Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals, at Target Field, August 17, 2022 Matchups, Preview

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Kansas City Royals

Team Summary
Team Page 2022 Kansas City Royals
Record 48-70
Manager Mike Matheny
Game # 118
On This Date 28-22
Standing 4th (14.5 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 13-17
Home 29-34
Away 19-36
Extra Innings 3-3
vs. RHP 33-53
vs. LHP 15-17
1-Run Games 11-11
vs. East 11-17
vs. Central 22-25
vs. West 10-18
Inter-League 5-10

KCR Last 10 Games

Daniel Lynch (#52, 25, LHP, 4-7, 4.52)

Minnesota Twins

Team Summary
Team Page 2022 Minnesota Twins
Record 60-55
Manager Rocco Baldelli
Game # 115
On This Date 57-60
Standing 2nd (1.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 9-11
Last 30 13-17
Home 33-25
Away 27-30
Extra Innings 4-7
vs. RHP 41-39
vs. LHP 19-16
1-Run Games 16-16
vs. East 15-12
vs. Central 29-20
vs. West 11-11
Inter-League 5-12

MIN Last 10 Games

Tyler Mahle (#51, 27, RHP, 6-7, 4.26)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Tue, Apr 19, 2022@KCR4 MIN3
Wed, Apr 20, 2022@KCR2 MIN0
Thu, Apr 21, 2022 MIN1@KCR0
Fri, May 20, 2022 MIN6@KCR4
Sat, May 21, 2022 MIN9@KCR2
Sun, May 22, 2022 MIN7@KCR6
Thu, May 26, 2022 KCR3@MIN2
Fri, May 27, 2022@MIN10 KCR7
Sat, May 28, 2022 KCR7@MIN3
Sun, May 29, 2022@MIN7 KCR3
Mon, Aug 15, 2022@MIN4 KCR2
Tue, Aug 16, 2022@MIN9 KCR0
DateAwayHomeTime
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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Royals Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.26 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Royals Batters (3.89 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 51. Mahle 59. Duran 52. Fulmer 65. Jax 48. Lopez 58. Megill 12. Pagan 77. Sands 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
18. Eaton G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
11. Garcia G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
28. Isbel* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000
8. Lopez* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 1/2.000 6/.666 8/.708 5/1.100 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 5/.400
19. Massey* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000
1. Melendez* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 2/.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ···
66. O'Hearn* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.000 ··· 7/.143 ··· 5/1.150 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000
9. Pasquantino* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/ ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 ···
13. Perez G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.400 1/.000 26/.869 10/.422 4/1.500 ··· 3/1.667 1/.000 8/.750
32. Pratto* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
55. Rooker G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
2. Taylor G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 4/.500 7/1.000 8/.661 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 4/.250
7. Witt G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000

KCR Batters

KCR Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
18. Eaton G ·  S ·  vP 46 .205 .283 .359 .642 36 .628 10 .700 .596 31 .624 2 0 1 0
11. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP 20 .350 .350 .400 .750 12 .500 8 1.125 .750 19 .789 0 0 0 2
28. Isbel* G ·  S ·  vP 197 .217 .255 .348 .603 159 .629 38 .493 .366 49 .650 7 3 3 3
8. Lopez* G ·  S ·  vP 382 .244 .298 .287 .585 290 .603 92 .528 .567 79 .630 12 2 0 6
19. Massey* G ·  S ·  vP 52 .313 .353 .438 .790 45 .778 7 .857 .842 44 .799 1 0 0 2
1. Melendez* G ·  S ·  vP 352 .225 .315 .422 .737 269 .705 83 .837 .661 109 .788 0 1 14 6
66. O'Hearn* G ·  S ·  vP 98 .213 .276 .303 .579 85 .607 13 .397 .658 13 1.175 0 0 1 0
9. Pasquantino* G ·  S ·  vP 178 .269 .354 .462 .815 145 .819 33 .795 .716 95 .949 0 0 8 0
13. Perez G ·  S ·  vP 316 .223 .259 .453 .713 232 .650 84 .892 .711 80 .807 0 0 17 2
32. Pratto* G ·  S ·  vP 100 .188 .290 .376 .666 78 .609 22 .880 .572 85 .620 0 0 3 0
55. Rooker G ·  S ·  vP 15 .154 .267 .231 .497 3 1.000 12 .350 .000 8 1.000 0 0 0 0
2. Taylor G ·  S ·  vP 321 .270 .334 .370 .705 223 .717 98 .677 .551 85 .651 1 1 6 3
7. Witt G ·  S ·  vP 443 .251 .293 .430 .723 334 .744 109 .661 .670 75 .600 23 4 15 18
TOTAL .246 .308 .381 .689 .678 .723 .667 .706 75 23 100 66

