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| 977 | MINNESOTA | +140 | Ov 8,-110 | +140 | Ov 7.5,+110 | | 978 | KANSAS CITY | -150 | Un 8,-110 | -150 | Un 7.5,-130 |
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| All Games | 48-57 | +2.9 | 50-50 | 4.1 | 0.244 | 0.314 | 4.5 | 0.275 | 0.323 | | Road Games | 24-28 | +7.4 | 24-26 | 4.0 | 0.239 | 0.306 | 4.1 | 0.280 | 0.326 | | vs Left-handed Starters | 16-17 | +2.9 | 16-17 | 4.3 | 0.251 | 0.316 | 4.5 | 0.285 | 0.319 | | Past 7 Games | 3-4 | -0.7 | 2-5 | 2.6 | 0.217 | 0.276 | 4.9 | 0.284 | 0.317 | | Grass Games | 44-55 | -1.4 | 47-48 | 4.0 | 0.241 | 0.311 | 4.5 | 0.274 | 0.322 | | Night Games | 24-32 | -1.5 | 23-31 | 3.5 | 0.235 | 0.300 | 4.1 | 0.267 | 0.314 | | Division | 21-18 | +8.9 | 18-19 | 4.3 | 0.245 | 0.320 | 4.6 | 0.276 | 0.323 |
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| All Games | 4.1 | 0.244 | 0.314 | 105 | 3577 | 873 | 284 | 77 | 0.02 | 402 | 366 | 867 | 54 | 773 | 73 | 55 | 96 | 62 | | Road Games | 4.0 | 0.239 | 0.306 | 52 | 1793 | 428 | 139 | 36 | 0.02 | 197 | 175 | 463 | 26 | 374 | 40 | 20 | 47 | 30 | | Lefty Starters | 4.3 | 0.251 | 0.316 | 33 | 1112 | 279 | 93 | 26 | 0.02 | 132 | 106 | 265 | 18 | 229 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 18 |
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| All Games | 3.15 | 1.207 | 343 | 134 | 120 | 314 | 22 | 100 | 261 | 15-10 | 28 | 9 | 75.7% | | Road Games | 3.07 | 1.152 | 155.3 | 56 | 53 | 138 | 7 | 41 | 118 | 5-6 | 16 | 4 | 80% |
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| All Games | 53-52 | -7.1 | 48-52 | 4.0 | 0.262 | 0.309 | 4.0 | 0.255 | 0.313 | | Home Games | 25-27 | -10.5 | 25-26 | 3.7 | 0.251 | 0.300 | 4.4 | 0.268 | 0.322 | | vs Right-handed Starters | 40-37 | -4.5 | 38-35 | 4.2 | 0.265 | 0.311 | 3.9 | 0.256 | 0.312 | | Past 7 Games | 5-2 | +2 | 3-4 | 4.0 | 0.251 | 0.303 | 3.4 | 0.249 | 0.318 | | Grass Games | 49-49 | -8.6 | 45-49 | 3.9 | 0.260 | 0.309 | 4.0 | 0.255 | 0.312 | | Night Games | 34-32 | -3.4 | 31-31 | 4.2 | 0.266 | 0.312 | 3.9 | 0.254 | 0.313 | | Division | 23-25 | -6.4 | 25-22 | 4.1 | 0.264 | 0.312 | 4.4 | 0.269 | 0.326 |
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| All Games | 4.0 | 0.262 | 0.309 | 105 | 3621 | 948 | 266 | 61 | 0.02 | 387 | 250 | 631 | 85 | 716 | 102 | 61 | 82 | 41 | | Home Games | 3.7 | 0.251 | 0.300 | 52 | 1706 | 429 | 122 | 28 | 0.02 | 179 | 119 | 295 | 42 | 321 | 41 | 27 | 42 | 28 | | Righty Starters | 4.2 | 0.265 | 0.311 | 77 | 2665 | 705 | 202 | 46 | 0.02 | 299 | 178 | 452 | 64 | 514 | 72 | 37 | 62 | 28 |
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| All Games | 3.38 | 1.279 | 298.6 | 122 | 112 | 259 | 21 | 123 | 284 | 18-12 | 29 | 9 | 76.3% | | Home Games | 4.38 | 1.375 | 156.3 | 78 | 76 | 149 | 13 | 66 | 151 | 10-4 | 18 | 4 | 81.8% |
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| 7/18/2014 | GIBSON(R) | TAMPA BAY | COBB(R) | 2-6 | L | +110 | 7.5 ov | O | 6 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | | 7/19/2014 | HUGHES(R) | TAMPA BAY | PRICE(L) | 1-5 | L | +135 | 7 ev | U | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | | 7/20/2014 | CORREIA(R) | TAMPA BAY | ARCHER(R) | 3-5 | L | +120 | 8.5 ev | U | 6 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2 | | 7/21/2014 | JOHNSON(L) | CLEVELAND | HOUSE(L) | 4-3 | W | +100 | 9.5 un | U | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | | 7/22/2014 | PINO(R) | CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | 2-8 | L | +125 | 9 un | O | 9 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | | 7/23/2014 | SWARZAK(R) | CLEVELAND | BAUER(R) | 3-1 | W | +125 | 8.5 un | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | | 7/24/2014 | HUGHES(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | NOESI(R) | 2-5 | L | -160 | 8.5 ov | U | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | | 7/25/2014 | CORREIA(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | DANKS(L) | 5-9 | L | -120 | 9 ev | O | 9 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | | 7/26/2014 | DARNELL(L) | CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 0-7 | L | +160 | 7.5 un | U | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | | 7/27/2014 | PINO(R) | CHI WHITE SOX | CARROLL(R) | 4-3 | W | -125 | 9 un | U | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | | 7/29/2014 | GIBSON(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | SHIELDS(R) | 2-1 | W | 182 | 7.5 un | U | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | | 7/30/2014 | HUGHES(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | DUFFY(L) | | | 7/31/2014 | CORREIA(R) | @ KANSAS CITY | VENTURA(R) | | | 8/1/2014 | DARNELL(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | | | 8/2/2014 | PINO(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | CARROLL(R) | | | 8/3/2014 | GIBSON(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | | | 8/5/2014 | HUGHES(R) | SAN DIEGO | HAHN(R) | | | 8/6/2014 | | SAN DIEGO | | |
