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Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, September 6, 2016 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Start Time:
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue:
Target Field
Series:
Game #2 of a 3-game series
Average Temp:
75° (based on last ten years)
Royals
Manager:
Ned Yost
Game #:
140
On This Date:
14-30
Twins
Manager:
Paul Molitor
Game #:
141
On This Date:
52-54
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 11 @MIN  5     

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
71-66, 3rd, 8½ GB, 5 GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   42-25   Road:   29-41   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  55-49   vsLHP:  16-17   1-Run:  20-19
 vsEast: 15-17   vsCntrl:36-19   vsWest: 10-20 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
137 Mon, Sep  5  @MIN  W  11-5       71-66  3rd  8.5 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
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:14-6    Last 30:20-10
Minnesota Twins
51-87, 5th, 29 GB, 25½ GB in WC / Schedule
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:   27-43   Road:   24-44   ExtrInn: 5-8 
 vsRHP:  35-67   vsLHP:  16-20   1-Run:  11-24
 vsEast: 10-24   vsCntrl:17-41   vsWest: 16-13 IL: 8-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
138 Mon, Sep  5   KCR  L   5-11      51-87  5th 29.0 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
 Last 10: 2-8    Last 20: 4-16   Last 30: 8-22

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 05, 2016 KCR 11 @MIN  5        W:Ian Kennedy (10-9), L: Jose Berrios (2-5), S: none
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)
Season Series: 2016 - KCR over 12-2; 2015 - KCR won 12-7; 2014 - KCR won 11-8; All-Time - MIN leads 382-365

SP: Dillon Gee (30, RHP, 6-7, 4.33)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (6-7) 106.0 122 53 51 31 84 19 4.33
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 2-4 40.2 46 22 22 10 27 8 4.87 48
2016-08-29 NYY W 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 86 63
2016-08-24 @MIA L 5.1 5 3 3 0 3 0 76 49
2016-08-18 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 84 69
2016-08-13 @MIN L 5.1 11 5 5 1 6 3 96 31
2016-08-05 TOR ND 6.0 4 3 3 4 2 1 87 50
2016-07-31 @TEX L 6.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 88 45
2016-07-26 LAA L 5.0 10 5 5 2 1 1 97 26
Last 5 v.MIN 2-2 24.0 32 13 11 4 28 7 4.13 50
2016-08-18 MIN W 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 84 69
2016-08-13 @MIN L 5.1 11 5 5 1 6 3 96 31
2016-05-25 @MIN L 4.0 10 6 5 1 6 3 90 25
2013-08-19 @MIN W 7.2 6 1 0 1 9 0 99 73

SP: Ervin Santana (33, RHP, 7-10, 3.54)

2016 Gamelogs / 2016 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2016 (7-10) 152.1 149 68 60 41 119 16 3.54
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 4-2 47.0 43 17 14 12 44 4 2.68 59
2016-09-01 CHW W 5.0 11 2 2 2 6 1 102 41
2016-08-27 @TOR ND 6.2 5 6 6 5 4 1 111 39
2016-08-21 @KCR L 7.0 4 2 1 1 10 0 116 72
2016-08-16 @ATL W 7.0 4 0 0 2 6 0 107 73
2016-08-05 @TBR W 6.1 6 2 2 0 8 1 108 61
2016-07-31 CHW W 6.0 6 3 1 2 5 0 97 55
2016-07-26 ATL L 9.0 7 2 2 0 5 1 97 70
Last 5 v.KCR 0-3 31.2 26 14 13 11 32 2 3.69 57
2016-08-21 @KCR L 7.0 4 2 1 1 10 0 116 72
2016-05-24 KCR L 3.2 9 6 6 2 4 1 82 21
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

