Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, at Kauffman Stadium, June 23, 2019 Matchups, Preview

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Date
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Start Time
1:15ct (local), 2:15et
Venue
Kauffman Stadium
Series
Game #4 of a 4-game series
Average Temp
87° (based on last ten years)
All Stats Thru
Saturday, 22 Jun 2019

Minnesota Twins

Team Summary
Team Page 2019 Minnesota Twins
Record 50-26
Manager Rocco Baldelli
Game # 77
On This Date 55-60
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 20-10
Home 24-13
Away 26-13
Extra Innings 3-1
vs. RHP 39-19
vs. LHP 11-7
1-Run Games 13-5
vs. East 15-8
vs. Central 18-8
vs. West 14-6
Inter-League 3-4

MIN Last 10 Games

Michael Pineda (#35, 30, RHP, 4-3, 4.76)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2019 Kansas City Royals
Record 26-51
Manager Ned Yost
Game # 78
On This Date 24-21
Standing 5th (24.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 7-13
Last 30 10-20
Home 15-25
Away 11-26
Extra Innings 2-5
vs. RHP 18-36
vs. LHP 8-15
1-Run Games 5-15
vs. East 5-12
vs. Central 12-20
vs. West 7-16
Inter-League 2-3

KCR Last 10 Games

Homer Bailey (#21, 33, RHP, 6-6, 4.82)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Tue, Apr 02, 2019MIN5@KCR4(10)
Wed, Apr 03, 2019MIN7@KCR6
Fri, Jun 14, 2019MIN2 KCR0
Sat, Jun 15, 2019MIN5 KCR4
Sun, Jun 16, 2019KCR8@MIN6
Thu, Jun 20, 2019KCR4 MIN1
Fri, Jun 21, 2019MIN8@KCR7
Sat, Jun 22, 2019MIN5@KCR3(10)
DateAwayHomeTime
Sun, Jun 23, 2019MIN@KCR2:15pm
Fri, Aug 02, 2019KCR@MIN8:10pm
Sat, Aug 03, 2019KCR@MIN7:10pm
Sun, Aug 04, 2019KCR@MIN2:10pm
Thu, Sep 19, 2019KCR@MIN7:40pm
Fri, Sep 20, 2019KCR@MIN8:10pm
Sat, Sep 21, 2019KCR@MIN7:10pm
Sun, Sep 22, 2019KCR@MIN2:10pm
Fri, Sep 27, 2019MIN@KCR8:15pm
Sat, Sep 28, 2019MIN@KCR7:15pm
Sun, Sep 29, 2019MIN@KCR3:15pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

Twins Batters (5.78 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.08 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Twins Batters (5.78 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 21. Bailey 58. Barlow 26. Boxberger 40. Diekman* 33. Flynn* 31. Kennedy 28. Lopez 61. McCarthy 43. Peralta
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
2. Arraez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000
64. Astudillo G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 1/3.000 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/.666 3/.666 3/.666 2/.000
15. Castro* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/ ··· 2/.500 3/.000 2/.000 10/.543 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167
60. Cave* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 7/.453 6/.334 1/.000 4/.500
24. Cron G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 8/1.250 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.666
23. Cruz G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 2/1.000 10/2.144 14/.729 2/.000 12/.250 2/2.500 ··· 10/.586
18. Garver G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 2/1.000 1/.000 4/2.417 4/.250 2/.000 3/.000 4/.000 1/
26. Kepler* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.000 3/.666 2/1.000 5/1.100 9/.333 23/.835 6/.533 7/.286 4/.250
11. Polanco# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 1/2.000 3/1.167 3/.000 9/.555 16/.625 8/.000 4/.000 5/.600
20. Rosario* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 3/.000 2/.000 3/.000 9/1.292 28/.877 6/.666 3/.666 8/1.250
22. Sano G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/2.667 6/.833 16/.558 3/.666 4/1.000 4/.500
16. Schoop G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 1/.000 10/.856 3/1.167 1/2.000 8/.750 1/2.000 1/3.000 ···