MIN Pitchers

MIN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
51. Mahle G ·  S ·  vP ·····X······X· 116.1 4.26 9.7 484 .228 .690 233 .778 251 .606 .780 89 .609 15 6 4
17. Archer G ·  S ·  vP ···X······X··· 82.1 4.15 7.8 351 .215 .681 200 .699 151 .656 .635 69 .713 9 2 1
37. Bundy G ·  S ·  vP ····X······X·· 98.1 4.76 6.9 416 .265 .749 239 .734 177 .768 .613 77 .743 15 8 1
59. Duran G ·  S ·  vP ··o·Xo·····oX· 51.2 2.09 11.7 204 .210 .610 110 .610 94 .607 .527 39 .514 6 2 0
52. Fulmer G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X·o·X···oo· 46.0 3.13 9.2 196 .214 .603 116 .449 80 .829 .504 54 .790 2 5 1
54. Gray G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 89.2 3.11 8.9 367 .223 .633 208 .688 159 .563 .656 106 .582 8 7 1
65. Jax G ·  S ·  vP ··o·o··X···oo· 53.0 3.91 10.0 217 .224 .664 136 .658 81 .675 .739 38 .754 6 2 0
48. Lopez G ·  S ·  vP ··o·Xo·····XX· 54.1 1.99 9.8 222 .194 .567 131 .471 91 .712 .574 44 .764 3 3 0
58. Megill G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X··o·X 29.0 3.10 8.7 119 .229 .606 72 .595 47 .623 .701 43 .757 2 3 3
12. Pagan G ·  S ·  vP ···oo···X·o··X 42.1 5.10 12.8 186 .246 .816 109 1.075 77 .461 .780 43 .883 10 1 1
41. Ryan G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 101.0 3.92 8.8 421 .229 .721 215 .714 206 .729 .614 115 .901 16 7 2
77. Sands G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X··X··· 21.1 6.75 9.7 99 .278 .821 53 .992 46 .631 .809 18 .389 4 4 0
56. Thielbar* G ·  S ·  vP ·Xo·o··o··Xo·· 42.1 4.04 11.9 174 .217 .625 112 .692 62 .499 .580 24 .348 4 2 1
TOTAL 4.01 8.5 .240 .712 .693 .715 139 59 18

Twins Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.04 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Twins Batters (4.50 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.04 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 52. Lynch* 58. Barlow 65. Coleman 74. Cuas 24. Garrett* 43. Hernandez 41. Mills 63. Staumont 26. Weaver
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 3/.333 5/.800 2/1.000 ··· 2/.000 3/1.667 1/3.000 9/.347 4/1.417
9. Beckham G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
25. Buxton G  ·   S  ·   vP 9/.722 6/.833 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000
8. Cave* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ···
67. Celestino G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.900 1/ 1/ ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500
4. Correa G  ·   S  ·   vP 15/.896 4/1.250 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.500 2/ 6/.900 6/.666
1. Gordon* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/1.333 1/3.000 3/.666 3/1.334
26. Kepler* G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/.400 9/.666 2/.500 ··· 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 5/.900 4/1.250
39. Leon# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.000
64. Miranda G  ·   S  ·   vP 5/1.400 1/.000 1/3.000 1/ ··· ··· 1/ ··· 1/2.000
11. Polanco# G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.804 7/.858 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.900 ··· 8/.375 ···
24. Sanchez G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.429 6/.583 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 ··· 2/ 2/2.500
15. Urshela G  ·   S  ·   vP 7/.143 4/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 4/1.250

