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Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, August 12, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Friday, August 12, 2016

Start Time:

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

Venue:

Target Field

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

80° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

117

On This Date:

21-24

Twins

Manager:

Paul Molitor

Game #:

118

On This Date:

42-46

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 MIN  7  KCR  5     

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

55-59, 3rd, 10 GB, 9 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   36-21   Road:   19-38   ExtrInn: 5-1 
 vsRHP:  43-44   vsLHP:  12-15   1-Run:  17-15
 vsEast: 12-14   vsCntrl:25-16   vsWest: 10-20 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Thu, Aug 11   CHW  W   2-1       55-59  3rd 10.0 gb
113 Wed, Aug 10   CHW  W   3-2 (14)  54-59  3rd 10.0 gb
112 Tue, Aug  9   CHW  L   5-7 (10)  53-59  4th 11.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7   TOR  W   7-1       53-58  3rd 10.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6   TOR  W   4-2       52-58  4th 11.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5   TOR  L   3-4       51-58  4th 11.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4  @TBR  L   2-3       51-57  4th 11.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3  @TBR  L   0-12      51-56  3rd 10.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2  @TBR  W   3-2       51-55  3rd 10.0 gb
105 Mon, Aug  1  @TBR  W   3-0       50-55  4th 11.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Minnesota Twins

46-69, 5th, 19½ GB, 18½ GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   24-35   Road:   22-34   ExtrInn: 5-5 
 vsRHP:  31-54   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  11-19
 vsEast: 10-21   vsCntrl:14-26   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 6-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Thu, Aug 11   HOU  L   2-10      46-69  5th 19.5 gb
114 Thu, Aug 11   HOU  L   7-15      46-68  5th 19.5 gb
113 Tue, Aug  9   HOU  L   5-7       46-67  5th 18.5 gb
112 Mon, Aug  8   HOU  W   3-1       46-66  5th 17.5 gb
111 Sun, Aug  7  @TBR  W   6-3       45-66  5th 18.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  6  @TBR  L   3-7       44-66  5th 19.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  5  @TBR  W   6-2       44-65  5th 18.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  4  @CLE  L   2-9       43-65  5th 19.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  3  @CLE  W  13-5       43-64  5th 18.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  2  @CLE  W  10-6       42-64  5th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, May 25, 2016 MIN  7  KCR  5        W:Tyler Duffey (2-3), L: Dillon Gee (1-2), S: Kevin Jepsen (4)
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)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 5-1; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; All-Time - MIN leads 381-358

SP: Yordano Ventura (25, RHP, 7-9, 4.64)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (7-9)			126.0	120	67	65	54	92	17	4.64
2015 (13-8)			163.1	154	75	74	58	156	14	4.08
2014 (14-10)			183.0	168	70	65	69	159	14	3.20

Last 7 GS		1-4	41.1	36	18	18	15	29	6	3.92	53
2016-08-07	TOR	W	6.2	5	1	1	4	4	0	106	60
2016-08-02	@TBR	ND	5.0	6	2	2	4	2	0	103	45
2016-07-28	@TEX	L	8.0	4	3	3	1	6	3	113	67
2016-07-23	TEX	L	5.0	3	3	3	4	5	1	89	50
2016-07-17	@DET	ND	7.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	102	58
2016-07-08	SEA	L	7.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	93	57
2016-07-03	@PHI	L	2.2	4	4	4	0	1	2	36	35

Last 5 v.MIN		2-2	31.0	23	12	11	23	36	2	3.19	57
2016-04-08	MIN	ND	5.0	2	2	2	6	6	0	98	55
2015-10-03	@MIN	W	7.0	4	1	1	3	11	0	97	73
2015-09-07	MIN	L	5.1	8	4	4	5	8	1	107	39
2014-08-16	@MIN	L	6.2	4	3	3	6	4	0	114	52
2014-07-31	MIN	W	7.0	5	2	1	3	7	1	103	65

SP: Kyle Gibson (28, RHP, 4-6, 4.86)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2016 (4-6)			87.0	99	52	47	30	61	12	4.86
2015 (11-11)			194.2	186	88	83	65	145	18	3.84
2014 (13-12)			179.1	178	91	89	57	107	12	4.47

Last 7 GS		3-1	41.1	49	23	21	12	32	7	4.57	47
2016-08-07	@TBR	W	5.0	6	2	2	4	2	1	107	45
2016-08-02	@CLE	ND	4.2	10	6	6	1	2	2	81	21
2016-07-28	BAL	ND	6.0	9	2	2	0	6	1	105	52
2016-07-22	@BOS	W	8.0	2	1	1	1	6	1	96	79
2016-07-17	CLE	L	6.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	97	39
2016-07-08	@TEX	ND	5.0	7	4	4	3	6	0	98	40
2016-07-03	TEX	W	6.2	5	4	2	2	6	1	106	56

