Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, May 29, 2021 Matchups, Preview

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Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Kansas City Royals
Record 24-25
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 50
On This Date 21-24
Standing 3rd (5.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 12-18
Home 12-13
Away 12-12
Extra Innings 1-1
vs. RHP 16-18
vs. LHP 8-7
1-Run Games 8-6
vs. East 5-5
vs. Central 12-17
vs. West 4-2
Inter-League 3-1

KCR Last 10 Games

Ervin Santana (#54, 38, RHP, 0-0, 2.20)

Minnesota Twins

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Minnesota Twins
Record 20-30
Manager Rocco Baldelli
Game # 51
On This Date 46-59
Standing 4th (9.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 13-17
Home 11-16
Away 9-14
Extra Innings 1-8
vs. RHP 14-19
vs. LHP 6-11
1-Run Games 6-9
vs. East 4-3
vs. Central 9-12
vs. West 4-12
Inter-League 3-3

MIN Last 10 Games

J.A. Happ (#33, 38, LHP, 2-2, 5.44)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, Apr 30, 2021@MIN9 KCR1
Sat, May 01, 2021 KCR11@MIN3
Sun, May 02, 2021@MIN13 KCR4
Fri, May 28, 2021 KCR8@MIN3
DateAwayHomeTime
Sat, May 29, 2021KCR@MIN2:10pm
Sun, May 30, 2021KCR@MIN2:10pm
Thu, Jun 03, 2021MIN@KCR8:10pm
Fri, Jun 04, 2021MIN@KCR8:10pm
Sat, Jun 05, 2021MIN@KCR4:10pm
Sun, Jun 06, 2021MIN@KCR2:10pm
Fri, Jul 02, 2021MIN@KCR8:10pm
Sat, Jul 03, 2021MIN@KCR4:10pm
Sun, Jul 04, 2021MIN@KCR2:10pm
Fri, Sep 10, 2021KCR@MIN8:10pm
Sat, Sep 11, 2021KCR@MIN7:10pm
Sun, Sep 12, 2021KCR@MIN2:10pm
Fri, Oct 01, 2021MIN@KCR8:10pm
Sat, Oct 02, 2021MIN@KCR7:10pm
Sun, Oct 03, 2021MIN@KCR3:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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Royals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.08 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.08 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.08 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 33. Happ* 66. Alcala 48. Colome 21. Duffey 51. Farrell 57. Robles 55. Rogers* 61. Stashak 56. Thielbar*
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
49. Alberto G  ·   S  ·   vP 18/1.222 2/.000 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ···
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP 27/.389 ··· 8/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 3/.666 5/1.600 2/.500 1/.000
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.250 2/.000 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 10/.900 5/.000 1/3.000
1. Dyson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/1.000 2/.500 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.500 ··· 9/1.069
36. Gallagher G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.500 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.666 ··· ···
19. Gutierrez G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ···
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 4/.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 4/.000 2/.000 1/.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 15/.910 6/.167 7/.286 11/1.000 ··· 5/.400 10/.633 4/1.250 1/.000
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.000 3/1.334 11/.000 9/.333 1/.000 2/ 10/.856 2/1.000 ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 18/.889 2/.000 4/.500 15/.938 1/3.000 4/.000 8/.804 3/2.334 3/.666
41. Santana# G  ·   S  ·   vP 18/1.000 1/ 17/.181 28/.450 1/.000 3/1.167 18/.778 2/.000 11/.788
12. Soler G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.542 2/.000 9/.222 4/1.250 ··· 1/.000 5/.200 6/2.000 1/.000
2. Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.500 ··· 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 1/.000

