Watch the Live Play-by-Play of the Kansas City Royals (19-20) @ Minnesota Twins (24-15) MLB The Show SIM. 1:10pmCT

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Catch-Up
Kenta Maeda with yet another tough outing, going only three innings and allowing three runs, but despite that the Twins hold on and win 5-4 thanks to some clutch hitting late coupled with great work again out of the pen from Fernando Romero. The Royals will turn to their ace in Brad Keller to try and take getaway day at Target Field.

 

Pre-game
12:45pmCT, 1:00pmCT Special Mother's Day production

 

Where to watch
Virtual Twins Baseball Network
 

AL Central Standings

1. Twins 24-15 
2. Indians 22-21 
3. Royals 19-20 
4. White Sox 16-24 
5. Tigers 13-27 

 

Starting Pitchers

• Royals: Brad Keller* 5-2, 3.40 ERA, 47.2 IP, 33 K's
• Twins: Jhoulys Chacin 4-1, 3.07 ERA, 41.0 IP, 26 K's

*=Brad Keller: 19th in AL, WHIP (1.17).

 

Royals Batting Order

1. 2B Whit Merrifield .273 BA, 8 HR, 26 RBI
2. SS Adalberto Mondesi .275 BA, 6 HR, 21 RBI
3. RF Jorge Soler* .343 BA, 10 HR, 22 RBI
4. 3B Hunter Dozier .217 BA, 4 HR, 17 RBI
5. LF Alex Gordon .275 BA, 6 HR, 26 RBI
6. C Salvador Perez .273 BA, 4 HR, 16 RBI
7. 1B Ryan O'Hearn .196 BA, 4 HR, 9 RBI
8. DH Maikel Franco .292 BA, 4 HR, 14 RBI
9. CF Bret Phillips* .351 BA, 5 HR, 19 RBI

*=Brett Phillips and Jorge Soler: 3rd and 4th in AL, Batting Average (.351 & .343 respectively).

 

Twins Batting Order

RF Max Kepler .223 BA, 9 HR, 13 RBI
SS Jorge Polanco .287 BA, 4 HR, 26 RBI
C Mitch Garver* .320 BA, 14 HR, 25 RBI
1B Miguel Sano .300 BA, 11 HR, 21 RBI
DH Nelson Cruz .268 BA, 6 HR, 20 RBI
LF Eddie Rosario .226 BA, 5 HR, 17 RBI
3B Josh Donaldson .237 BA, 2 HR, 12 RBI
2B Luis Arraez .289 BA, 1 HR, 6 RBI
CF Byron Buxton .233 BA, 5 HR, 11 RBI
*=Mitch Garver: 8th in AL, Runs Created (36.5).

 

Bomba Tracker
- 2019 through 39 games: 69
- 2020: 60

 

Storylines
1. From Dallas Braden's perfect game, to Torii Hunter's 7 RBI performance, even Craig Monroe's two home run day, Mother's Day baseball has always brought out the best in those playing baseball. This is one of those days like Jackie Robinson Day that is circled on the calendar and we hope it'll be special day on the ball field.

 

2. Jhoulys Chacin spoke candidly about how excited he was to work with pitching coach Wes Johnson this off-season and their relationship has paid dividends for Minnesota. Chacin leads the Twins in Quality Starts this season with 4 and will look to have another one here today and go for the sweep.

 

3. The Royals will try and take getaway day with Brad Keller, the Royals leader in IP, Wins and arguably the best pure fastball the Twins will have seen from a starter all year. Should be a good one!