Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins, at Kauffman Stadium, May 20, 2022 Matchups, Preview

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Minnesota Twins

Team Summary
Team Page 2022 Minnesota Twins
Record 22-16
Manager Rocco Baldelli
Game # 38
On This Date 46-60
Standing 1st (0.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 19-11
Home 13-8
Away 9-8
Extra Innings 1-1
vs. RHP 13-12
vs. LHP 9-4
1-Run Games 7-4
vs. East 6-5
vs. Central 9-3
vs. West 7-6
Inter-League 0-2

MIN Last 10 Games

Devin Smeltzer (#31, 26, LHP, 0-0, 1.80)

Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2022 Kansas City Royals
Record 14-23
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 37
On This Date 16-30
Standing 4th (7.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 7-13
Last 30 12-18
Home 8-12
Away 6-11
Extra Innings 2-2
vs. RHP 11-16
vs. LHP 3-7
1-Run Games 4-5
vs. East 1-5
vs. Central 9-9
vs. West 1-5
Inter-League 3-4

KCR Last 10 Games

Daniel Lynch (#52, 25, LHP, 2-2, 3.30)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Tue, Apr 19, 2022@KCR4 MIN3
Wed, Apr 20, 2022@KCR2 MIN0
Thu, Apr 21, 2022 MIN1@KCR0
DateAwayHomeTime
Sat, May 21, 2022MIN@KCR7:10pm
Sun, May 22, 2022MIN@KCR2:10pm
Thu, May 26, 2022KCR@MIN7:40pm
Fri, May 27, 2022KCR@MIN8:10pm
Sat, May 28, 2022KCR@MIN2:10pm
Sun, May 29, 2022KCR@MIN2:10pm
Mon, Aug 15, 2022KCR@MIN7:40pm
Tue, Aug 16, 2022KCR@MIN7:40pm
Wed, Aug 17, 2022KCR@MIN1:10pm
Tue, Sep 13, 2022KCR@MIN7:40pm
Wed, Sep 14, 2022KCR@MIN7:40pm
Thu, Sep 15, 2022KCR@MIN7:40pm
Tue, Sep 20, 2022MIN@KCR8:10pm
Wed, Sep 21, 2022MIN@KCR8:10pm
Thu, Sep 22, 2022MIN@KCR2:10pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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MIN Batters vs KCR Pitchers
MIN Batters Stats
KCR Pitchers Stats

Twins Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Twins Batters (4.11 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (4.84 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 52. Lynch* 58. Barlow 57. Bolanos 45. Clarke 65. Coleman 24. Garrett* 38. Payamps 40. Snider 67. Speier* 63. Staumont
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
2. Arraez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 5/.800 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 5/1.200 6/.167
25. Buxton G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.666 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000
67. Celestino G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
4. Correa G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.666 2/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 4/.833
30. Garlick G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/1.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000
1. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000
27. Jeffers G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/2.000 4/.000
26. Kepler* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 8/.750 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.533 1/.000 1/ 4/.000 3/.333
64. Miranda G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Polanco# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/1.100 7/.858 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/1.167 6/.167
24. Sanchez G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ···
15. Urshela G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 1/ 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 ···

