Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, September 10, 2021 Matchups, Preview

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Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Kansas City Royals
Record 63-77
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 141
On This Date 22-23
Standing 4th (17.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 15-15
Home 34-35
Away 29-42
Extra Innings 3-5
vs. RHP 38-56
vs. LHP 25-21
1-Run Games 20-19
vs. East 12-21
vs. Central 27-33
vs. West 12-15
Inter-League 12-8

KCR Last 10 Games

Daniel Lynch (#52, 24, LHP, 4-4, 5.29)

Minnesota Twins

Team Summary
Team Page 2021 Minnesota Twins
Record 62-78
Manager Rocco Baldelli
Game # 141
On This Date 53-56
Standing 5th (18.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 15-15
Home 32-36
Away 30-42
Extra Innings 11-10
vs. RHP 47-47
vs. LHP 15-31
1-Run Games 23-18
vs. East 10-15
vs. Central 31-33
vs. West 13-20
Inter-League 8-10

MIN Last 10 Games

Griffin Jax (#83, 26, RHP, 3-3, 6.79)

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
Sat, May 29, 2021@MIN6 KCR5
Sun, May 30, 2021 KCR6@MIN3
Thu, Jun 03, 2021@KCR6 MIN5
Fri, Jun 04, 2021@KCR14 MIN5
Sat, Jun 05, 2021 MIN5@KCR4
Sun, Jun 06, 2021 MIN2@KCR1
Fri, Jul 02, 2021@KCR7 MIN4
Sat, Jul 03, 2021@KCR6 MIN3
Sun, Jul 04, 2021 MIN6@KCR2
DateAwayHomeTime
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 (4.20 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.23 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (4.20 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (5.23 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 83. Jax 66. Alcala 48. Colome 53. Coulombe* 21. Duffey 51. Farrell 32. Garza 49. Minaya 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 3/1.334 2/.000 2/1.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ···
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 8/1.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/2.667 2/.000
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.333 4/.500 6/.000 2/.500 5/.200 ··· ··· 2/5.000 2/1.500
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 4/.500 2/.000 2/.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 7/.143 8/.500 2/.000 13/.847 1/.000 ··· 9/.889 1/.000
27. Mondesi# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/1.334 12/.000 1/.000 10/.300 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.250 7/.429 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
14. Olivares G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.500 ··· 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 4/.000 5/.400 1/2.000 16/.875 1/3.000 ··· 6/.500 4/1.000
48. Rivero G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
41. Santana# G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 3/.333 17/.181 1/2.000 29/.433 2/1.000 ··· 7/.286 11/.788
2. Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.334 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.000 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 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 224 .256 .277 .384 .661 109 .630 115 .691 .560 32 .648 2 1 2 7
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 448 .256 .302 .411 .713 312 .706 136 .727 .810 110 .706 8 8 13 3
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 464 .204 .278 .356 .634 323 .648 141 .601 .591 93 .617 3 3 11 6
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 469 .297 .365 .375 .739 350 .730 119 .766 .716 122 .882 19 0 2 6
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 620 .278 .321 .399 .720 444 .708 176 .749 .698 125 .772 40 3 10 6
27. Mondesi# G ·  S ·  vP 63 .279 .290 .607 .897 38 .853 25 .960 .588 25 .440 7 1 5 0
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 229 .222 .253 .380 .633 198 .677 31 .360 .671 54 .434 0 0 9 2
14. Olivares G ·  S ·  vP 97 .227 .281 .409 .690 57 .786 40 .553 .779 37 .600 2 1 5 1
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 573 .276 .316 .546 .862 410 .807 163 .997 .780 115 1.014 1 0 42 2
48. Rivero G ·  S ·  vP 24 .100 .250 .150 .400 19 .325 5 .600 .433 2 .000 0 0 0 0
41. Santana# G ·  S ·  vP 574 .223 .326 .369 .695 405 .687 169 .712 .699 97 .609 2 0 19 6
2. Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 479 .245 .300 .353 .653 338 .627 141 .716 .661 104 .634 12 6 11 3
TOTAL .244 .303 .390 .693 .680 .725 .667 .709 107 27 145 74

