The Kansas City Royals will play the Minnesota Twins in Game 2 of their series at Target Field on Tuesday night.
The Kansas City Royals are 48-69 this season and have lost three of their last four games. Kansas City lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 4-2 on Monday night. The Kansas City pitching staff has a 4.67 ERA, a 1.46 WHIP, and a .266 opponent batting average this season. The Royals offense has scored 459 runs with a .247 batting average and a .309 on base percentage. Bobby Witt is batting .251 with 15 home runs and 57 RBI’s for the Royals this season. The projected starter for Kansas City is Zack Greinke, who is 4-7 with a 4.29 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP over 98.2 innings pitched this season.
The Minnesota Twins are 59-55 this season and have lost five of their last seven games. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Minnesota lost two out of three games against the Angels. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 4.04 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .240 opponent batting average. The Twins offense has scored 509 runs with a .251 batting average and a .321 on base percentage this year. Byron Buxton is batting .226 with 28 home runs and 51 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Sonny Gray, who is 6-3 with a 3.33 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP over 83.2 innings pitched this season.
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