MIN Batters

MIN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
2. Arraez* G ·  S ·  vP 113 .323 .425 .406 .831 87 .926 26 .525 .770 73 .835 2 1 1 1
25. Buxton G ·  S ·  vP 105 .245 .324 .649 .973 73 .855 32 1.237 .780 75 .970 1 0 11 0
67. Celestino G ·  S ·  vP 63 .333 .387 .404 .791 33 .813 30 .764 .790 53 .853 0 0 0 0
4. Correa G ·  S ·  vP 108 .265 .333 .388 .721 69 .664 39 .826 .773 57 .848 0 0 2 3
30. Garlick G ·  S ·  vP 32 .222 .344 .556 .899 10 .311 22 1.187 1.032 21 1.054 0 0 3 0
1. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 78 .247 .286 .301 .587 65 .583 13 .606 .744 59 .505 1 2 0 0
27. Jeffers G ·  S ·  vP 97 .207 .289 .368 .656 67 .662 30 .641 .627 63 .809 0 0 3 0
26. Kepler* G ·  S ·  vP 137 .259 .358 .431 .789 89 .767 48 .828 .780 89 .889 1 1 5 1
64. Miranda G ·  S ·  vP 56 .094 .143 .189 .332 39 .236 17 .551 .226 56 .332 0 0 1 1
11. Polanco# G ·  S ·  vP 158 .235 .335 .382 .718 99 .790 59 .603 .648 108 .706 2 2 4 1
24. Sanchez G ·  S ·  vP 111 .230 .306 .460 .766 80 .885 31 .469 .884 71 .832 1 0 4 1
15. Urshela G ·  S ·  vP 123 .229 .293 .330 .623 75 .559 48 .720 .447 82 .588 0 0 3 2
TOTAL .241 .320 .394 .714 .702 .740 .717 .760 9 6 40 18

KCR Pitchers

KCR Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
52. Lynch* G ·  S ·  vP ·····X······X· 30.0 3.30 8.7 129 .230 .698 119 .719 10 .425 .599 84 .579 4 2 1
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ··o·XX·o·o··X· 18.1 1.47 7.9 68 .175 .553 46 .527 22 .606 .571 43 .540 2 0 0
57. Bolanos G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 16.0 2.81 6.2 71 .259 .763 45 .832 26 .641 .806 71 .763 2 0 2
45. Clarke G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X··oX··o· 14.2 2.45 6.8 61 .271 .669 39 .781 22 .470 .538 44 .771 2 0 0
65. Coleman G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X··X··X·X· 15.0 3.00 12.0 66 .151 .658 41 .810 25 .423 .633 47 .778 3 0 1
24. Garrett* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·o·X··X·oX·· 12.1 3.65 10.2 49 .079 .365 33 .453 16 .188 .543 37 .431 0 4 0
23. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X····X· 44.0 3.48 3.7 183 .283 .670 111 .753 72 .543 .627 120 .697 2 3 0
49. Heasley G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 8.1 4.32 2.2 41 .250 .734 22 .892 19 .566 .737 41 .734 0 1 0
43. Hernandez G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X····X·· 29.2 9.10 4.9 149 .352 .972 82 1.088 67 .828 .956 108 .950 4 4 1
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 43.2 2.89 5.2 171 .217 .611 89 .565 82 .663 .515 126 .689 5 2 1
38. Payamps G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X··X· 16.0 1.69 7.3 67 .262 .658 53 .735 14 .368 .608 58 .669 0 0 0
40. Snider G ·  S ·  vP ··oX·o··oX··X· 15.1 4.70 7.0 62 .286 .748 45 .744 17 .761 .586 44 .896 1 0 0
67. Speier* G ·  S ·  vP ·X··o··X·X··o· 13.1 2.70 6.1 49 .224 .571 35 .543 14 .643 .500 40 .600 2 0 0
63. Staumont G ·  S ·  vP ··XX·X·Xo·X··· 15.2 3.45 12.6 69 .233 .669 39 .925 30 .348 .604 44 .736 1 2 0
TOTAL 4.49 7.0 .259 .729 .704 .742 35 20 6
KCR Batters vs MIN Pitchers
KCR Batters Stats
MIN Pitchers Stats

Royals Batters (3.59 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.55 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.59 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.55 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 31. Smeltzer* 99. Cano 21. Duffey 59. Duran 65. Jax 12. Pagan 38. Smith 61. Stashak 56. Thielbar* 74. Winder
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
16. Benintendi* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 5/1.850 5/1.000 5/.000 2/.500 5/1.067 ···
17. Dozier G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.750 ··· 8/.821 ··· 7/.476 1/.000 3/.000 6/.000 2/1.500 ···
28. Isbel* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 7/.829 1/.000 2/.000 3/.000 3/.000 ···
1. Melendez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
15. Merrifield G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.111 ··· 13/.847 1/.000 8/.125 4/.000 6/.334 5/1.000 2/.000 ···
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ···
26. Rivera G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
48. Rivero G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
41. Santana# G  ·   S  ·   vP 11/1.122 ··· 29/.433 ··· 8/.125 1/ 8/.625 2/.000 13/.658 ···
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 ···

