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Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, September 5, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Monday, September 5, 2016
Start Time:
1:10ct (local), 2:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
74° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
139
On This Date:
18-24
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
140
On This Date:
53-61
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  7 @MIN  3     
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 MIN  5  KCR  3     
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 KCR 11 @MIN  4     
Thu, Aug 18, 2016 KCR  8  MIN  1     
Fri, Aug 19, 2016 KCR  5  MIN  4 (11)
Sat, Aug 20, 2016 KCR 10  MIN  0     
Sun, Aug 21, 2016 KCR  2  MIN  1     

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
70-66, 3rd, 9½ GB, 6 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-25   Road:   28-41   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  54-49   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  20-19
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:35-19   vsWest: 10-20 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
136 Sun, Sep  4   DET  L   5-6       70-66  3rd  9.5 gb
135 Sat, Sep  3   DET  W   5-2       70-65  3rd  8.5 gb
134 Fri, Sep  2   DET  L   6-7       69-65  3rd  8.5 gb
133 Wed, Aug 31   NYY  L   4-5 (13)  69-64  3rd  7.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 30   NYY  L   4-5 (10)  69-63  3rd  6.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 29   NYY  W   8-5       69-62  3rd  5.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28  @BOS  W  10-4       68-62  3rd  5.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 27  @BOS  L   3-8       67-62  3rd  6.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26  @BOS  W   6-3       67-61  3rd  6.5 gb
127 Thu, Aug 25  @MIA  W   5-2       66-61  3rd  6.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:19-11
Minnesota Twins
51-86, 5th, 29 GB, 25½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-42   Road:   24-44   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  35-66   vsLHP:  16-20   1-Run:  11-24
 vsEast: 10-24   vsCntrl:17-40   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Sun, Sep  4   CHW  L  11-13(12)  51-86  5th 29.0 gb
136 Sat, Sep  3   CHW  W  11-3       51-85  5th 28.0 gb
135 Fri, Sep  2   CHW  L   4-11      50-85  5th 28.0 gb
134 Thu, Sep  1   CHW  W   8-5       50-84  5th 27.0 gb
133 Wed, Aug 31  @CLE  L   4-8       49-84  5th 27.5 gb
132 Tue, Aug 30  @CLE  L   4-5       49-83  5th 26.5 gb
131 Mon, Aug 29  @CLE  L   0-1 (10)  49-82  5th 25.5 gb
130 Sun, Aug 28  @TOR  L   6-9       49-81  5th 24.5 gb
129 Sat, Aug 27  @TOR  L   7-8       49-80  5th 24.5 gb
128 Fri, Aug 26  @TOR  L   8-15      49-79  5th 24.5 gb
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Sun, Aug 21, 2016 KCR  2  MIN  1        W:Danny Duffy (11-1), L: Ervin Santana (6-10), S: Kelvin Herrera (7)
Sat, Aug 20, 2016 KCR 10  MIN  0        W:Ian Kennedy (8-9), L: Hector Santiago (10-8), S: none
Fri, Aug 19, 2016 KCR  5  MIN  4 (11)   W:Chien-Ming Wang (6-0), L: J.T. Chargois (0-1), S: none
Thu, Aug 18, 2016 KCR  8  MIN  1        W:Dillon Gee (5-6), L: Tyler Duffey (8-9), S: none
Sun, Aug 14, 2016 KCR 11 @MIN  4        W:Edinson Volquez (9-10), L: Hector Santiago (10-7), S: Chris Young (1)
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 MIN  5  KCR  3        W:Tyler Duffey (8-8), L: Dillon Gee (4-6), S: Brandon Kintzler (11)
Fri, Aug 12, 2016 KCR  7 @MIN  3        W:Yordano Ventura (8-9), L: Kyle Gibson (4-7), S: none
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
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 11-2; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; All-Time - MIN leads 382-364

SP: Ian Kennedy (31, RHP, 9-9, 3.66)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (9-9) 160.0 139 66 65 50 154 29 3.66
2015 (9-15) 168.1 166 95 80 52 174 31 4.28
2014 (13-13) 201.0 189 85 81 70 207 16 3.63
Last 7 GS 3-0 45.2 37 9 9 11 37 3 1.77 62
2016-08-31 NYY ND 6.1 6 4 4 2 1 1 99 44
2016-08-26 @BOS W 5.1 9 2 2 2 8 0 107 48
2016-08-20 MIN W 8.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 112 80
2016-08-15 @DET W 6.2 5 1 1 1 5 1 95 64
2016-08-10 CHW ND 6.1 6 1 1 2 2 1 104 57
2016-08-04 @TBR ND 6.0 1 0 0 4 9 0 106 75
2016-07-30 @TEX ND 7.0 6 1 1 0 6 0 108 67
Last 5 v.MIN 3-1 32.1 26 10 10 5 25 4 2.78 59
2016-08-20 MIN W 8.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 112 80
2016-05-23 @MIN ND 3.1 5 2 2 1 3 1 73 44
2016-04-09 MIN W 6.2 5 0 0 1 7 0 109 70
2014-05-20 MIN L 6.2 6 4 4 2 6 1 116 50
2011-05-20 MIN W 7.2 6 4 4 1 3 2 110 53

