The Kansas City Royals (76-65), with Cole Ragans on the mound, host the Minnes🤡ota Twin✨s (76-64) who will start Zebby Matthews, at 8:10 p.m. ET on Friday.
If you’re planning on watching this game, keep reading for TV and streaming options for the Kansas City-Minnesota matchup.
When is Royals vs. Twins and when does it start?
Where to watch Royals vs. Twins
The Royals and Twins will hit the diamond at 🎃Kauffman Stadium for this matchup on Sept. 6, and if you want to see the matchup live, get your tickets now from !
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Royals Stats, Odds & Insights
The Royals are 44-26 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 62.9% of ⭕those ga🎀mes).
🍒Kansas City is 16th in baseball with 157 total home runs.
The Royals rank ninth in MLB, slugging .418.
Kansas City has the 12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs 💃(3.94).
The Royals average MLB’s 18th-ranked WHIP (1.270).
Twins Stats, Odds & Insights
The Twins have beeಞn underdogs in 42 games this season and won 15 (35.7%) of those contests.
Minnesota has hit 170 homers this season, which ranks ninth in theജ majors.
Fu🐭eled by 463 extra-base hits, the Twins rank sixth in MLB with a .425 slugging percentage this season.
Minnesota has the 19th-r🍌anked ERA (4.18) in the majors this season.
Twins pitchers have a 1.188 WHIP this season𝕴, s💜econd-best in the majors.
Royals Starter Recent Performance: Cole Ragans
| Opponent | Date | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at Astros | Aug. 31 | 5.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| at Guardians | Aug. 26 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| vs. Angels | Aug. 20 | 5.0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| at Twins | Aug. 14 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| vs. Red Sox | Aug. 7 | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Twins Starter Recent Performance: Zebby Matthews
| Opponent | Date | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs. Blue Jays | Aug. 31 | 2.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| vs. Cardinals | Aug. 25 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| at Padres | Aug. 19 | 5.0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| vs. Royals | Aug. 13 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Royals Key Players to Watch
The Royals will send Ragans (10-9) out to m𒉰ake his 29th start of the season. He is 10-9 with a 3.46 ERA and 197 strikeouts in 161 1/3 innings pitched.
His last time out came on Saturday against the Houston Astros, when the left-hander tossed five innings, su🤪rrendering five earned runs while giving up four hits.
In 28 games tꦆhis season, the 26-year-old has put upღ a 3.46 ERA and 11 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .219 to opposing batters.
Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in batting average (.339), home runs (30) and runs bat💟ted in (97) this season.
Salvador Perez has 140 hits and an OBP of .334 to go wi꧑th a slugging percentage of .473 this season.
Maikel Garcia has 125 h🐽its this season and a slash line of .239/.285/.345.
Twins Key Players to Watch
Matthews (1-2) will take 🅺to the mound for the Twins and make his fifth start of the season.
The right-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw two innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, giving up nine earned runs while allowing 10 hits.
The 24-year-old has pitched🔜 in four games this season with an ERA of 7.41 and 9.5 strikeouts per nine inni🐻ngs, with an opponent batting average of .307.
C🌸arlos Santana has a team-high 20 home runs and 60 runs batted in.
Willi Castro is hitting .248 to pace his team.
Ryan Jeffers has launched a team-best 20 home runs♌.
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