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| 7/18/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | @ BOSTON | BUCHHOLZ(R) | 4-5 | L | 110 | 8 un | O | 12 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | | 7/19/2014 | DUFFY(L) | @ BOSTON | DE LA ROSA(R) | 1-2 | L | 120 | 8 un | U | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | 7/20/2014 | VENTURA(R) | @ BOSTON | LESTER(L) | 0-6 | L | 145 | 7.5 un | U | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | | 7/21/2014 | GUTHRIE(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | SALE(L) | 1-3 | L | 160 | 7 ov | U | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | | 7/22/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | CARROLL(R) | 7-1 | W | -145 | 9 un | U | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | | 7/23/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | @ CHI WHITE SOX | QUINTANA(L) | 2-1 | W | 100 | 7.5 un | U | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | | 7/24/2014 | DUFFY(L) | CLEVELAND | KLUBER(R) | 2-1 | W | -120 | 7 ev | U | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | | 7/25/2014 | VENTURA(R) | CLEVELAND | TOMLIN(R) | 6-4 | W | -120 | 8 ov | O | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | 7/26/2014 | GUTHRIE(R) | CLEVELAND | MCALLISTER(R) | 7-5 | W | -110 | 9 ov | O | 9 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | | 7/27/2014 | CHEN(L) | CLEVELAND | SALAZAR(R) | 3-10 | L | -110 | 8 un | O | 8 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | | 7/29/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | MINNESOTA | GIBSON(R) | 1-2 | L | -195 | 7.5 un | U | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | | 7/30/2014 | DUFFY(L) | MINNESOTA | HUGHES(R) | | | 7/31/2014 | VENTURA(R) | MINNESOTA | CORREIA(R) | | | 8/1/2014 | GUTHRIE(R) | @ OAKLAND | GRAY(R) | | | 8/2/2014 | CHEN(L) | @ OAKLAND | KAZMIR(L) | | | 8/3/2014 | SHIELDS(R) | @ OAKLAND | CHAVEZ(R) | | | 8/5/2014 | DUFFY(L) | @ ARIZONA | MILEY(L) | | | 8/6/2014 | | @ ARIZONA | | |
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| |  | MINNESOTA: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The number is staggering. In the past three years, the Minnesota Twins have lost 291 games. Ninety-nine in 2011. Ninety-six each of the last two seasons.
A team that was once viewed as a model for succeeding and competing with modest financial resources has been an afterthought for too long now. They have finished last in the AL Central twice and were fourth last season.
So the Twins shed their frugal ways in the offseason, shelling out $73 million to bring in Ricky Nolasco and Phil Hughes to bolster a lagging rotation. They also brought back manager Ron Gardenhire on a two-year deal and moved Joe Mauer from catcher to first base in an effort to protect their franchise player from injury.
''They made a statement: `We don't want to see this again. We don't want to go through this again this summer,''' Gardenhire said.
The Twins said goodbye to longtime first baseman Justin Morneau late last season when general manager Terry Ryan traded him to the Pirates in a stretch-run deal. There weren't many other changes to an offense that has struggled to score runs, but the upgrades to the rotation have given the holdovers some peace of mind that they won't have to score seven runs a game to have a chance to win.
''It's night and day to be honest with you. Terry went out and spent some money on some good arms in Nolasco and Hughes,'' second baseman Brian Dozier said. ''Hughes had a bad year last year but is an All-Star pitcher and I think moving to this park will help him a lot. I think just getting out of New York to be honest with you. ... So we needed to address our pitching staff and Terry did that, and I'm happy about it.''
| | KANSAS CITY: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - James Shields thinks back to last year, thoughtfully piecing together what was missing from the Kansas City Royals as they made a late push for the postseason.