MIN Batters

MIN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
2. Arraez* G ·  S ·  vP 44 .371 .477 .514 .992 30 .993 14 .971 1.029 21 .888 1 0 1 1
64. Astudillo G ·  S ·  vP 134 .256 .276 .376 .652 96 .681 38 .577 .600 40 .591 0 0 3 3
15. Castro* G ·  S ·  vP 129 .239 .333 .504 .838 109 .882 20 .585 .934 40 .651 0 0 8 1
60. Cave* G ·  S ·  vP 70 .186 .314 .271 .585 56 .477 14 .973 .580 21 .516 0 0 1 1
24. Cron G ·  S ·  vP 284 .285 .349 .547 .895 208 .816 76 1.114 1.018 91 .928 0 0 17 6
23. Cruz G ·  S ·  vP 216 .271 .361 .543 .904 160 .850 56 1.067 .892 72 .988 0 0 13
18. Garver G ·  S ·  vP 144 .294 .382 .627 1.009 96 .948 48 1.133 1.227 53 .746 0 0 11 3
26. Kepler* G ·  S ·  vP 308 .271 .351 .550 .901 228 .929 80 .825 .830 101 .925 1 4 19 0
11. Polanco# G ·  S ·  vP 330 .324 .383 .544 .927 241 1.008 89 .719 1.031 107 .775 2 3 11 9
20. Rosario* G ·  S ·  vP 313 .269 .300 .512 .812 232 .822 81 .780 .878 101 .669 3 1 19 1
22. Sano G ·  S ·  vP 116 .216 .302 .549 .851 77 .806 39 .936 .945 79 .734 0 0 9 5
16. Schoop G ·  S ·  vP 260 .259 .308 .469 .777 205 .790 55 .711 .914 78 .633 1 0 12 6
TOTAL .271 .338 .503 .841 .830 .873 .874 .804 19 11 146 48

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
21. Bailey G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 74.2 4.82 8.1 323 .255 .710 162 .778 161 .641 .700 115 .585 8 2 2
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ·o····oo···o·X 34.0 5.82 12.7 154 .254 .784 95 .722 59 .887 .873 44 .937 4 5 0
26. Boxberger G ·  S ·  vP ······oo··o··· 26.0 5.54 9.0 118 .240 .747 58 .852 60 .647 .778 29 .545 3 3 1
40. Diekman* G ·  S ·  vP ·Xo··XX·X·X··· 31.0 5.23 13.6 137 .196 .675 91 .741 46 .542 .638 48 1.116 3 1 0
41. Duffy* G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 62.1 4.48 7.2 265 .256 .769 191 .730 74 .873 .752 119 .809 9 0 1
33. Flynn* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·X········ 13.2 1.32 7.9 55 .234 .646 29 .849 26 .439 .657 55 .646 1 2 1
65. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 88.2 5.18 8.5 394 .272 .816 203 .757 191 .878 .769 122 .810 16 7 0
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 97.0 4.45 6.3 423 .243 .710 209 .705 214 .714 .605 136 .710 6 1 2
31. Kennedy G ·  S ·  vP o·o··XX··o·o·· 31.0 3.48 11.0 131 .266 .663 71 .595 60 .744 .553 36 .516 2 1 0
28. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ·X··o·X··o···· 64.1 6.44 8.8 288 .288 .891 155 .806 133 .988 .974 53 .802 15 1 1
61. McCarthy G ·  S ·  vP ····o····X···X 16.2 5.94 3.2 81 .338 .883 50 .908 31 .836 .900 40 .721 1 0 0
43. Peralta G ·  S ·  vP Xo····oo·X···· 33.0 4.64 6.0 139 .270 .761 78 .713 61 .819 .819 37 .540 3 2 1
57. Sparkman G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 49.2 3.62 4.9 212 .255 .710 113 .597 99 .840 .645 105 .720 7 0 0
TOTAL 5.00 7.9 .264 .777 .763 .734 93 27 9

Royals Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.33 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.25 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 35. Pineda 21. Duffey 19. Harper 52. Littell 68. Magill 65. May 51. Morin 38. Parker 55. Rogers*
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
2. Arteaga G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· 1/
19. Cuthbert G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.286 9/.778 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 5/.400
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/1.500 ··· 1/.000 7/.572
9. Duda* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.450 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.833 2/.000
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000
4. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP 26/.542 7/1.262 ··· 2/1.500 3/.667 13/.685 5/.000 4/.750 21/.675
Gore G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
6. Hamilton# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 2/1.000 1/4.000 3/.000
1. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000
16. Maldonado G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 2/1.000 1/3.000 2/.000 6/.533
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.400 8/1.125 1/.000 3/.333 4/.500 6/.733 1/ 4/.000 7/.453
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.533 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 4/.250

