Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, September 7, 2018 Matchups, Preview

Date
Friday, September 7, 2018
Start Time
7:10ct (local), 8:10et
Venue
Target Field
Series
Game #1 of a 3-game series
Average Temp
74° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Thursday, 06 Sep 2018

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Kansas City Royals
Record 46-93
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 140
On This Date 24-17
Standing 5th (33.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 10-10
Last 30 12-18
Home 25-45
Away 21-48
Extra Innings 3-6
vs. RHP 31-66
vs. LHP 15-27
1-Run Games 14-25
vs. East 9-24
vs. Central 26-32
vs. West 7-26
Inter-League 4-11

KCR Last 10 Games

Heath Fillmyer (#49, 24, RHP, 2-1, 4.01)

Minnesota Twins

Team Summary
Team Page 2018 Minnesota Twins
Record 63-76
Manager Paul Molitor
Game # 140
On This Date 72-48
Standing 2nd (16.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 2-8
Last 20 7-13
Last 30 12-18
Home 39-29
Away 24-47
Extra Innings 5-7
vs. RHP 46-52
vs. LHP 17-24
1-Run Games 13-19
vs. East 16-15
vs. Central 30-29
vs. West 9-20
Inter-League 8-12

MIN Last 10 Games

Stephen Gonsalves (#59, 23, LHP, 0-2, 9.90)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Mon, May 28, 2018MIN8@KCR5
Tue, May 29, 2018KCR2 MIN1(14)
Wed, May 30, 2018KCR11 MIN8
Mon, Jul 09, 2018MIN3 KCR1
Tue, Jul 10, 2018KCR9@MIN4
Wed, Jul 11, 2018MIN8 KCR5
Fri, Jul 20, 2018KCR6 MIN5
Sat, Jul 21, 2018KCR4 MIN2
Sun, Jul 22, 2018KCR5 MIN3
Fri, Aug 03, 2018MIN6 KCR4
Sat, Aug 04, 2018MIN8 KCR2
Sun, Aug 05, 2018MIN6 KCR5
DateAwayHomeTime
Fri, Sep 07, 2018KCR@MIN8:10pm
Sat, Sep 08, 2018KCR@MIN7:10pm
Sun, Sep 09, 2018KCR@MIN2:10pm
Thu, Sep 13, 2018MIN@KCR8:15pm
Fri, Sep 14, 2018MIN@KCR8:15pm
Sat, Sep 15, 2018MIN@KCR7:15pm
Sun, Sep 16, 2018MIN@KCR2:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

KCR Batters vs MIN Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
MIN Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.90 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.81 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.90 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 38. Belisle 67. Busenitz 27. Curtiss 61. De Jong 32. Drake 21. Duffey 59. Gonsalves* 39. Hildenberger 52. Littell 68. Magill 43. Reed 55. Rogers* 53. Stewart 62. Vasquez*
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
38. Bonifacio G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.500 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ···
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 2/.000 ··· ···
2. Escobar G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/1.000 4/1.167 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 12/1.219 ··· 5/1.250 ··· 2/1.000 10/.522 7/1.000 ··· ···
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ···
25. Goodwin* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 7/1.262 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 10/.800 15/.481 ··· ···
7. Herrera# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 4/.250 ··· ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 5/.200 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 7/1.000 ··· 11/1.182 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ···
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 5/.650 ··· ···
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.715 4/.750 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 14/1.012 ··· 5/.200 ··· 2/.000 12/.350 7/.929 ··· ···
14. Phillips* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ···
72. Viloria* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
38. Bonifacio G ·  S ·  vP 194 .233 .311 .360 .671 136 .696 58 .604 .559 67 .745 0 0 2 1
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 311 .235 .286 .401 .688 210 .688 101 .680 .686 77 .880 1 2 9 7
2. Escobar G ·  S ·  vP 474 .219 .269 .300 .569 345 .541 129 .645 .570 61 .859 8 1 4 10
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 41 .211 .250 .342 .592 29 .620 12 .523 .409 16 .695 0 0 1 1
25. Goodwin* G ·  S ·  vP 116 .253 .348 .404 .752 98 .774 18 .578 .795 20 .644 3 2 4 2
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 476 .239 .317 .359 .676 344 .776 132 .419 .757 101 .683 9 2 11 2
7. Herrera# G ·  S ·  vP 240 .225 .272 .297 .569 157 .613 83 .484 .534 68 .395 2 5 1 0
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 598 .304 .369 .437 .806 425 .747 173 .945 .816 106 .897 30 8 11 6
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 184 .267 .291 .443 .734 124 .735 60 .732 .684 61 .815 18 4 6 6
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 98 .264 .347 .644 .991 72 1.311 26 .192 .946 75 1.123 0 0 9 1
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 464 .235 .274 .438 .711 339 .697 125 .751 .706 70 .801 1 1 23 0
14. Phillips* G ·  S ·  vP 122 .198 .262 .342 .605 83 .698 39 .402 .445 61 .520 1 1 2 0
72. Viloria* G ·  S ·  vP 7 .167 .286 .333 .619 6 .500 1 .000 7 .619 0 0 0 0
TOTAL .244 .304 .386 .690 .707 .650 .668 .773 82 30 131 64