Last 5 v.KCR		2-3	33.2	28	14	12	12	20	1	3.21	55
2015-09-08	@KCR	L	8.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	101	56
2015-07-02	@KCR	W	8.0	4	0	0	4	7	0	114	77
2015-06-10	KCR	L	6.0	5	5	4	2	6	1	117	48
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

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

Royals Batters (3.82 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.30 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 44.Gibson
G/S/vB 58.Albers*
G/S/vB 60.Chargois
G/S/vB 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB 33.Milone*
G/S/vB 57.Pressly
G/S/vB 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

14.Burns# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 300/230 .230/.266/.298/.564 .634/.542 .522 8/.250 14/4 0/2

9.Butera G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 86/69 .282/.333/.513/.846 .485/.939 .601 19/.833 0/0 3/2

6.Cain G/S/vP 22/.377 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 29/1.128 6/1.500 1/2.000 2/.000 351/273 .278/.322/.398/.719 1.002/.640 .761 44/.496 8/4 8/3

24.Colon G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· 7/.762 1/.000 ··· ··· 118/88 .241/.305/.278/.583 .412/.642 .609 27/.539 0/1 0/0

19.Cuthbert G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 328/250 .303/.339/.456/.795 .905/.761 .760 107/.897 1/0 9/10

1.Dyson* G/S/vP 7/.286 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 10/.476 7/.858 1/.000 ··· 218/199 .251/.324/.361/.685 1.036/.652 .636 43/.783 18/6 1/1

2.Escobar G/S/vP 25/.735 6/.666 ··· 1/.000 34/.559 12/1.310 1/.000 3/1.333 499/388 .249/.278/.305/.583 .423/.630 .510 103/.487 14/4 2/12

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 24/1.226 7/.714 ··· ··· 19/.931 7/1.971 ··· 2/3.000 324/226 .203/.306/.331/.637 .547/.674 .635 92/.590 6/0 8/1

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 26/.650 7/.762 ··· ··· 30/.718 6/.834 2/.000 3/.333 473/330 .278/.336/.433/.769 .702/.798 .764 103/.567 5/1 15/5

27.Mondesi# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 52/32 .204/.220/.245/.465 .461/.467 .381 52/.465 3/0 0/3

16.Orlando G/S/vP 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 13/.802 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 315/223 .323/.346/.427/.773 .902/.720 .673 97/.825 9/2 3/2

13.Perez G/S/vP 22/.182 3/3.333 ··· 1/4.000 28/.558 10/.700 1/2.000 3/.666 394/288 .263/.297/.461/.758 .728/.769 .653 82/.536 0/0 16/3

IP 87.0 6.0 3.1 37.2 65.0 58.2 41.0 58.2 TOTAL .262/.311/.394/.705 .731/.696 .659 .619 71/23 95/62

ERA-K/9

4.86/6.3

4.50/7.5

13.50/2.7

1.91/5.5

5.68/6.0

3.53/8.1

2.85/8.8

3.99/10.4

4.93/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (7-3-0)
Perez (27-31-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 380/.288 30/.379 18/.357 146/.239 293/.306 248/.243 176/.264 250/.254 .283 Dyson
Gordon
Orlando
Burns
Cain 19/29/21/8
80/0/0/6
0/18/66/6
1/71/4/4
0/72/10/3

OPS .793 1.021 .857 .641 .867 .686 .692 .760 .801

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 193/.870 8/.250 9/.889 55/.533 59/.865 101/.699 62/.551 94/.952 .758

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 187/.711 22/1.310 9/.819 91/.706 234/.867 147/.673 114/.770 156/.649 .830

Home 209/.772 30/1.021 18/.857 89/.781 109/.939 114/.642 104/.669 148/.719

Last 28d days 127/.846 30/1.021 10/.522 45/.584 110/.884 45/.600 54/.567 66/.750

HR/SB/CS 12/8/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 4/0/0 14/6/2 7/1/0 4/0/1 9/13/1 159/56/14

Usage ····X··· X······· X······· ···oo·o· X···X··X ···oo·X· o··oX·o· X·X··X·X

Twins Batters (4.61 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.36 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 30.Ventura
G/S/vB 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 47.Moylan
G/S/vB 48.Soria
G/S/vB 64.Strahm*
G/S/vB 67.Wang
G/S/vB 32.Young
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 127/92 .275/.310/.400/.710 .478/.797 .514 39/.908 0/0 2/3