MIN Pitchers

MIN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
83. Jax G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 58.1 6.79 7.3 258 .258 .871 150 .887 108 .849 .916 98 1.039 17 5 0
77. Albers* G ·  S ·  vP X····X·······X 16.1 7.16 5.5 77 .304 1.058 56 1.247 21 .586 .396 77 1.058 7 0 0
66. Alcala G ·  S ·  vP ··X·o·····X··o 49.2 4.53 8.7 194 .232 .713 116 .655 78 .802 .797 20 .566 10 4 0
48. Colome G ·  S ·  vP ··XoXo····X·oo 54.2 3.95 7.2 245 .251 .724 134 .559 111 .932 .744 48 .742 7 8 1
53. Coulombe* G ·  S ·  vP o·······o····X 25.2 2.81 9.1 102 .232 .698 60 .688 42 .712 .529 29 .622 5 2 2
21. Duffey G ·  S ·  vP ·X·oo····X···o 51.1 3.33 8.4 216 .241 .672 136 .612 80 .776 .562 31 .559 3 0 2
51. Farrell G ·  S ·  vP X············· 17.1 1.56 9.9 71 .203 .625 43 .738 28 .450 .621 8 .393 1 0 0
33. Gant G ·  S ·  vP ··X······X···· 102.1 3.78 7.7 452 .224 .700 248 .692 204 .710 .744 86 .731 9 10 0
32. Garza G ·  S ·  vP X····Xo··X·o·· 24.1 2.96 9.2 100 .205 .720 58 .722 42 .718 .539 51 .583 5 0 0
49. Minaya G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X··oX··X· 29.2 2.73 9.7 123 .179 .623 79 .670 44 .534 .753 49 .616 3 2 0
82. Ober G ·  S ·  vP ···X······X··· 78.2 4.00 9.3 323 .261 .779 169 .717 154 .847 .783 80 .698 16 3 3
35. Pineda G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 88.0 3.99 7.8 367 .262 .759 200 .743 167 .777 .784 26 .946 15 9 4
74. Ryan G ·  S ·  vP ·X······X····· 12.0 2.25 6.8 41 .100 .322 16 .438 25 .245 .599 41 .322 1 1 0
56. Thielbar* G ·  S ·  vP ·oX·X····X··X· 54.2 3.79 11.5 226 .233 .717 143 .773 83 .621 .636 46 .767 8 2 1
TOTAL 4.90 8.3 .255 .772 .755 .760 213 66 22

Twins Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Twins Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 52. Lynch* 58. Barlow 59. Brentz* 71. Davis 35. Holland 38. Payamps 54. Santana 63. Staumont 31. Tapia 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 G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
2. Arraez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 5/.800 2/.500 1/ 4/.833 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000
64. Astudillo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/1.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000
25. Buxton G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 5/.600 ··· 3/.000 3/.833 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/
60. Cave* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ···
20. Donaldson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/1.000 1/.000 9/.476 12/.833 ··· 26/1.090 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/
1. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 2/2.000 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ···
27. Jeffers G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ···
26. Kepler* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.500 1/2.000 2/.500 5/.400 ··· 3/.000 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 2/.000
11. Polanco# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 6/1.000 3/1.000 1/.000 4/.000 ··· 4/1.167 3/.333 ··· 3/.333 3/.667
38. Refsnyder G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/
50. Rooker G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
70. Rortvedt* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
22. Sano G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 10/.100 3/.000 2/2.500 7/.762 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 4/1.500 5/.650
9. Simmons G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 6/.000 2/1.000 5/1.000 3/.000 ··· 12/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500