MIN Pitchers

MIN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
59. Gonsalves* G ·  S ·  vP ······X·····X· 10.0 9.90 4.5 58 .404 1.156 44 1.145 14 1.179 1.211 58 1.156 2 0 1
38. Belisle G ·  S ·  vP ·X··o········· 31.1 8.62 6.9 148 .338 .958 81 .992 67 .917 .990 7 1.464 6 3 0
17. Berrios G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 167.2 3.92 9.2 694 .228 .688 327 .671 367 .703 .578 80 .958 24 5 3
67. Busenitz G ·  S ·  vP ····oX·X·X··X· 22.2 4.76 9.1 105 .301 .876 64 .864 41 .894 .692 40 .705 5 3 0
27. Curtiss G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ 1.2 21.60 16.2 11 .444 1.323 9 1.431 2 .500 1.417 5 1.200 0 2 0
61. De Jong G ·  S ·  vP ·············· .0 .00 .0
32. Drake G ·  S ·  vP ·oX··X·X·X···X 42.0 6.00 9.4 187 .284 .799 102 .734 85 .875 .683 48 .643 4 1 1
21. Duffey G ·  S ·  vP ··o·X········· 18.1 7.85 6.9 81 .256 .835 37 .676 44 .972 .669 31 .775 6 0 0
44. Gibson G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 171.0 3.74 8.3 718 .239 .697 365 .703 353 .691 .738 134 .807 20 3 3
39. Hildenberger G ·  S ·  vP ······X·o··o·· 64.2 4.31 8.2 274 .246 .777 170 .774 104 .782 .771 35 .694 11 10 0
52. Littell G ·  S ·  vP ····X········· 7.1 11.05 6.1 44 .382 1.287 23 1.345 21 1.230 1.326 20 1.215 2 0 0
68. Magill G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X····X·· 49.0 3.86 8.4 212 .266 .816 114 .796 98 .837 .990 41 1.086 10 5 2
65. May G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X·X···X· 15.1 4.11 12.9 65 .250 .664 35 .884 30 .412 .577 49 .678 2 3 1
58. Moya* G ·  S ·  vP ····X·oo·o··X· 27.2 5.20 8.8 119 .239 .725 71 .832 48 .557 .616 51 .782 5 1 0
12. Odorizzi G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 147.2 4.57 9.0 642 .248 .763 351 .751 291 .777 .784 115 .619 20 10 2
43. Reed G ·  S ·  vP ····Xo·······X 52.2 4.78 6.8 227 .299 .866 133 .759 94 1.027 .931 39 .929 11 2 1
55. Rogers* G ·  S ·  vP ·o····o·X··o·· 57.2 3.12 10.0 225 .228 .602 126 .731 99 .441 .507 36 .400 3 1 2
53. Stewart G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 21.1 5.06 5.9 100 .307 .822 47 .879 53 .773 .998 100 .822 1 1 0
62. Vasquez* G ·  S ·  vP ·o···X········ 1.0 .00 .0 6 .200 .533 1 .000 5 .650 6 .533 0 0 0
TOTAL 4.63 8.6 .261 .769 .752 .836 182 75 25
MIN Batters vs KCR Pitchers
MIN Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Twins Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.27 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Twins Batters (4.37 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.27 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 49. Fillmyer 33. Flynn* 39. Hammel 54. Hill* Lively 37. Maurer 61. McCarthy 68. Newberry 43. Peralta 53. Skoglund* 64. Smith 57. Sparkman 51. Vasto*
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
16. Adrianza# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.000 4/.500 ··· 3/.000 2/.500 1/5.000 ··· ···
64. Astudillo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
31. Austin G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/5.000 2/1.000 ··· ···
60. Cave* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/2.000 4/.250 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/1.500 3/1.000 ···
51. Field G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ···
24. Forsythe G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 2/1.500 ···
23. Garver G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 4/.250 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/2.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/ ··· ···
46. Gimenez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/ ··· ··· ···
36. Grossman# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 7/.453 12/1.117 2/1.000 ··· 5/1.600 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ···
26. Kepler* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 8/.375 13/1.859 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/1.881 2/.500 ···
7. Mauer* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 9/.730 28/.815 3/1.334 ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 10/.786 2/2.000 5/1.200 2/.500 ···
40. Petit G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 11/.473 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Polanco# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 8/.625 12/1.117 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 2/1.500 1/.000 5/.200 2/2.000 ···
20. Rosario* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 7/1.071 11/.855 5/.000 ··· 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 7/1.629 2/.500 ···
22. Sano G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 6/.833 8/1.786 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/1.000 ··· 3/.666 ··· 6/.733 1/.000 ···

