The Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins meet Tuesday in MLB action from Target Field. Here’s a Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals prediction. This will be the second installment in a four-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game.
Kansas City Royals Betting Preview
The Royals played the Tampa Bay Rays in their weekend series. Kansas City did well in the first pair with wins 8-1 and 7-4. In the Sunday finale the Royals took a 4-1 loss. On Monday in their opener versus the Twins, KC took a tough 6-5 loss. Starter Alex Marsh put up 7.0 innings with five earned on five hits and two walks.
In the starting pitcher slot for Tuesday it’ll be Cole Ragans. This year Ragans is 4-3 with a 3.34 ERA in 11 starts. Ragans has 76 Ks in 62.0 innings total. He’s 11-11 with a 3.73 in 49 career games (32 starts).
Minnesota Twins Betting Preview
Over on the Twins’ side, they played the Texas Rangers in their weekend set. Minnesota similarly won the first pair 3-2 and 5-3. On Sunday the Twins fell 6-2. In the Monday matchup Minnesota was out-hit 10-7 on the way to the victory. Joe Ryan put up 7.0 innings in the start with one earned on four hits.
As starter for Tuesday’s game two it’ll be Simeon Woods Richardson. This year in his seven starts Richardson is 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA and 26 Ks in 35.0 innings. Richardson is 1-1 with a 3.43 ERA in nine career games (eight starts).
Royals vs Twins Injury Notes
Royals CF Kyle Isbel (face) was out of the lineup for Monday’s game.
Twins 3B Royce Lewis (quadricep) is still without a clear timeline for his return to the team.
Minnesota Twins Player Prop Facts
- Jose Miranda has hit a home run in each of the Twins’ last two home games against AL Central opponents.
- Byron Buxton has recorded at least one RBI in four of his last five home appearances against the Royals after playing the previous day.
- Jose Miranda has recorded a Single in five of the Twins’ last six night games.
- Max Kepler has recorded a Double in three of the Twins’ last four games as underdogs against AL opponents.
- Trevor Larnach has recorded at least one hit in each of his last seven home appearances against the Royals after playing the previous day.
- Trevor Larnach has recorded at least one total base in each of his last seven home appearances against the Royals.
- Trevor Larnach has scored a run in four of his last five home appearances after playing the previous day.
Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts
- Bobby Witt Jr. has hit at least one home run in each of the Royals’ last two games as favorites against AL opponents.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded two or more hits in each of the Royals’ last three games against the Twins.
- Salvador Perez has recorded at least one RBI in six of the Royals’ last seven games as favorites against AL opponents.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded two or more total bases in each of the Royals’ last four games as favorites.
- Salvador Perez has recorded at least one Single in eight of his last nine road appearances against the Twins after playing the previous day.
- Vinnie Pasquantino has recorded a Double in each of the Royals’ last three games as road favorites against AL Central opponents.
- Hunter Renfroe has scored at least one run in eight of his last nine appearances against the Twins after playing the previous day.
- Salvador Perez ranks 5th amongst qualified players for Batting Average (.323) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Minnesota Twins rank 3rd in the league for strikeouts this season (490).
- The Minnesota Twins rank 24th in the league for on-base percentage this season (.304).
- The Kansas City Royals rank T3rd in the league for triples this season (13).
- The Kansas City Royals rank 3rd in the league for RBI’s this season (258).
Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals Prediction
I’ll stay with the Twins. Richardson gave up five earned runs on eight hits and a walk during a no-decision back on May 11 in Toronto. In his two starts since then however (both on the road), Richardson has given up just one earned on seven hits and a walk in 10.0 total innings. He didn’t get a decision in either of those.
On Monday the Twins got a key homer from Trevor Larnach (three RBI) in the fifth inning. Really there was only one bad inning on the mound—four runs in the top of the ninth. Otherwise it was a nice well-rounded effort. I like Minnesota to keep it rolling in game two.