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
16. Benintendi* G ·  S ·  vP 150 .306 .367 .403 .770 107 .829 43 .627 .794 107 .714 0 0 2 0
17. Dozier G ·  S ·  vP 133 .288 .331 .472 .803 94 .803 39 .796 .834 95 .813 1 2 4 1
28. Isbel* G ·  S ·  vP 46 .250 .261 .295 .556 31 .702 15 .267 .546 45 .569 1 1 0 0
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 130 .228 .318 .272 .590 97 .609 33 .536 .798 93 .514 3 0 0 4
1. Melendez* G ·  S ·  vP 42 .263 .333 .447 .781 29 .630 13 1.077 .983 42 .781 0 0 2 2
15. Merrifield G ·  S ·  vP 164 .197 .232 .270 .501 119 .445 45 .649 .479 118 .569 6 0 2 0
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 40 .167 .225 .250 .475 33 .542 7 .143 .301 36 .531 0 0 1 0
26. Rivera G ·  S ·  vP 42 .231 .286 .462 .747 19 .632 23 .848 .429 42 .747 0 0 1 1
48. Rivero G ·  S ·  vP 5 .000 .200 .000 .200 2 .000 3 .333 .000 5 .200 0 0 0 0
41. Santana# G ·  S ·  vP 101 .122 .287 .195 .482 79 .422 22 .703 .364 67 .574 0 0 1 1
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 146 .225 .267 .406 .673 109 .778 37 .362 .735 103 .765 5 2 4 2
TOTAL .231 .293 .348 .641 .637 .650 .632 .664 23 7 25 14

MIN Pitchers

MIN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
31. Smeltzer* G ·  S ·  vP ······X······· 5.0 1.80 3.6 19 .176 .498 15 .497 4 .500 19 .498 0 0 0
17. Archer G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 26.1 4.10 8.2 116 .228 .784 67 .762 49 .815 .768 82 .841 6 1 0
37. Bundy G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 28.0 5.14 8.0 120 .268 .755 62 .745 58 .765 .939 81 .924 4 3 0
99. Cano G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X····X···· 5.1 6.75 8.4 23 .286 .781 15 .481 8 1.375 .671 23 .781 1 0 0
21. Duffey G ·  S ·  vP ····X·o·X···o· 15.0 3.00 8.4 57 .241 .725 35 .582 22 .959 .985 39 .448 2 0 1
59. Duran G ·  S ·  vP ··X···oo·····X 17.2 3.06 13.8 69 .188 .653 39 .652 30 .646 .925 40 .549 4 0 0
54. Gray G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 20.2 3.48 10.9 87 .218 .683 53 .753 34 .579 .691 60 .633 3 3 0
65. Jax G ·  S ·  vP ····X··X·····X 17.2 3.06 9.7 72 .246 .750 44 .734 28 .774 .731 56 .646 2 0 0
12. Pagan G ·  S ·  vP ·····ooX····X· 11.2 1.54 11.6 53 .163 .716 35 .836 18 .489 .182 38 .835 2 0 0
41. Ryan G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 37.2 2.39 8.6 149 .179 .560 85 .491 64 .656 .599 89 .557 3 2 1
38. Smith G ·  S ·  vP ·····ooo····o· 12.1 .00 6.6 45 .186 .432 29 .310 16 .661 .481 26 .385 0 1 0
61. Stashak G ·  S ·  vP ··o··o···X··X· 15.1 4.11 8.2 62 .262 .652 38 .589 24 .750 .579 51 .667 1 0 0
56. Thielbar* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·oo·X·o·X· 14.1 6.28 11.9 61 .222 .608 37 .724 24 .397 .692 41 .456 1 1 0
74. Winder G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 29.1 3.68 7.1 122 .245 .712 74 .796 48 .571 .748 96 .733 4 6 1
TOTAL 3.35 8.8 .229 .677 .706 .665 39 21 3

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