Twins Notes, 7-3 at KC
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MINNESOTA TWINS (33-47) AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS (34-47) SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2021 - 3:10 P.M. (CT) - TV: BALLY SPORTS NORTH / RADIO: TIBN, WCCO, THE WOLF RHP Griffin Jax (1-0, 7.82) vs. LHP Danny Duffy (4-3, 2.44) GAME 81 ROAD GAME 41 Upcoming Probable Pitchers & Broadcast Schedule Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Television Radio / Spanish Radio 7/4 at Kansas City RHP Kenta Maeda (3-3, 5.56) vs. RHP Brad Keller (6-8, 6.67) 1:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 7/5 vs. Chicago-AL RHP Bailey Ober (0-1, 5.84) vs. RHP Dylan Cease (7-3, 3.75) 6:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North / ESPN TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None 7/6 vs. Chicago-AL TBA vs. LHP Carlos Rodón (6-3, 2.37) 7:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / twinsbeisbol.com 7/7 vs. Chicago-AL TBA vs. RHP Lance Lynn (8-3, 2.02) 12:10 pm (CT) Bally Sports North TIBN, WCCO, The Wolf / None SEASON AT A GLANCE THE TWINS: Have gone 0-4 through four games on their six-game roadtrip, going 0-3 in Chi- STREAKS cago (rainout/PPD on Monday) and 0-1 in Kansas City...today the Twins will continue the trip Under Baldelli (since '19): .............170-132 Current Streak 4 losses Home Record: ....................................17-23 with the second of three at Kauffman Stadium...after this series, the Twins will travel home Road Record: .....................................16-24 to complete the "first half" of the season with a seven-game homestand (3 vs. Chicago-AL Last 5 games 1-4 Record in series: .............................. 7-15-4 and 4 vs. Detroit) leading up to the All-Star Break...the Twins have gone 17-23 at home this Last 10 games 4-6 Record in home series: ...................... 3-9-1 season and 16-24 on the road. Record in road series: ....................... 4-6-3 Last 15 games 7-8 Series Openers: ..................................11-16 TWINS DROP GAME ONE IN KANSAS CITY: The Twins lost to the Royals last night by a score Last 20 games 9-11 Series Finales: ...................................12-14 of 4-7, squandering an early 3-0 lead...J.A. Happ (4-4) was the starter and loser, allowing Rubber Games: .......................................5-7 six runs (5 earned) on nine hits in 4.1 innings pitched...the offense recorded eight hits, two TWINS VS. ROYALS Sweeps/Swept: .......................................2/3 apiece from Trevor Larnach and Alex Kirilloff...they also both recorded the only two RBI for the April: .....................................................9-15 club...Josh Donaldson went 1-for-4, extending his on-base streak to seven-straight games. 2021 Record: .........................................5-6 May: ....................................................13-16 Current Streak: .................................. 1 loss June: ...................................................11-14 2021 at Home: .......................................3-3 July: ........................................................0-2 TWINS AND ROYALS: The Twins and Royals are playing the 12th of 19 meetings in 2021...Twins August: ........................................................ are 5-6 against the Royals this season, going 3-3 at Target Field and 2-3 at Kauffman Stadium. 2021 at Kansas City: ..............................2-3 September/October: ................................... Miguel Sanó has 19 career home runs against the Royals, 12 at Kauffman Stadium, his All-Time Record: ............................428-402 Day Games: ........................................18-24 Amost in any opposing ballpark...since 2017, he has 11 homers in this park, the most All-Time at Home: ..........................229-183 Night Games: ......................................15-23 among opponents (25 games). All-Time at Kansas City: .................199-219 vs. American League East: .....................6-7 Alex Kirilloff is hitting .310 (13-for-42) with four home runs, 11 RBI, three walks, five vs. American League Central: ............14-20 Aruns scored and a .943 OPS in 11 career games against the Royals...four of his six career 2021 Game Logs: vs. American League West: ..................9-16 homers and 11 of his 28 RBI have come against the Royals. vs. National League: ...............................4-4 Josh Donaldson is hitting .327 (35-for-107) with 11 doubles, seven home runs, 20 RBI Date Site Score Winner/Loser/Save Games vs. LH Starter: ........................10-18 4/30 MIN 9-1 Pineda/Singer Games vs. RH Starter: ........................23-29 Aand a 1.028 OPS in 29 career games at Kauffman Stadium. Twins score first: ................................22-23 Since joining the Twins in 2019, Nelson Cruz is hitting .344 (42-for-122) with 10 doubles, 5/1 MIN 3-11 Duffy/Shoemaker Opponent scores first: .......................11-24 A16 home runs, 39 RBI, a .442 on-base percentage, a .820 slugging percentage and a 5/2 MIN 13-4 Berríos/Keller Come-from-behind wins: ........................ 