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
2. Arteaga G ·  S ·  vP 11 .125 .222 .125 .347 7 .533 4 .000 .347 11 .347 0 0 0 0
19. Cuthbert G ·  S ·  vP 83 .300 .325 .513 .838 59 .751 24 1.042 .952 83 .838 1 0 4 3
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 225 .307 .396 .573 .968 165 1.092 60 .627 .872 23 .648 1 1 11 2
9. Duda* G ·  S ·  vP 77 .152 .247 .258 .504 58 .602 19 .217 .801 21 .195 0 0 2 0
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 83 .173 .232 .200 .432 61 .375 22 .596 .352 27 .667 0 0 0 0
4. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 309 .260 .341 .446 .787 212 .813 97 .726 .849 95 .604 4 0 10 1
Gore G ·  S ·  vP 53 .271 .340 .333 .673 30 .414 23 1.022 .720 22 .485 12 5 0 1
6. Hamilton# G ·  S ·  vP 235 .221 .297 .274 .571 149 .589 86 .539 .522 84 .527 14 4 0 0
1. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 145 .241 .283 .321 .604 101 .506 44 .836 .698 93 .566 1 0 1 2
16. Maldonado G ·  S ·  vP 212 .216 .289 .311 .600 148 .661 64 .465 .584 66 .623 0 0 3 2
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 348 .299 .348 .498 .846 241 .862 107 .810 .756 112 .811 11 6 10 4
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 316 .245 .310 .524 .835 224 .893 92 .692 .818 101 .911 0 1 21 1
TOTAL .244 .308 .402 .710 .729 .666 .710 .663 76 22 77 29

MIN Pitchers

MIN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
35. Pineda G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 75.2 4.76 7.4 311 .263 .759 188 .842 123 .639 .779 86 .534 14 3 1
17. Berrios G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 104.2 2.84 8.3 424 .232 .653 214 .662 210 .644 .649 133 .550 12 9 1
21. Duffey G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X·····Xo·X 22.2 1.99 12.7 100 .217 .653 52 .636 48 .671 .670 39 .587 4 0 0
44. Gibson G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 79.2 4.18 9.0 336 .254 .715 160 .671 176 .756 .838 98 .679 11 2 3
19. Harper G ·  S ·  vP ·X·oo··o·o·X·· 30.2 2.35 8.8 124 .216 .603 66 .588 58 .620 .675 42 .872 4 0 0
52. Littell G ·  S ·  vP ····X········· 8.1 8.64 7.6 37 .333 .879 23 .891 14 .857 1.251 31 1.053 1 1 0
68. Magill G ·  S ·  vP ····X·X··X·o·· 21.0 5.57 11.1 101 .282 .862 58 .976 43 .712 1.067 53 1.109 2 0 0
65. May G ·  S ·  vP X···o··X··XX·· 26.1 3.42 8.9 116 .206 .587 64 .630 52 .535 .539 33 .495 1 4 0
51. Morin G ·  S ·  vP ····o·X··oo··X 16.1 1.65 5.0 68 .231 .649 38 .914 30 .333 .573 36 .776 2 0 0
12. Odorizzi G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 80.1 2.58 9.7 320 .211 .579 176 .490 144 .685 .626 91 .728 6 1 1
38. Parker G ·  S ·  vP o···XX·X··o··· 26.1 4.10 7.5 111 .224 .745 63 .811 48 .641 .741 46 1.108 6 0 0
33. Perez* G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 82.0 4.28 8.3 360 .252 .698 286 .715 74 .636 .741 115 .749 7 6 2
55. Rogers* G ·  S ·  vP XX··o··Xo····· 34.0 2.12 11.1 142 .238 .667 101 .678 41 .639 .705 52 .652 4 0 0
TOTAL 3.94 8.6 .247 .711 .756 .734 89 33 9

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