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
49. Alberto G ·  S ·  vP 89 .259 .264 .365 .629 51 .660 38 .585 .559 38 .631 0 1 0 3
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 187 .284 .348 .385 .732 131 .821 56 .532 .929 97 .831 6 4 4 2
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 128 .144 .211 .339 .550 93 .534 35 .592 .420 55 .650 1 1 5 2
1. Dyson* G ·  S ·  vP 41 .222 .300 .361 .661 31 .587 10 .889 .372 27 .530 3 1 0 0
36. Gallagher G ·  S ·  vP 40 .171 .211 .229 .439 32 .493 8 .250 .490 26 .564 0 0 0 0
19. Gutierrez G ·  S ·  vP 42 .244 .262 .268 .530 30 .533 12 .523 .240 42 .530 0 0 0 2
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 156 .221 .311 .298 .609 118 .593 38 .660 .603 78 .556 5 0 0 4
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 212 .253 .321 .376 .697 151 .610 61 .912 .672 105 .664 14 1 4 4
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 15 .357 .357 .571 .929 10 1.111 5 .600 .929 15 .929 0 1 0 0
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 201 .277 .308 .476 .785 147 .855 54 .593 .721 99 .781 0 0 9 2
41. Santana# G ·  S ·  vP 207 .247 .377 .452 .829 149 .785 58 .934 .823 105 .786 2 0 10 2
12. Soler G ·  S ·  vP 194 .179 .258 .315 .573 145 .633 49 .396 .482 101 .479 0 0 4 1
2. Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 158 .253 .310 .384 .694 116 .694 42 .694 .599 74 .718 4 2 5 1
TOTAL .235 .301 .372 .673 .681 .652 .634 .666 36 11 44 28

MIN Pitchers

MIN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
33. Happ* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X·····X·· 41.1 5.44 6.5 176 .250 .763 148 .845 28 .332 .638 89 1.017 4 1 0
66. Alcala G ·  S ·  vP ····o·Xo·o·X·· 19.1 4.19 7.0 70 .177 .676 41 .406 29 1.095 .692 34 .752 5 2 0
17. Berrios G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····X 56.1 3.67 10.1 229 .233 .707 119 .506 110 .927 .781 127 .828 6 0 3
48. Colome G ·  S ·  vP ···oo·o··oX··o 18.0 5.00 10.5 84 .254 .808 45 .519 39 1.165 .839 37 .634 4 3 1
68. Dobnak G ·  S ·  vP X······X······ 26.1 6.49 6.5 115 .278 .751 64 .614 51 .927 .851 64 .691 4 0 1
21. Duffey G ·  S ·  vP ··o··oo·X·o·X· 18.1 4.91 8.8 80 .254 .751 44 .702 36 .808 .476 46 .820 2 0 0
51. Farrell G ·  S ·  vP X···X··X······ 5.0 .00 10.8 21 .263 .754 9 1.016 12 .583 1.000 16 .813 0 0 0
35. Pineda G ·  S ·  vP ··X··········· 44.2 2.62 9.5 176 .198 .646 83 .609 93 .679 .632 69 .715 9 0 3
57. Robles G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo·XX·o·X··X 21.2 3.32 9.6 90 .158 .539 46 .604 44 .467 .617 54 .663 1 4 0
55. Rogers* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·oo·X·X·o· 20.1 2.21 12.4 84 .260 .679 56 .629 28 .769 .683 49 .744 2 0 0
32. Shoemaker G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 46.0 5.48 5.5 204 .261 .815 99 .684 105 .940 .891 117 .835 10 5 0
61. Stashak G ·  S ·  vP X·······X·X··· 15.2 6.89 14.9 75 .258 .779 44 .489 31 1.204 .568 44 .679 2 0 0
56. Thielbar* G ·  S ·  vP ··Xo·X···o··X· 18.2 4.34 14.0 84 .280 .829 56 .695 28 1.085 .697 44 .733 3 1 0
TOTAL 4.62 8.7 .251 .765 .758 .818 70 18 8

Twins Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.59 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Twins Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.59 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 54. Santana 58. Barlow 59. Brentz* 71. Davis 43. Hernandez 35. Holland 24. Junis 45. Zimmer 53. Zuber
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
64. Astudillo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
23. Cruz G  ·   S  ·   vP 51/.779 4/.833 1/5.000 9/.611 ··· 8/.804 8/.250 4/1.167 5/1.400
20. Donaldson G  ·   S  ·   vP 24/1.101 1/3.000 1/.000 9/.476 ··· 9/1.158 9/.111 2/.000 ···
30. Garlick G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Garver G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 5/.933 1/.000 1/.000
1. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
26. Kepler* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 4/.500 ··· 2/.500 ··· 4/.500 21/.857 1/.000 2/.000
19. Kirilloff* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/5.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/5.000
24. Larnach* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ···
11. Polanco# G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.500 3/.666 2/1.500 ··· ··· 2/.000 18/.801 1/.000 2/.500
38. Refsnyder G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/
22. Sano G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 7/.143 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.800 14/1.247 3/1.667 5/.650
9. Simmons G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/1.091 3/.000 2/1.000 5/1.000 ··· 2/.000 8/.625 ··· 2/.500

