Kansas City Royals (15-28) vs. Minnesota Twins (27-18)
May 27, 2022 8:10 pm EDT
The Line: Minnesota Twins -179 / Kansas City Royals +160; Over/Under: +8
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The Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins meet Friday in MLB action at Target Field. The Kansas City Royals need a win after losing six of their last seven games. The Minnesota Twins look for a win after winning eight of their last 11 games.
The Kansas City Royals have scored 14 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last eight games. The Royals have lost five straight games when scoring four or more runs. Andrew Benintendi leads the Royals with 51 hits and 18 RBI, while Hunter Dozier and Whit Merrifield have combined for 78 hits and 33 RBI. Brad Keller gets the ball, and he is 1-4 with a 3.20 ERA and 29 strikeouts this season. Keller is 3-4 with a 3.43 ERA and 53 strikeouts in his career against the Twins.
The Minnesota Twins have scored six runs in their last three games and three or fewer runs in five of their last 10 games. The Twins have lost seven of their last 10 games when scoring three or fewer runs. Luis Arraez leads the Twins with 42 hits and 11 RBI, while Jorge Polanco and Carlos Correa have combined for 70 hits and 39 RBI. Bailey Ober gets the ball, and he is 1-1 with a 2.55 ERA and 20 strikeouts this season. Ober is 0-0 with a 3.38 ERA and 14 strikeouts in his career against the Royals.
The Royals are 6-14 in their last 20 road games and 1-4 in their last 5 Friday games. The Twins are 5-1 in their last 6 Friday games and 6-2 in their last 8 overall. The over is 6-1 in Royals last 7 overall. The over is 5-2-1 in Twins last 8 overall. The Royals are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Minnesota and 1-4 in the last 5 meetings.
Brad Keller has gotten hit in his last three starts, and that includes giving up four urns in seven innings against these Twins last week. The Kansas City Royals find ways to lose more times than not, even when the offense shows up. Bailey Ober has allowed 22 hits and seven earned runs in 24.2 innings this season. The Twins have been money all year in the home favorite role. Give me the Twins.