MIN Batters

MIN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
16. Adrianza# G ·  S ·  vP 298 .244 .299 .373 .672 204 .669 94 .679 .654 52 .590 4 1 6 6
64. Astudillo G ·  S ·  vP 34 .273 .294 .515 .809 19 .763 15 .867 .393 15 1.048 0 0 2 2
31. Austin G ·  S ·  vP 210 .230 .290 .503 .793 123 .747 87 .861 .894 78 .865 1 2 15 1
60. Cave* G ·  S ·  vP 218 .261 .310 .487 .798 170 .841 48 .643 .991 78 .826 1 0 10 4
51. Field G ·  S ·  vP 205 .192 .230 .332 .562 123 .523 82 .621 .550 21 .048 4 0 6 1
24. Forsythe G ·  S ·  vP 338 .241 .317 .310 .627 205 .689 133 .530 .564 95 .665 3 0 2 10
23. Garver G ·  S ·  vP 313 .263 .333 .413 .746 214 .820 99 .586 .685 63 .758 0 0 7 4
46. Gimenez G ·  S ·  vP 39 .147 .231 .235 .466 36 .472 3 .333 .397 7 .952 1 0 1 2
36. Grossman# G ·  S ·  vP 367 .261 .345 .368 .713 241 .657 126 .820 .681 50 .819 0 1 4 3
26. Kepler* G ·  S ·  vP 529 .226 .318 .416 .734 374 .713 155 .784 .860 85 .707 3 5 18 1
7. Mauer* G ·  S ·  vP 454 .276 .347 .374 .721 336 .702 118 .775 .785 89 .801 0 0 5 3
40. Petit G ·  S ·  vP 31 .296 .387 .296 .683 28 .762 3 .000 .730 1 .000 1 1 0 2
11. Polanco# G ·  S ·  vP 232 .273 .332 .411 .743 153 .856 79 .534 .732 89 .716 4 3 4 10
20. Rosario* G ·  S ·  vP 560 .292 .329 .484 .813 383 .862 177 .709 .841 66 .679 8 2 22 8
22. Sano G ·  S ·  vP 295 .202 .285 .405 .689 217 .703 78 .652 .772 86 .646 0 0 13 10
TOTAL .244 .313 .403 .717 .732 .679 .761 .728 39 21 148 84

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
49. Fillmyer G ·  S ·  vP ·····X······X· 58.1 4.01 5.6 246 .256 .723 112 .878 134 .585 .953 92 .876 8 2 0
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 155.0 4.88 8.2 692 .264 .767 570 .790 122 .661 .735 80 .787 23 5 2
33. Flynn* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·o····o····X 68.2 3.80 5.6 301 .286 .775 206 .762 95 .802 .786 50 .556 4 1 0
39. Hammel G ·  S ·  vP ··o··o··o···X· 122.0 5.98 6.6 558 .310 .848 297 .952 261 .729 .804 42 .752 16 6 4
54. Hill* G ·  S ·  vP ···oo·······o· 39.0 4.62 8.5 169 .258 .721 103 .802 66 .590 .766 24 .426 4 3 0
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 154.0 4.32 8.5 659 .256 .762 334 .741 325 .783 .763 129 .552 27 7 4
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X······X 120.1 3.14 6.1 501 .256 .672 266 .621 235 .731 .732 130 .691 7 7 4
Lively G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 23.2 6.85 8.4 115 .337 .953 52 .800 63 1.081 .847 4 2 1
52. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 40.1 4.24 7.4 175 .257 .724 76 .727 99 .722 .615 90 .775 3 2 1
37. Maurer G ·  S ·  vP ··X········X·X 26.0 8.65 8.0 134 .336 1.036 62 1.026 72 1.044 .809 38 .888 6 0 2
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP ····o·o····o·o 59.0 3.36 5.5 239 .260 .702 156 .624 83 .855 .898 41 .716 6 1 3
68. Newberry G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X·····XX· 7.2 3.52 7.0 33 .276 .846 13 1.058 20 .694 .825 33 .846 2 0 0
43. Peralta G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····X 23.0 3.91 9.4 98 .213 .726 45 .808 53 .640 .679 31 1.142 3 0 0
53. Skoglund* G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 49.2 6.70 7.1 217 .278 .871 176 .841 41 1.013 .876 10 3 1
64. Smith G ·  S ·  vP ··X········X·· 72.2 6.69 8.9 330 .289 .868 174 .783 156 .960 .832 58 .774 14 4 1
57. Sparkman G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 24.0 5.25 8.2 113 .306 .882 61 .890 52 .869 .985 39 .925 3 0 1
51. Vasto* G ·  S ·  vP ··o··········· 1.2 16.20 10.8 9 .375 1.194 7 1.571 2 .000 .000 3 .000 0 1 0
TOTAL 5.11 7.4 .276 .798 .813 .750 181 50 27

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