MIN Batters

MIN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
64. Astudillo G ·  S ·  vP 96 .280 .292 .419 .711 72 .763 24 .554 .690 41 .727 0 0 3 1
23. Cruz G ·  S ·  vP 172 .285 .347 .523 .870 116 .854 56 .902 .736 85 .700 0 0 10
20. Donaldson G ·  S ·  vP 153 .227 .327 .398 .725 106 .677 47 .833 .573 104 .680 0 0 5 5
30. Garlick G ·  S ·  vP 79 .253 .278 .480 .758 30 .545 49 .892 .589 51 .775 0 0 3 0
8. Garver G ·  S ·  vP 125 .227 .320 .509 .829 64 .850 61 .806 .834 64 1.018 0 0 8 1
1. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 5 .250 .400 .250 .650 3 1.167 2 .000 .650 5 .650 2 0 0 0
26. Kepler* G ·  S ·  vP 150 .215 .307 .431 .737 109 .814 41 .541 .513 92 .792 5 0 5 0
19. Kirilloff* G ·  S ·  vP 74 .229 .257 .471 .728 54 .719 20 .750 .828 43 .827 0 1 4 1
24. Larnach* G ·  S ·  vP 64 .226 .359 .415 .774 55 .650 9 1.587 1.008 64 .774 0 0 2 0
11. Polanco# G ·  S ·  vP 182 .235 .308 .383 .690 120 .605 62 .849 .633 85 .846 3 1 4 4
38. Refsnyder G ·  S ·  vP 43 .368 .419 .605 1.024 27 .953 16 1.125 1.239 43 1.024 0 0 2 1
22. Sano G ·  S ·  vP 139 .176 .295 .429 .724 87 .849 52 .517 .806 81 .824 0 0 9 1
9. Simmons G ·  S ·  vP 142 .240 .331 .328 .659 90 .609 52 .748 .762 89 .616 0 0 2 5
TOTAL .241 .315 .424 .738 .736 .743 .713 .752 16 3 69 29

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
54. Santana G ·  S ·  vP ·X············ 16.1 2.20 5.5 64 .200 .633 31 .460 33 .803 .526 28 .368 2 0 0
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ··o··XX··oo··X 25.1 2.13 13.1 108 .208 .588 54 .554 54 .619 .561 45 .571 0 4 0
59. Brentz* G ·  S ·  vP X·Xo··X··oo··· 23.2 2.28 9.9 102 .160 .562 59 .710 43 .326 .574 61 .633 2 0 0
50. Bubic* G ·  S ·  vP X····X····X··· 29.2 1.52 6.7 116 .186 .559 98 .610 18 .288 .722 116 .559 1 0 1
71. Davis G ·  S ·  vP ·X··········X· 16.1 6.61 9.4 72 .283 .785 39 .916 33 .634 .799 33 .792 2 3 0
43. Hernandez G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 3.1 10.80 13.5 20 .400 .950 10 1.029 10 .875 1.550 0 0 0
35. Holland G ·  S ·  vP ··X····o·o··X· 17.0 4.24 10.6 82 .261 .871 40 .886 42 .857 .741 38 .655 4 0 0
24. Junis G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····o······ 32.2 5.23 9.4 140 .276 .777 58 .573 82 .926 .663 46 1.169 5 0 1
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 45.2 5.72 7.9 216 .310 .877 86 .975 130 .813 .876 120 .790 6 2 1
23. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 54.0 4.83 10.2 228 .225 .700 197 .708 31 .647 .645 116 .595 8 1 2
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 47.2 4.91 9.3 212 .251 .688 89 .586 123 .765 .801 113 .777 4 8 2
45. Zimmer G ·  S ·  vP X··o·X·X······ 17.2 2.55 8.7 64 .158 .480 33 .479 31 .480 .224 15 .414 1 0 0
53. Zuber G ·  S ·  vP X·o··X·X··o··· 15.0 6.60 9.0 71 .228 .766 37 .494 34 1.032 .861 42 .843 2 0 0
TOTAL 4.39 9.3 .245 .720 .689 .734 45 19 8

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