .551 59/.523 8/2 0/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 13/.398 1/.000 11/.764 12/1.310 1/.000 3/1.333 206/166 .258/.289/.309/.598 .384/.651 .506 109/.664 10/2 0/7
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 6/.000 ··· 9/.708 6/.834 1/.000 3/.333 187/132 .298/.353/.497/.850 .591/.959 .829 100/.797 3/1 8/2
14.Infante G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· 5/1.500 1/.000 8/.393 11/.600 ··· 2/1.000 133/101 .248/.282/.322/.605 .612/.603 .760 63/.496 0/0 0/2
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/3.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 18/13 .333/.333/.500/.833 .400/1.000 .867 18/.833 0/0 0/0
25.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· 10/1.100 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 182/134 .187/.247/.313/.561 .863/.454 .552 97/.483 0/0 5/
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 6/.334 ··· 10/1.156 7/.629 ··· 2/.000 113/91 .240/.301/.500/.801 .842/.791 .633 25/.327 0/1 7/2
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 72/48 .406/.417/.551/.967 1.109/.897 .940 45/1.203 2/0 1/1
13.Perez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 7/.857 1/4.000 11/.910 10/.700 ··· 3/.666 164/129 .276/.305/.500/.805 .651/.846 .730 91/.778 0/0 7/0
IP 30.0 17.2 14.0 18.1 9.0 22.1 27.0 6.1 23.2 TOTAL .261/.309/.395/.705 .654/.720 .713 .692 34/10 39/20
ERA-K/9 3.30/7.5 0.51/8.6 3.86/7.7 5.89/6.4 2.00/7.0 5.64/12.9 5.00/8.7 4.26/5.7 3.04/11.0 5.07/8.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 128/.258 65/.186 61/.304 83/.312 36/.286 106/.281 123/.264 26/.346 97/.218 .284  Dyson
 Orlando
 Cain
 Merrifield
2/3/21/5
0/1/19/2
0/43/0/1
2/0/0/0
OPS .705 .433 .843 .921 .820 .870 .770 .962 .694 .820
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 60/.855 21/.048 7/.619 31/.889 8/1.000 34/.531 48/.732 7/1.429 29/.560 .794
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.574 44/.616 54/.870 52/.940 28/.767 72/1.025 75/.786 19/.789 68/.744 .833
Home 52/.817 33/.468 37/.699 47/.842 26/1.065 52/.718 54/.662 17/.824 46/.580
Last 28d days 109/.682 30/.550 61/.843 43/1.029 36/.820 51/1.059 59/.779 23/1.000 51/.581
HR/SB/CS 3/1/0 0/0/0 2/1/0 4/1/0 1/0/0 5/3/0 4/0/0 2/0/0 3/5/1 63/21/5
Usage ····X··· oX·o·X·· ···X···· ·X·o·X·· oX·X·X·o ·X··o··o X·X·oo·· ·Xo·X·X· X·X·X·oX
Twins Batters (3.56 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 53.Gee
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 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.400 1/no AB 96/83 .233/.313/.395/.708 .657/.715 .729 49/.675 0/0 4/1
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/18 .269/.296/.462/.758 .556/.863 .400 27/.758 0/0 1/1
2.Dozier G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 16/1.018 ··· 5/1.267 7/.953 ··· 7/.714 ··· 171/152 .199/.288/.318/.606 1.009/.555 .446 73/.538 2/0 4/2
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 1/.000 1/2.000 9/.333 ··· 8/.125 1/2.000 1/2.000 6/.167 ··· 110/88 .267/.300/.324/.624 .838/.570 .720 31/.742 0/1 0/5
36.Grossman# G/S/vP ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 18/13 .400/.500/.733/1.233 2.000/.862 1.233 18/1.233 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 5/1.350 1/2.000 22/.955 ··· 8/1.100 39/1.396 1/2.000 16/1.268 10/.650 189/157 .270/.381/.377/.758 .572/.800 .873 91/.610 1/0 3/0
9.Nunez G/S/vP 4/2.000 1/.000 6/.167 ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 142/124 .303/.338/.447/.785 .535/.820 .660 85/.703 8/2 3/6
52.Park G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 1/5.000 1/.000 147/128 .223/.306/.492/.798 .582/.826 .714 82/.735 1/0 9/0
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 8/.821 ··· 10/1.056 18/.833 1/2.000 7/.000 1/.000 120/103 .252/.275/.383/.658 .669/.656 .801 75/.532 1/0 3/2
22.Sano G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 187/162 .219/.321/.394/.715 .829/.697 .696 94/.651 1/0 7/3
39.Santana# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 6/.333 ··· 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 7/.334 ··· 112/93 .252/.277/.346/.623 .263/.698 .787 87/.570 10/5 1/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 9/1.000 ··· 7/.715 ··· 8/.125 17/.411 1/.000 14/1.121 3/.666 97/76 .221/.281/.314/.595 .311/.670 .485 46/.619 0/0 1/3
IP 31.0 8.0 16.2 7.1 23.0 19.2 5.1 23.1 15.2 TOTAL .233/.299/.368/.667 .587/.684 .671 .632 31/8 41/29
ERA-K/9 2.90/7.5 2.25/10.1 1.08/9.2 4.91/7.4 0.78/10.6 2.75/11.4 1.69/8.5 3.47/7.7 2.87/6.9 3.73/8.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Centeno (3-0-0)
 Suzuki (14-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 132/.246 32/.258 67/.161 30/.208 89/.212 75/.186 23/.318 99/.244 69/.295 .246  Arcia
 Mastroianni
 Sano
 Grossman
 Santana
16/0/10/2
1/1/4/0
0/0/33/0
5/0/0/0
1/26/2/0
OPS .700 .572 .477 .613 .541 .597 .666 .734 .770 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.881 15/.400 45/.561 12/.422 46/.790 28/.458 7/.762 51/.583 33/.734 .723
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 56/.478 17/.728 22/.273 18/.722 43/.282 47/.669 16/.625 48/.898 36/.801 .694
Road 69/.553 12/.871 35/.458 26/.693 45/.570 32/.564 17/.787 59/.646 25/.646
Last 28d days 92/.758 32/.572 39/.598 30/.613 44/.599 40/.520 23/.666 49/.464 38/.732
HR/SB/CS 4/0/3 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· X··oo·o· ···o··o· ·oo·o·oo o·X·X·oX ·X·X··o· 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  5.87

MIL  4.13

ATL  3.14

 RA/G

CHC  2.93

NYY  4.25

CIN  5.91

 BA

D. Murphy  .392

W. Myers  .262

R. Howard  .159

 OBP

B. Zobrist  .449

K. Seager  .333

E. Aybar  .217

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .686

B. Crawford  .438

E. Aybar  .206

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.099

J. Kipnis  .772

E. Aybar  .423

 ERA

J. Arrieta  1.29

M. Scherzer  3.80

S. Miller  7.09

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  13.07

M. Wacha  7.81

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.