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KC
Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant
KC3 R · .222 xBA
MIN2 R · .226 xBAKC scored more despite the lower team xBA — MIN squared more up and had less to show for it.
Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant
KC win5th in the AL Central, 10 GB| Inn | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |








Jensen homered to right (384 feet).1st Inning1-0
Gray hit sacrifice fly to center, Martin scored.5th Inning1-1
Arcia homered to left (374 feet).8th Inning1-2
Jensen hit sacrifice fly to right, Tolbert scored.9th Inning2-2
Witt Jr. singled to left, Rojas scored, Witt Jr. to second.9th Inning3-2| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Jensen | 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .211 | .286 | .381 |
| B. Witt Jr. | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .284 | .359 | .463 |
| V. Pasquantino | 2-5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .216 | .303 | .345 |
| M. Garcia | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .266 | .325 | .380 |
| J. Caglianone | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .326 | .403 |
| L. Thomas | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .226 | .359 | .313 |
| M. Massey | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .265 | .285 | .463 |
| I. Collins | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | .220 | .341 | .312 |
| T. Tolbert | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .364 | .222 |
| J. Rojas | 0-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| K. Isbel | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .241 | .291 | .352 |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Avila | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 70-46 | 4.02 | 70 |
| D. Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-6 | 1.71 | 12 |
| L. Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15-10 | 6.17 | 15 |
| M. Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16-10 | 4.19 | 16 |
| A. Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28-16 | 4.03 | 28 |
KC 100%MIN 0% 
Biggest swing: Witt Jr. singled to left, Rojas scored, Witt Jr. to second. (+36% KC)
KCMIN
KCMIN
Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)
Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant
Twins
Cole Sands · RPJul 1715-Day-IL
Ryan Jeffers · CJul 1710-Day-IL
Byron Buxton · CFJul 1710-Day-IL
Marco Raya · RPJul 2015-Day-IL
Connor Prielipp · SPJul 2615-Day-IL
Royals
Vinnie Pasquantino · 1BJul 1010-Day-IL
Stephen Kolek · SPJul 10bereavement
Nick Mears · RPJul 1015-Day-IL
Carlos Estevez · RPJul 1760-Day-IL
Maikel Garcia · 3BJul 2010-Day-ILSend someone this game's postgame recap.
KC+119+1.5O 8.5-109
MIN-144-1.5U 8.5-111Odds by


Pace current win rate over a full 162 · Pythagthe record you'd expect from runs scored vs allowed (+ = winning more than that, − = fewer)
MLB Stats API
KC38-56· 11-22 away
MIN46-48· 18-17 home+1 earlier meeting this season
KCLast 6Rec 26-39
MINLast 6Rec 30-36
LADW161-33
MILW159-34
TBL154-37
ATLW254-38
CHCL152-41
PHIW152-42
SEA34-3115-15 away4
DET26-3915-15 home0
CIN31-3215-16 away5
STL34-2818-16 home6
SF26-3914-23 away2
CHC34-3120-14 home3
BAL31-3412-19 away4
TOR31-3418-14 home6
CWS34-3014-19 away6
PHI34-3018-17 home3
PIT34-3116-16 away3
ATL44-2121-11 home6
TB37-2416-15 away3
MIA30-3519-16 home4
ATH30-3419-17 away2
HOU30-3616-18 home13