13 1.262 OPS in 34 games vs. the Royals (Twins are 21-13 in those games)...he has 31 home 5/28 MIN 3-8 Bubic/Dobnak Leading after 7/8 inn.: ................26-4/26-4 runs in 103 career games against Kansas City (chart to the bottom right). 5/29 MIN 6-5 Happ/Santana/Rogers Trailing after 7/8 inn.: .................3-30/1-30 Cruz is tied with Miguel Sanó for third-most homers among active opponents at Kauffman 5/30 MIN 3-6 Keller/Shoemaker/Holland Tied after 7/8 inn.: ...........................3-8/5-8 AStadium with 12, trailing Miguel Cabrera (19) and Albert Pujols (17). 6/3 KC 5-6 Junis/Robles/Barlow Extra-innings: .........................................4-8 Luis Arraez is hitting .348 (24-for-69) with 10 walks and a .444 OBP in 19 career games 1-run games: ......................................12-12 Avs. the Royals, reaching safely in 18 of those 19. 6/4 KC 5-14 Keller/Shoemaker Twins out-hit opp.: ................................24-6 6/5 KC 5-4 Berríos/Minor/Robles Opp. out-hit Twins: ...............................6-36 Twins/Opp. have = hits: ..........................3-5 CENTER CUT: With 80 games completed in 2021, below are how the hitting and pitching 6/6 KC 2-1 Farrell/Singer/Rogers Run Differential: ....................-65 (372-437) numbers have compared through 81 games since 2016: 7/2 KC 4-7 Lovelady/Happ/Barlow Twins get Quality Start: ........................13-5 AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG OPS 7/3 KC 3:10 pm (CT) Twins starter goes 6+ IP: ....................17-7 2016 .247 341 686 132 16 92 326 245 701 .312 .406 .718 7/4 KC 1:10 pm (CT) Most games over .500: .......................3, 4/8 2017 .251 367 697 142 7 96 352 303 679 .326 .410 .736 Most games under .500: ................15, 6/16 9/10 MIN 7:10 pm (CT) Longest win-streak: ....................5, 6/16-21 2018 .239 348 662 173 11 84 332 279 677 .310 .400 .710 9/11 MIN 6:10 pm (CT) Longest losing-streak: ...5, 2x, last 5/8-5/14 2019 .270 461 774 167 11 151 444 251 650 .337 .495 .831 9/12 MIN 1:10 pm (CT) When Twins score 4+: ........................26-17 2020 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10/1 KC 7:10 pm (CT) When Twins score 3-: ...........................7-30 2021 .245 372 663 138 10 115 346 262 692 .316 .431 .747 Twins get 10+ hits: .............................14-14 10/2 KC 6:10 pm (CT) Days in First Place .................................... 7 W L S IP H R ER HR BB K ERA 10/3 KC 2:10 pm (CT) Days in Second Place ............................... 2 2016 27 54 12 716.1 820 441 406 115 218 604 5.10 Days in Third Place ................................... 7 2017 41 40 22 722.2 760 426 392 122 277 564 4.88 CURRENT ROADTRIP (0-4) Days in Fourth Place ............................... 51 2018 35 46 17 733.1 726 383 364 101 282 730 4.47 Batting average .227 Days in Fifth Place .................................. 29 2019 52 29 24 733.0 684 354 320 96 228 699 3.93 Walk-Off W/L: .........................................4/5 2020 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Runs Per Game 4.50 Shutouts W/L: .........................................3/3 2021 33 47 19 699.1 717 437 393 125 246 643 5.06 Home Runs 4 Complete Games: ........................................ RISP .345 Attendance High: ........ 20,215, 6/27 vs. CLE ROAD CRUZIN': Nelson Cruz is hitting .355 (43-for-121) with five doubles, one triple, nine Errors 2 Attendance Total: ........................... 481,371 home runs, 24 RBI, 11 walks, a .415 on-base percentage and a 1.051 OPS in 34 road games Attendance Average: ........................ 12,343 this season...last night he went 0-for-4, snapping a 13-game road hitting streak...on the Target Field Sellouts - 2021/All-Time: ... 8/181 season, he leads baseball in road OPS and ranks second in road batting average, trailing Team ERA 9.28 RECENT TRANSACTIONS only Michael Brantley (.396). Starters W-L 0-3 Starters ERA 10.38 7/1 RHP Shoemaker designated for release ALL ABOUT ALEX: Alex Kirilloff is hitting .313 (20-for-64) with four doubles, one triple, two Relievers W-L-S 0-1-0 home runs, 10 RBI, four walks, a .353 on-base percentage and an .853 OPS in his last 17 or assignment games...among all rookies in baseball in that span, he ranks second in batting average, Relievers ERA 7.98 RHP Law contract selected from AAA fourth in on-base percentage and fifth in OPS. Saves/Opps 0/0 6/25 RHP Farrell placed on 10-day IL TWINS AND SOUTHPAWS: The Twins are hitting .256 (236-for-922) with a .445 slugging MLB TEAM HOME RUN LEADERS LHP Coulombe contract selected from AAA percentage and a .758 OPS vs. lefties this season, compared to .240 (427-for-1782) with a RHP Stashak transferred to 60-day IL San Francisco ......................................121 .424 slugging and a .742 OPS against righties.