MIN Batters

MIN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
2. Arraez* G ·  S ·  vP 434 .336 .401 .444 .845 343 .894 91 .659 .867 86 .799 4 3 6 2
9. Beckham G ·  S ·  vP 19 .105 .105 .105 .211 12 .167 7 .286 .200 19 .211 0 0 0 0
25. Buxton G ·  S ·  vP 366 .229 .306 .543 .849 262 .804 104 .959 .899 62 .971 5 0 28 0
8. Cave* G ·  S ·  vP 31 .207 .258 .414 .672 24 .792 7 .286 .850 31 .672 0 0 1 0
67. Celestino G ·  S ·  vP 203 .265 .323 .346 .669 125 .718 78 .589 .573 38 .744 0 1 2 3
4. Correa G ·  S ·  vP 394 .272 .355 .438 .793 280 .762 114 .872 .831 91 .757 0 0 14 7
1. Gordon* G ·  S ·  vP 276 .276 .321 .421 .742 224 .773 52 .600 .706 64 .875 6 3 5 5
26. Kepler* G ·  S ·  vP 374 .226 .321 .359 .680 273 .683 101 .672 .671 44 .258 2 2 9 2
39. Leon# G ·  S ·  vP 45 .182 .372 .273 .645 25 .500 20 .821 .739 24 .753 0 0 0 1
64. Miranda G ·  S ·  vP 288 .283 .330 .461 .791 196 .780 92 .810 .740 90 .911 1 1 11 4
11. Polanco# G ·  S ·  vP 412 .235 .342 .404 .746 273 .838 139 .577 .849 88 .600 3 3 15 7
24. Sanchez G ·  S ·  vP 327 .219 .284 .394 .678 242 .721 85 .558 .508 50 .638 2 0 11 3
15. Urshela G ·  S ·  vP 363 .269 .311 .434 .745 250 .769 113 .692 .735 55 .896 0 0 11 5
TOTAL .252 .322 .417 .738 .749 .713 .739 .719 24 13 141 57

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·· 87.2 4.52 9.1 397 .271 .757 358 .765 39 .668 .749 69 .645 11 4 2
58. Barlow G ·  S ·  vP ···X··X·o·XX·X 55.2 2.26 9.1 221 .215 .626 124 .574 97 .691 .636 48 .756 7 3 0
50. Bubic* G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 91.2 5.11 7.9 413 .281 .794 313 .709 100 1.074 .809 128 .698 12 4 0
65. Coleman G ·  S ·  vP ···o···Xo··o·o 47.0 2.87 9.2 208 .194 .663 122 .720 86 .581 .656 41 .693 5 0 1
74. Cuas G ·  S ·  vP ··o···X·X····· 25.2 3.86 7.4 119 .255 .771 85 .667 34 1.068 .880 31 .778 2 3 1
24. Garrett* G ·  S ·  vP ··oX·o··o·o·X· 32.1 4.45 9.5 136 .147 .509 81 .612 55 .364 .475 37 .372 0 6 0
23. Greinke G ·  S ·  vP ·X····X·····X· 104.2 4.13 5.3 450 .287 .753 268 .762 182 .740 .909 118 .736 13 5 2
43. Hernandez G ·  S ·  vP ····X········· 36.2 9.08 5.4 183 .350 .980 104 1.017 79 .931 1.004 14 .940 6 4 1
56. Keller G ·  S ·  vP ····X·····X··· 122.1 4.93 6.1 531 .268 .757 284 .773 247 .739 .783 122 .988 16 5 2
41. Mills G ·  S ·  vP ·X··X·ooX···X· 27.1 4.94 7.6 121 .257 .735 84 .639 37 .934 .774 58 .751 1 2 1
51. Singer G ·  S ·  vP ···X····X····· 104.0 3.29 9.3 420 .239 .671 217 .664 203 .678 .679 125 .487 13 1 2
63. Staumont G ·  S ·  vP ··X··X·oo···X· 35.1 5.60 10.4 161 .237 .721 87 .680 74 .770 .695 42 .954 2 3 1
26. Weaver G ·  S ·  vP ·X···X·X··X··· 21.2 7.48 10.0 108 .330 .812 64 .707 44 .964 .658 41 .660 1 0 0
TOTAL 4.69 7.6 .267 .765 .789 .759 130 47 16

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