SP: Jose Berrios (22, RHP, 2-4, 9.24)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (2-4) 37.0 50 40 38 23 35 8 9.24
Last 7 GS 1-3 27.2 41 33 31 16 22 6 10.08 34
2016-08-25 DET L 5.0 6 6 5 5 3 1 97 31
2016-08-19 @KCR ND 4.0 5 4 4 4 2 0 77 34
2016-08-11 HOU L 2.0 8 6 5 1 1 0 43 18
2016-08-06 @TBR L 5.0 6 4 4 1 4 2 97 42
2016-08-01 @CLE W 6.0 5 3 3 0 5 0 99 55
2016-05-16 @DET ND 0.2 3 7 7 4 1 1 39 15
2016-05-10 BAL ND 5.0 8 3 3 1 6 2 93 44
Last 5 v.KCR 0-0 4.0 5 4 4 4 2 0 9.00 34
2016-08-19 @KCR ND 4.0 5 4 4 4 2 0 77 34

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Royals Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.58 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB		 58.Albers*
G/S/vB		 62.Boshers*
G/S/vB		 60.Chargois
G/S/vB		 27.Kintzler
G/S/vB		 53.Light
G/S/vB		 61.O'Rourke*
G/S/vB		 57.Pressly
G/S/vB		 55.Rogers*
G/S/vB		 59.Tonkin
G/S/vB		 51.Wimmers
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
14.Burns# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 301/231 .230/.265/.297/.562 .634/.540 .519 4/.500 16/4 0/2
9.Butera G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 100/81 .261/.306/.457/.763 .433/.843 .580 18/.235 0/0 3/4
6.Cain G/S/vP 3/.666 4/.000 ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.375 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 429/332 .287/.336/.409/.744 1.010/.668 .759 90/.797 13/5 9/3
7.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 422/316 .288/.325/.432/.757 .887/.713 .712 110/.700 1/0 10/14
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/1.167 3/1.667 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 267/241 .247/.318/.353/.671 .855/.652 .617 55/.656 25/7 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 2/1.000 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 14/1.412 3/.000 3/1.333 ··· 588/449 .268/.298/.350/.647 .545/.679 .603 102/.929 14/4 5/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 2/no AB 7/.714 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.000 9/1.699 2/1.000 2/3.000 ··· 413/284 .223/.322/.382/.704 .706/.703 .715 99/.936 6/1 14/1
Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 0/ 4/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 2/.000 7/.762 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.821 4/.000 3/.333 ··· 571/395 .271/.335/.435/.770 .671/.815 .764 112/.740 5/3 20/6
15.Merrifield G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 225/172 .271/.302/.379/.681 .868/.623 .599 5/.450 5/2 2/3
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 123/86 .182/.231/.273/.503 .498/.504 .572 82/.471 7/1 1/4
25.Morales# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 4/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 512/357 .252/.318/.436/.754 .849/.712 .706 94/.839 0/0 22/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 2/1.000 4/.250 ··· 391/271 .303/.330/.403/.733 .831/.689 .664 92/.536 11/2 4/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/3.333 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 10/.700 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· 474/339 .254/.295/.454/.749 .792/.732 .663 92/.680 0/0 20/4
IP 37.0 15.0 27.0 11.2 45.2 10.0 19.0 68.2 51.1 63.2 4.1 TOTAL .261/.312/.398/.710 .755/.694 .674 .717 93/30 121/76
ERA-K/9 9.24/8.5 6.60/8.4 5.33/9.0 8.49/5.4 2.17/6.1 10.80/9.9 2.84/8.1 3.80/8.0 3.51/8.8 4.95/10.0 4.15/6.3 5.17/7.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Butera (8-3-0)
 Cruz (0-0-1)
 Perez (31-34-4)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 183/.321 76/.338 117/.264 61/.388 182/.250 53/.318 78/.227 300/.269 222/.260 278/.273 22/.357 .287  Dyson
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Burns
 Cain
 Merrifield
 Morales
 Gore
19/39/21/8
0/30/71/6
102/0/0/6
3/72/4/4
0/72/28/3
12/0/1/2
0/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .969 1.058 .709 .982 .650 1.070 .649 .734 .707 .818 1.167 .817
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.792 14/.500 46/.594 26/1.132 74/.595 13/.585 19/.111 126/.670 74/.550 101/1.060 12/.830 .770
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 95/1.136 62/1.190 71/.788 35/.880 108/.687 40/1.215 59/.811 174/.774 148/.786 177/.685 10/1.600 .847
Home 85/1.074 53/.908 71/.710 45/.832 110/.757 29/1.072 30/.412 140/.687 130/.736 164/.801 8/1.381
Last 28d days 63/.995 76/1.058 27/.936 53/.930 36/.686 35/.793 46/.584 52/.954 50/.802 44/1.096 22/1.167
HR/SB/CS 8/3/1 5/0/2 3/4/0 0/1/0 4/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 7/2/0 6/1/1 11/13/1 1/0/0 193/65/17