2.Dozier G/S/vP 17/.900 ··· 5/1.267 1/.000 7/.714 ··· ··· 18/.520 482/379 .262/.338/.509/.847 1.138/.769 .773 119/1.005 8/1 23/6

5.Escobar# G/S/vP 13/1.083 ··· 8/.125 2/1.000 6/.167 ··· ··· 13/.444 258/192 .259/.284/.385/.669 .685/.663 .859 61/.702 1/2 5/9

36.Grossman# G/S/vP 5/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 267/177 .266/.390/.432/.822 .961/.748 .877 69/.618 1/3 7/3

26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 276/190 .258/.338/.521/.859 .638/.961 .811 108/.982 4/0 15/4

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 16/.466 ··· 8/1.100 2/1.000 16/1.268 ··· 10/.650 21/.586 465/358 .279/.378/.410/.788 .653/.830 .768 98/.932 2/0 9/2

24.Plouffe G/S/vP 18/.653 ··· 10/1.056 1/2.000 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 16/.557 244/186 .249/.284/.389/.673 .708/.662 .753 13/.490 1/0 7/6

11.Polanco# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/4.000 ··· ··· ··· 84/64 .333/.378/.507/.885 .988/.854 .750 52/.931 2/0 1/2

20.Rosario* G/S/vP 6/.334 ··· 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.715 243/187 .268/.290/.433/.723 .551/.771 .575 90/.873 4/1 7/3

22.Sano G/S/vP 9/.444 ··· 3/.666 2/.500 ··· ··· 2/.500 5/.000 355/289 .252/.344/.489/.832 .997/.797 .719 94/.870 1/0 19/15

39.Santana# G/S/vP 12/.584 ··· 8/.250 1/.000 7/.334 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 225/179 .256/.295/.351/.645 .460/.692 .721 45/.637 12/9 2/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP 12/.817 ··· 8/.125 1/.000 14/1.121 ··· 4/.500 15/.867 282/198 .282/.324/.435/.759 .813/.735 .730 67/.733 0/0 6/3

19.Vargas# G/S/vP 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 94/73 .286/.404/.636/1.041 1.854/.809 1.080 68/.827 0/0 6/0

IP 126.0 35.1 51.2 28.2 49.0 4.0 44.1 72.2 TOTAL .258/.322/.430/.752 .773/.745 .744 .804 74/23 138/84

ERA-K/9

4.64/6.6

3.06/7.4

2.09/11.1

3.77/8.2

4.22/8.8

2.25/22.5

4.87/5.3

6.32/9.4

4.24/8.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Centeno (9-2-2)
Suzuki (43-11-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 546/.248 142/.216 202/.211 122/.264 214/.276 16/.143 195/.299 331/.281 .255 Kepler
Rosario
Grossman
Santana
Escobar
Sano 0/4/68/7
43/22/0/5
52/1/0/3
13/38/4/2
1/0/0/0
0/0/38/0

OPS .724 .640 .585 .688 .839 .393 .830 .956 .746

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 262/.756 55/.631 97/.619 39/1.055 106/.714 5/.800 96/.788 157/1.243 .779

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 284/.695 87/.645 105/.554 83/.524 108/.968 11/.182 99/.868 174/.718 .720

Road 289/.781 68/.728 93/.577 58/.639 106/.853 9/.476 73/.842 144/1.187

Last 28d days 131/.673 37/.828 45/.748 33/.772 47/1.142 16/.393 43/1.060 55/.704

HR/SB/CS 17/2/2 4/0/0 4/0/1 2/0/0 8/1/2 0/0/0 6/2/2 26/9/2 151/34/34

Usage ····X··· ·o······ ·oX··XX· ·o··oXo· ·Xo···XX ··X····X ·X······ ·X··X···

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 5.39

ARI 4.46

ATL 3.54

RA/G

CHC 3.35

TBR 4.41

CIN 5.46

J. Altuve .365

N. Markakis .274

T. Frazier .210

OBP

J. Altuve .431

B. Crawford .342

F. Galvis .261

SLG

D. Ortiz .612

F. Lindor .452

A. Escobar .305

OPS

D. Ortiz 1.013

N. Walker .793

A. Escobar .583

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.79

T. Koehler 3.83

S. Gray 5.74

K/9IP

J. Fernandez 12.94

Z. Greinke 7.57

M. Pelfrey 4.06

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.