
MIN
62-80

KC
73-69
Postgame · final
Line score, top performers, model verdict against Vegas, and how the closing line shaped up vs the actual outcome.
Final
KC wins
MIN 2 · KC 11 (by 9)
Model verdict
✓ Hit
Picked KC +14pp
Against the spread
No spread
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| KC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
What's next
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Data via ESPN · MLB Stats API · Baseball Savant
Recap · MLB
ansas City Royals held off Minnesota Twins, 11–2. It was a wire-to-wire rout.
ESPN didn't ship a closing line for this game; book settlement summary unavailable.
ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
MIN · top performer

Edouard Julien
2B
3-1
AB-H
0
R
0
RBI
KC · top performer

Michael Massey
2B
1-1
AB-H
0
R
0
RBI
MLB · Box scoreSTATCAST


MIN
62-80
| Batting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K |
| 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
SPRINT29.597 | ||||||||
| 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT28.688 | ||||||||
| 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
SPRINT27.251 | ||||||||
| 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
SPRINT26.225 | ||||||||
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
SPRINT27.251 | ||||||||
| Team | 7-34 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Pitching | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR |
| 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 8.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
KC
73-69
| Batting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K |
| 0-3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
SPRINT27.765 | ||||||||
| 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
SPRINT25.411 | ||||||||
| 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
SPRINT241 | ||||||||
| 0-3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2-5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
SPRINT27.148 | ||||||||
| 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
SPRINT2872 | ||||||||
| 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 13-37 | 37 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Pitching | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR |
| 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Pitcher arsenals · per-pitch detail
Statcast · via Baseball SavantMIN
KC
Stat compare
Headline stats · full table below
7
Hits
13
2
Runs
11
0
Errors
0
Current series
KC wins series 5-2
Season series
KC leads series 7-5
Headlines · top performers
Biggest swing: 14pp · Bottom 1st Inning
E. Julien
2BBatter of the game
1-for-3 · 0.833 OPS
B. Kriske
RPTop reliever
2.0 IP · 3 K · 2 ER · 2 H · 1 BB
M. Massey
2BBatter of the gamePerfect day
1-for-1 · 2.000 OPS
S. Kolek
SPStarting pitcher
7.0 IP · 4 K · 2 ER · 6 H · 1 BB
How it ended
KC beat MIN 11-2.
Win probability
KC vs MIN
Clutch moments · top swings
ranked by WP impactPasquantino · doubled to right, Yastrzemski scored, Garcia to third.
Buxton · tripled to center, Outman scored.
Linescore (innings)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| KC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 |
Period scoring
MIN won 0 · KC won 4
Inn 1
Perez 3
Inn 2
Inn 3
Buxton 1
Isbel 1
Inn 4
Jensen 1
Inn 5
Inn 6
Loftin 1
Inn 7
Inn 8
Inn 9
Play-by-play · 588 plays
· ·
MIN 2·KC 11
Outman flied out to left.
· ·
MIN 2·KC 11
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
· ·
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Sam Long pitches to James Outman
· ·
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Lee singled to right.
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Sam Long pitches to Brooks Lee
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Gasper lined out to third.
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
·
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Pitch 5 : Ball 1
·
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
·
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
·
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
·
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
·
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Sam Long pitches to Mickey Gasper
·
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Julien struck out looking.
·
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Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Looking
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Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
·
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking
·
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
·
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
·
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
·
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Sam Long pitches to Edouard Julien
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MIN 2·KC 11
Team stats
MIN
Away
Stat
KC
Home
2
Runs
11
7
Hits
13
0
Errors
0
10
TB
21
0
HR
1
2
BB
6
7
K
6
15
LOB
15
STATCAST · Tonight’s standouts
2 of 13 players in cohortPlayer projections
Per-player stat projections built from a recency-weighted blend of the last ten games, season average, and matchup context. Confidence reflects sample size and stability — the top of each list is who to watch.
130
projections · 82 high confidence
Strikeouts
Hits
Total bases
RBIs
Earned runs
Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands
Model ensemble · how the prediction is built
Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.
65.7%
ensemble · KC favored
Elo Static
63.9%
P(KC win)
33%
weight
Elo Pitching
63.8%
P(KC win)
33%
weight
Bullpen Park
62.9%
P(KC win)
34%
weight
Disagreement
0.45 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
97% · high
maps from disagreement
Substrate count
3 / 3 active
ones with full inputs tonight
Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.
Historical comparables
basis · elo_diff + win_prob + day_of_year + total_runs