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

Royals Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.62 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 54.Santana
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 8/.250 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 302/232 .229/.264/.296/.560 .634/.537 .515 5/.400 16/4 0/2
9.Butera G/S/vP 12/.500 ··· 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 15/.762 ··· 4/1.417 1/.000 ··· ··· 8/1.375 1/2.000 5/.400 ··· 429/332 .287/.336/.409/.744 1.010/.668 .759 85/.809 13/5 9/3
7.Cruz G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/3 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 / 0/0 0/0
19.Cuthbert G/S/vP 5/.400 ··· 3/1.167 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 2/.000 4/.500 1/.000 427/321 .288/.326/.430/.756 .887/.713 .711 110/.666 1/0 10/14
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 11/.744 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· 272/244 .254/.323/.363/.686 .986/.652 .647 60/.724 26/7 1/1
2.Escobar G/S/vP 33/.677 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 14/1.412 3/.000 3/1.333 1/.000 593/454 .269/.298/.352/.650 .545/.683 .610 103/.950 14/4 5/13
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 42/.742 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 3/.000 9/1.699 2/1.000 2/3.000 1/3.000 418/288 .225/.323/.385/.708 .700/.711 .722 100/.958 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 24/1.195 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 8/.821 5/.000 3/.333 ··· 576/398 .273/.337/.442/.779 .695/.817 .782 112/.789 5/3 21/6
15.Merrifield G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 230/177 .271/.304/.376/.680 .868/.624 .602 10/.550 5/2 2/3
27.Mondesi# G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 123/86 .182/.231/.273/.503 .498/.504 .572 78/.481 7/1 1/4
25.Morales# G/S/vP 16/.670 1/.000 2/no AB 1/.000 1/no AB 2/2.000 4/.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 517/361 .252/.321/.442/.763 .853/.723 .724 95/.899 0/0 23/0
16.Orlando G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/1.334 4/.250 ··· 396/274 .305/.331/.404/.735 .838/.689 .670 92/.550 11/2 4/4
13.Perez G/S/vP 5/1.400 ··· 1/.000 2/2.000 1/2.000 2/.000 10/.700 3/1.667 3/.666 ··· 479/343 .256/.296/.456/.752 .786/.738 .670 93/.730 0/0 20/4
IP 152.1 27.0 12.2 45.2 10.2 19.0 68.2 51.2 63.2 5.1 TOTAL .262/.313/.400/.714 .761/.697 .682 .740 94/30 123/76
ERA-K/9 3.54/7.0 5.33/9.0 7.82/5.7 2.17/6.1 11.81/9.3 2.84/8.1 3.80/8.0 3.83/8.7 4.95/10.0 3.38/6.8 5.21/7.4