Usage X····X·· Xo······ ··X·X··o X··o··X· ·XX··X·X Xoo·X··· o··X··o· X··X·X·· ········ ··X··X·X
Twins Batters (4.65 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.18 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Kennedy
G/S/vB		 54.Alexander*
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 33.Flynn*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 47.Moylan
G/S/vB		 62.Pounders
G/S/vB		 48.Soria
G/S/vB		 64.Strahm*
G/S/vB		 32.Young
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
25.Buxton G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 234/155 .221/.268/.390/.658 .650/.661 .758 16/1.875 9/1 4/2
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 161/119 .252/.294/.364/.658 .519/.707 .464 38/.520 0/0 2/4
2.Dozier G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 16/1.018 1/.000 6/1.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.714 1/.000 20/.466 586/456 .276/.348/.559/.906 1.055/.864 .890 117/1.167 13/2 35/7
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 11/.855 2/1.000 9/.333 1/.000 8/.125 2/1.000 ··· 7/.143 ··· 14/.408 301/218 .263/.297/.379/.676 .704/.665 .800 49/.708 1/2 5/9
36.Grossman# G/S/vP 5/.650 2/2.500 3/.000 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 318/206 .269/.384/.437/.820 .990/.724 .887 59/.820 1/3 9/6
26.Kepler* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 369/257 .244/.321/.460/.781 .606/.856 .758 107/.570 5/0 16/6
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 11/.637 1/2.000 22/.955 2/.500 9/.944 2/1.000 ··· 16/1.268 2/.500 23/.534 538/419 .275/.374/.405/.778 .642/.819 .758 86/.706 2/0 10/2
12.Murphy G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/42 .136/.174/.227/.401 .533/.381 .588 4/2.250 0/0 1/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 15/1.181 1/.000 8/.821 2/.500 10/1.056 1/2.000 ··· 9/.000 1/.000 17/.521 336/251 .257/.301/.412/.713 .791/.688 .730 101/.796 1/0 11/7
11.Polanco# G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 172/129 .295/.341/.429/.771 .872/.737 .650 100/.686 3/2 1/9
20.Rosario* G/S/vP 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 8/.625 324/250 .261/.289/.405/.694 .556/.733 .534 93/.545 5/1 8/4
22.Sano G/S/vP 2/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 432/343 .239/.324/.459/.783 .788/.782 .746 85/.635 1/0 22/17
32.Schafer* G/S/vP 7/1.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 14/10 .308/.357/.385/.742 1.250/.522 .750 14/.742 0/0 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 10/.400 1/.000 7/.715 1/.000 8/.125 1/.000 ··· 14/1.121 ··· 15/.867 329/228 .282/.323/.426/.749 .783/.734 .741 55/.785 0/0 6/4
IP 160.0 14.1 35.1 43.2 62.0 35.1 7.0 59.1 15.2 82.0 TOTAL .257/.321/.428/.749 .761/.745 .752 .746 82/26 166/105
ERA-K/9 3.66/8.7 4.40/6.9 2.04/8.9 2.47/7.2 1.74/11.0 3.57/7.1 10.29/11.6 3.94/9.1 0.57/12.0 6.04/9.4 4.02/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Centeno (13-3-4)
 Murphy (4-2-2)
 Suzuki (48-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 665/.231 61/.291 142/.194 171/.191 237/.200 154/.271 33/.367 260/.265 56/.120 372/.287 .253  Rosario
 Kepler
 Grossman
 Buxton
 Schafer
 Sano
 Escobar
49/37/0/9
0/4/88/8
65/1/0/3
0/67/0/2
1/3/1/1
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .710 .744 .505 .565 .540 .701 1.161 .795 .316 .937 .732
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 335/.678 25/.668 70/.430 65/.579 118/.523 48/.997 19/1.202 129/.683 22/.523 180/1.171 .740
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 330/.742 36/.799 72/.581 106/.556 119/.556 106/.573 14/1.095 131/.911 34/.180 192/.736 .726
Road 383/.752 31/.887 59/.463 81/.647 109/.527 71/.640 12/1.117 128/.763 35/.385 164/1.120
Last 28d days 133/.624 5/.450 7/.929 30/.274 44/.500 33/.726 9/.778 54/.582 47/.286 46/.775
HR/SB/CS 29/4/8 1/0/0 0/1/1 4/0/0 4/0/1 3/0/0 4/0/1 9/1/2 0/0/1 26/10/2 173/39/37
Usage ····X··· ····X··· ·oX····· ····oXo· ·X··o·X· o·o·oooo ·o··X··· XX···X·X ····XX·X o···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  5.52

LAD  4.49

PHI  3.68

 RA/G

CHC  3.38

DET  4.48

ARI  5.63

 BA

J. Altuve  .346

J. Bradley  .273

T. Frazier  .217

 OBP

M. Trout  .440

C. Davis  .338

F. Galvis  .270

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .626

F. Lindor  .457

A. Hechavarria  .317

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.033

W. Myers  .796

A. Ramirez  .605

 ERA

K. Hendricks  2.09

M. Shoemaker  3.88

J. Shields  6.07

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.58

J. Hellickson  7.71

M. Perez  4.61

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.