The pitching was strong. The offense was coming around. The defense was sublime.
He finally settled on experience.
''These guys that didn't realize or have never been to September, when you're fighting for a playoff spot, now you have that experience,'' Shields said. ''And I think that was one of the things we were lacking last season, the experience. You tend to put too much on your shoulders. And I think the second half we definitely relaxed and put all that aside and had fun and played the game the way we know how to play, and it showed.
''I think with the experience factor now,'' Shields concluded, ''we're ready to go.''
After finishing 86-76 a year ago, and contending into September for the first time in a decade, the Royals have their sets sight squarely on their first playoff appearance since 1985 this year.
Anything less would be a disappointment. Anything less would be a failure.
''Last year was a blast. When the end of the season came in Chicago, nobody wanted to leave,'' first baseman Eric Hosmer said. ''They knew how close we were. We were right there. And it left a good taste in everyone's mouth going into the offseason, knowing how good everyone can be.''
Indeed, the Royals return most of their key players from a year ago, signing left-hander Jason Vargas to replace their only significant loss, starting pitcher Ervin Santana. They also upgraded at their weakest spots, trading for Norichika Aoki to play right field and bat leadoff and signing Omar Infante to settle a second base position that has been a black hole for years.
All of which left the notoriously frugal franchise with a record-setting payroll.
Royals manager Ned Yost hopes all those moves will pay off for a rotation that was among the league's best last year, and an offense that was among the league's worst.
''It's going to be a lineup that has offensive sequence from one to nine. You're not going to have any dead spots,'' Yost said. ''You're not going to get something going and then bam, run into a wall and have to get going again. At least, I hope not. I don't think so.''
So with more experience and an upgraded lineup, Kansas City enters its season opener Sunday at Detroit with boundless enthusiasm. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER AL PREVIEW (MINNESOTA-KANSAS CITY) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Twins-Royals Preview* ======================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Writer
Minnesota (47-57) at Kansas City (53-51), 8:10 p.m. EDT
Danny Duffy watched as Kansas City's offense was shut down in the series opener with Minnesota, something he's also grown accustomed to witnessing during his starts.
The left-hander hopes that's not the case Wednesday night against the visiting Twins as he looks to help the Royals avoid a third straight defeat.
Duffy (5-10, 2.47 ERA) is the only pitcher in baseball with double-digit losses while posting an ERA below 2.50 as Kansas City (53-52) has failed to provide him with much help.
His 2.47 run-support average is the worst of any pitcher to make 15 starts. In his latest, he allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings against Cleveland on Thursday before the Royals won 2-1 in 14 innings.
"It was one of the best starts I've had in recent memory, where I was locating so well with everything," said Duffy, who didn't allow a hit until the fifth.
Duffy is 1-4 despite a 1.93 ERA in his last six outings, allowing one earned run or none five times. His only victory in that stretch came against Minnesota on June 30, when he gave up one run in 5 2-3 innings of a 6-1 win.
Duffy also pitched 4 1-3 scoreless innings over two April relief outings against the Twins, and he's 2-1 with a 2.13 ERA in six career appearances in this series.
Whether or not he adds another victory to that mark may come down to the performance of the Royals' offense, which managed only Eric Hosmer's RBI single in the ninth inning of Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Twins.
"The loss is frustrating in general. It doesn't matter how it is," designated hitter Billy Butler said. "It's not fun to lose, especially in a 2-1 game like that. We should have put up more runs."
Kansas City remained five games behind Detroit for the AL Central lead and is 3 1/2 back of Toronto for the second wild-card spot.
"Games throughout the year are huge, but obviously time is ticking down now," said Hosmer, who went 1 for 4 after not starting the previous four because of a bruised hand.
While the Royals have dropped two straight following a five-game winning streak, Minnesota (48-57) has won back-to-back contests after getting RBIs from Brian Dozier and Josh Willingham in the series opener.
Phil Hughes will take the mound Wednesday for the Twins, who have won six of seven on the road.
Hughes (10-7, 4.10) had a 3.09 ERA through his first 14 outings, but he's gone 3-4 with a 6.31 ERA in seven starts since while giving up at least five runs five times. He allowed two through three innings against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday before leaving in the fourth after being hit on the right ankle with a comebacker.
The right-hander threw his bullpen session without any problems and said he's ready to go.
"I'm really thankful it's not broken," Hughes said. "With the way the rotation is looking right now, I feel a responsibility to get out there and not miss any time."
Hughes gave up three runs in six innings of an 8-3 win over the Royals on April 20. He's 6-2 in nine career starts against Kansas City despite a 5.89 ERA.
Outfielder Oswaldo Arcia is expected to be back with the Twins after missing Tuesday's contest following the birth of his child.
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| | Last Updated: 4/18/2024 5:29:18 PM EST. |
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