MIN Batters

MIN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
2. Arraez* G ·  S ·  vP 404 .297 .364 .383 .747 308 .790 96 .609 .799 92 .632 2 2 2 7
64. Astudillo G ·  S ·  vP 197 .249 .274 .397 .671 126 .615 71 .773 .688 34 .456 0 0 7 3
25. Buxton G ·  S ·  vP 161 .289 .329 .592 .921 108 .933 53 .898 .745 51 .381 5 1 11 1
60. Cave* G ·  S ·  vP 155 .191 .260 .312 .572 117 .717 38 .158 .478 35 .740 1 1 3 2
20. Donaldson G ·  S ·  vP 451 .251 .348 .470 .818 312 .805 139 .847 .761 106 .820 0 0 21 12
1. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 154 .238 .292 .322 .614 123 .669 31 .398 .608 51 .572 6 1 1 2
27. Jeffers G ·  S ·  vP 250 .199 .276 .398 .674 168 .634 82 .757 .687 68 .569 0 0 12 3
26. Kepler* G ·  S ·  vP 419 .204 .305 .412 .717 307 .780 112 .549 .714 86 .784 10 0 16 0
11. Polanco# G ·  S ·  vP 559 .278 .335 .509 .843 373 .856 186 .818 .741 107 .908 10 5 27 14
38. Refsnyder G ·  S ·  vP 136 .261 .346 .361 .707 81 .616 55 .844 .782 58 .509 1 0 2 1
50. Rooker G ·  S ·  vP 164 .207 .299 .400 .699 114 .692 50 .712 1.047 54 1.021 0 0 7 0
70. Rortvedt* G ·  S ·  vP 89 .138 .207 .225 .432 69 .430 20 .436 .635 11 .473 0 0 2 3
22. Sano G ·  S ·  vP 442 .221 .310 .469 .779 295 .824 147 .689 .916 89 .918 2 1 26 14
9. Simmons G ·  S ·  vP 414 .220 .285 .273 .558 271 .510 143 .650 .543 70 .547 1 0 3 12
TOTAL .241 .315 .421 .736 .744 .719 .741 .714 44 13 194 97

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
52. Lynch* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X······X· 51.0 5.29 7.6 233 .296 .829 205 .882 28 .431 .793 89 .803 6 1 0
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP X··o····X···X· 66.1 2.44 11.0 274 .228 .629 156 .587 118 .684 .604 47 .684 3 4 0
59. Brentz* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·o·X··X····· 57.2 3.28 10.5 251 .186 .652 166 .726 85 .492 .701 35 .859 7 1 1
50. Bubic* G ·  S ·  vP ···X···X·····X 104.2 5.07 8.2 460 .264 .840 385 .823 75 .931 .902 94 .924 21 1 2
71. Davis G ·  S ·  vP ····Xo···X···· 41.2 6.26 8.2 182 .261 .777 108 .738 74 .830 .822 36 .688 8 4 0
43. Hernandez G ·  S ·  vP X·····X······X 76.2 3.29 8.2 314 .212 .627 173 .691 141 .547 .537 119 .529 6 0 0
35. Holland G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 46.2 5.79 9.1 213 .243 .784 119 .746 94 .834 .705 7 1.371 9 1 0
37. Kowar G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 17.0 9.53 7.9 82 .309 .900 49 .809 33 1.045 1.062 51 .720 3 1 0
23. Minor* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X······ 158.2 5.05 8.5 669 .252 .750 569 .757 100 .709 .758 119 .712 26 3 3
38. Payamps G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X·X·o··X· 39.2 3.18 7.0 161 .224 .639 105 .700 56 .525 .623 42 .783 4 0 0
54. Santana G ·  S ·  vP ·····X··X····· 58.1 4.78 7.1 241 .250 .757 140 .690 101 .855 .671 54 .711 9 2 0
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 116.0 4.58 9.1 530 .278 .745 242 .714 288 .773 .785 104 .564 9 9 3
63. Staumont G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·X··o·X 55.0 3.44 10.5 228 .202 .620 131 .585 97 .666 .615 39 .534 6 2 0
31. Tapia G ·  S ·  vP X··oo·o·o···X· 24.0 1.88 7.5 95 .169 .491 66 .514 29 .436 .555 50 .291 1 1 1
45. Zimmer G ·  S ·  vP ··o··o···X···· 45.1 4.76 8.5 186 .223 .715 107 .891 79 .463 .626 19 .806 6 1 1
53. Zuber G ·  S ·  vP ··X···oo···X·· 22.0 6.14 8.6 98 .235 .814 51 .464 47 1.160 1.006 16 1.000 5 0 0
TOTAL 4.64 8.8 .253 .747 .754 .681 167 36 18

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