 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 629/.256 117/.264 65/.365 182/.250 59/.333 78/.227 300/.269 225/.267 278/.273 26/.333 .288  Dyson
 Orlando
 Gordon
 Burns
 Cain
 Merrifield
 Morales
 Gore
19/40/21/8
0/30/72/6
103/0/0/6
3/73/4/4
0/72/28/3
12/0/1/2
0/0/5/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .699 .709 .938 .650 1.083 .649 .734 .723 .818 1.091 .819
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 308/.653 46/.594 27/1.082 74/.595 15/.582 19/.111 126/.670 76/.581 101/1.060 13/1.056 .776
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 321/.744 71/.788 38/.845 108/.687 44/1.234 59/.811 174/.774 149/.794 177/.685 13/1.128 .847
Home 345/.677 71/.710 49/.789 110/.757 35/1.095 30/.412 140/.687 133/.762 164/.801 12/1.117
Last 28d days 108/.692 20/.929 57/.885 36/.686 41/.845 46/.584 52/.954 53/.866 36/1.132 26/1.091
HR/SB/CS 16/2/1 3/4/0 0/1/0 4/0/0 3/1/0 2/1/0 7/2/0 6/1/1 11/13/1 1/0/0 195/66/17
Usage ····X··· ·Xo····· o··X·X·· ·X··o··X X·XX··X· ·Xoo·X·· ·o··X··o oX··X·X· ········ o··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 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		 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 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 238/159 .222/.272/.389/.661 .650/.666 .761 20/1.708 9/1 4/2
37.Centeno* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB 164/122 .253/.294/.364/.658 .519/.706 .473 41/.531 0/0 2/5
2.Dozier G/S/vP 15/1.471 ··· 16/1.018 1/.000 6/1.000 3/.333 1/5.000 7/.714 1/.000 20/.466 591/461 .279/.350/.576/.926 1.055/.890 .928 117/1.259 13/2 38/7
5.Escobar# G/S/vP 6/.666 3/.666 9/.333 2/.000 8/.125 2/1.000 ··· 7/.143 ··· 14/.408 306/221 .260/.293/.374/.666 .687/.659 .778 54/.652 1/2 5/9
36.Grossman# G/S/vP 7/1.286 2/2.500 3/.000 3/1.167 2/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 4/.833 319/206 .269/.386/.437/.822 .995/.724 .890 56/.797 1/3 9/6
26.Kepler* G/S/vP 7/.762 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/1.000 369/257 .244/.321/.460/.781 .606/.856 .758 102/.558 5/0 16/6
7.Mauer* G/S/vP 14/.891 1/2.000 22/.955 3/.667 9/.944 2/1.000 1/.000 16/1.268 2/.500 23/.534 543/423 .273/.372/.401/.773 .648/.810 .749 86/.681 2/0 10/2
12.Murphy G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 48/42 .136/.174/.227/.401 .533/.381 .588 4/2.250 0/0 1/1
24.Plouffe G/S/vP 6/.500 1/.000 8/.821 3/.333 10/1.056 1/2.000 1/.000 9/.000 1/.000 17/.521 341/255 .256/.300/.408/.708 .781/.685 .720 102/.779 1/0 11/7
11.Polanco# G/S/vP 6/.666 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 2/2.000 ··· 2/.000 172/129 .295/.341/.429/.771 .872/.737 .650 96/.694 3/2 1/9
20.Rosario* G/S/vP 7/1.571 1/2.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/.333 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 8/.625 329/253 .267/.294/.412/.705 .569/.744 .566 94/.617 5/1 8/4
22.Sano G/S/vP 9/.555 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.666 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 5/.000 437/346 .239/.325/.460/.785 .806/.779 .750 86/.618 1/0 22/17
32.Schafer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· 17/13 .375/.412/.500/.912 1.250/.801 1.143 17/.912 0/0 0/0
8.Suzuki G/S/vP 17/.765 1/.000 7/.715 1/.000 8/.125 1/.000 1/.000 14/1.121 ··· 15/.867 330/229 .281/.322/.425/.747 .783/.731 .736 52/.683 0/0 6/4
IP 106.0 15.1 35.1 44.2 62.0 35.2 8.1 59.1 15.2 82.0 TOTAL .258/.322/.430/.751 .762/.748 .756 .752 82/26 169/106
ERA-K/9 4.33/7.1 4.11/7.1 2.04/8.9 2.42/7.0 1.74/11.0 3.53/7.3 9.72/11.9 3.94/9.1 0.57/12.0 6.04/9.4 4.03/8.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Centeno (14-3-4)
 Murphy (4-2-2)
 Suzuki (48-12-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 464/.287 64/.293 142/.194 177/.192 237/.200 155/.269 38/.343 260/.265 56/.120 372/.287 .254  Rosario
 Kepler
 Grossman
 Buxton
 Schafer
 Sano
 Escobar
50/37/1/9
0/4/88/8
66/1/0/3
0/68/0/2
1/3/2/2
0/0/38/0
1/0/0/0
OPS .799 .740 .505 .578 .540 .696 1.140 .795 .316 .937 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 231/.815 26/.721 70/.430 67/.581 118/.523 48/.997 20/1.139 129/.683 22/.523 180/1.171 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 233/.783 38/.754 72/.581 110/.576 119/.556 107/.567 18/1.139 131/.911 34/.180 192/.736 .729
Road 189/.820 34/.866 59/.463 87/.669 109/.527 72/.630 17/1.086 128/.763 35/.385 164/1.120
Last 28d days 108/.659 8/.536 7/.929 36/.378 38/.316 34/.703 14/.857 51/.618 40/.286 46/.775
HR/SB/CS 19/2/4 1/0/0 0/1/1 4/0/0 4/0/1 3/0/0 5/0/1 9/1/2 0/0/1 26/10/2 176/39/37
Usage ···o···X o····X·· ··oX···· X····oXo ··X··o·X oo·o·ooo X·o··X·· ·XX···X· ·····XX· ·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  5.49

LAD  4.53

PHI  3.69

 RA/G

CHC  3.37

DET  4.47

ARI  5.66

 BA

J. Altuve  .346

J. Mauer  .273

T. Frazier  .218

 OBP

M. Trout  .443

I. Kinsler  .340

F. Galvis  .270

 SLG

D. Ortiz  .625

W. Myers  .458

A. Hechavarria  .317

 OPS

D. Ortiz  1.030

B. Posey  .805

A. Ramirez  .605

 ERA

K. Hendricks  2.07

T. Koehler  3.87

J. Shields  6.07

 K/9IP

J. Fernandez  12.58

D. Keuchel  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.