Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 83-76 Minnesota Twins play host to the 92-67 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Target Field, Oct 2, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Royals +111/Twins -121
Total Line: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Chris Young (R) W/L 11-6 WHIP 1.09 ERA 3.15
Ervin Santana (R) W/L 7-4 WHIP 1.32 ERA 4.10
Kansas City was a 6-4 winner at the White Sox on Thursday. They are 2-2 on their road trip and 5-4 in their last 9 games. Minnesota was a 4-2 winner at Cleveland yesterday. They completed their road trip with a 5-2 record and are 7-3 in their past 10 games. The Twins are 46-32 at home in 2015.
The Royals have a 6-4 edge in the last 10 encounters in 2015 between these two AL Central rivals.
Young was a 3-0 winner over Cleveland in his last start, his first start since July 28th. He went 5 innings and didn’t allow a hit. He has 6 Q starts on the year.
Santana was a 7-1 winner at Detroit in his last outing. He pitched 7 innings, yielded 1 run and struck out 5 for his 10th Q start of the season. He is unbeaten in his last 7 starts.
KC 1B Eric Hosmer is 4-11 (.364) against Santana with 2 HRs and 7 RBIs while C Drew Butera is 3-6 (.500) with an RBI. SS Alcides Escobar is 6-18 (.333) vs. the veteran right-hander with 3 RBIs and 2 SBs while OF Alex Gordon is 7-29 (.241) with 2 HRs and 5 RBIs. The 8 other hitters that have faced Santana before are a combined 18-105 (.171) with 2 HRs, 8 RBIs and 3 SBs.
Twins UT Danny Santana is 2-3 (.667) against Young with an RBI while OF Aaron Hicks is 2-4 (.500) with a stolen base. IF Eduardo Nunez is 1-3 (.333) vs. the left-hander with a SB while DH Kennys Vargas and UT Eddie Rosario are both 1-4 (.250). The 9 other hitters that have faced Young before are a combined 14-81 (.173) with 3 HRs, 8 RBIs and 1 SB.
Kansas City at Minnesota Betting Trends
Kansas City is 6-2 straight up in their last 8 road games against Minnesota.
The game total has gone under in 8 of Kansas City’s last 11 games against Minnesota.
The Twins are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games overall.
Minnesota is 3-6 straight up in their last 9 home games.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Minnesota’s last 6 games.
Injury Report
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 60-Day Disabled List
MINNESOTA TWINS
Logan Darnell P 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Pressly P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Kansas City: 39%
Minnesota: 61%
Free MLB Pick
Chris Young came out of the bullpen to make his first start since July and while it was a decent five scoreless innings his body of work as a starter this season suggests that he may not repeat that this outing. He does have good historical stats against the Twins’ current roster (.212 BA). We think that Ervin Santana who has been ultra-sharp in his last six is the more likely of the two starters to come up with a strong performance. It doesn’t hurt the cause that the Royals who do have a shot at the AL crown are resting players.
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