Watch the Live Play-by-Play of the Kansas City Royals (19-19) @ Minnesota Twins (23-15) MLB The Show SIM. 6:10pmCT

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Twingo
Thanks again to SotaStick for sponsoring our "Target Field," promotions, the winner of Twingo today can get any  Twins shirt in stock again courtesy of SotaStick!

• Rules: I have created 5 boards for you to chose from. Comment on twitch before first pitch which board you plan to play with and you are stuck with that board for the remainder of the game.
• Should we have no winners, prize carries over into tomorrow's game.
• Let's say Board #3 wins first and 3 people have it, I will randomly chose one of the three names to win the prize.
• Boards: Twingo Boards (Will be fully updated by 4:30pm).

Catch-Up
Homer Bailey, who was already the best starter this season for Minnesota, had his best start of the year with 8 shutout innings and a game one victory over the Royals 2-0. Tonight the Twins will look to take the series behind Kenta Maeda as the Royals send out Mike Montgomery.

 

Pre-game
5:45pmCT

 

Where to watch
Virtual Twins Baseball Network
 

AL Central Standings

1. Twins 23-15 
2. Indians 22-20 
3. Royals 19-19 
4. White Sox 15-24 
5. Tigers 12-27 

 

Starting Pitchers

• Royals: Mike Montgomery 2-1, 4.32 ERA, 33.1 IP, 29 K's
• Twins: Kenta Maeda 1-2, 2.87 ERA, 31.1 IP, 52 K's

*=Kenta Maeda: 12th in AL, Strikeouts (52).

 

Royals Batting Order

1. 2B Whit Merrifield .274 BA, 8 HR, 26 RBI
2. SS Adalberto Mondesi .270 BA, 6 HR, 20 RBI
3. RF Jorge Soler* .353 BA, 10 HR, 22 RBI
4. 3B Hunter Dozier .217 BA, 4 HR, 17 RBI
5. LF Alex Gordon .271 BA, 6 HR, 25 RBI
6. C Salvador Perez .266 BA, 4 HR, 15 RBI
7. 1B Ryan O'Hearn .196 BA, 4 HR, 9 RBI
8. DH Maikel Franco .284 BA, 4 HR, 14 RBI
9. CF Bret Phillips .349 BA, 5 HR, 18 RBI

Royals: One of Nine teams in MLB with 4 players 20RBI or more.
*= Jorge Soler: 3rd in AL, OPS (1.075).

 

Twins Batting Order

1. C Mitch Garver* .320 BA, 14 HR, 25 RBI
2. SS Jorge Polanco .281 BA, 4 HR, 24 RBI
3. 1B Miguel Sano .293 BA, 11 HR, 20 RBI
4. DH Nelson Cruz .269 BA, 6 HR, 19 RBI
5. RF Max Kepler .222 BA, 9 HR, 12 RBI
6. 3B Josh Donaldson .244 BA, 2 HR, 12 RBI
7. LF Eddie Rosario .225 BA, 5 HR, 17 RBI
8. 2B Ehire Adrianza .214 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBI
9. CF Byron Buxton .224 BA, 5 HR, 11 RBI

*=Mitch Garver: 1st in AL, OPS (1.100).

 

Bomba Tracker
- 2019 through 38 games: 68
- 2020: 60

 

Storylines
1. After a pitcher's duel yesterday, who knows what to expect heading into this one. The Twins have had three games against LHP where they have been shutout as well as four games with over 6 runs each game, so we'll see what version of the Bomba Squad arrives at Target Field against Mike Montgomery.
2. With the Indians going 2-5 in their last seven games, the Royals find themselves one game back of 2nd place in the AL Central with a chance to win a "prove-it," game tonight and show that the Royals are for real this season.
3. With Twingo tonight, even if there are no winners I will be giving away some SotaStick merch! All you have to do to be entered is enter a board before first pitch and I will draw random names of people who have not won yet after the game.