Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals — May 20, 2022

MLBFri, May 20, 2022 · 7:10 PM CT

TwinsMinnesota Twins6

Final

RoyalsKansas City Royals4

Betting Results

Spread

Twins covered

Royals +1.5

Total

Over

10 / 8.5

ML

Twins

-133

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Royals L3

Royals 3-0 ATS

Starting PitchersConfirmed

Twins

Devin Smeltzer

1.74 ERA1-010.1 IP2 K1.06 WHIP

vs

Royals

Daniel Lynch IV

4.01 ERA2-333.2 IP31 K1.37 WHIP

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Twins	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	7	0
Royals	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	11	0

Box Score — Hitting

Twins

Batter	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K
Byron Buxton	CF	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
Carlos Correa	SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	1
Kyle Garlick	DH	1	1	1	2	0	0	0
Luis Arraez	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Polanco	2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
Gary Sánchez	C	5	0	1	1	0	0	2
Gio Urshela	3B	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
Max Kepler	RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jose Miranda	1B	4	1	2	2	0	0	1
Gilberto Celestino	LF	3	0	2	0	0	1	0
Totals		33	6	7	6	0	6	6

Royals

Batter	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K
Whit Merrifield	RF	3	1	2	1	0	1	0
Andrew Benintendi	LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	2
Bobby Witt Jr.	SS	2	0	0	1	0	1	1
Hunter Dozier	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
MJ Melendez	C	4	0	2	0	0	0	1
Carlos Santana	1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	0
Emmanuel Rivera	3B	4	2	2	1	1	0	0
Nicky Lopez	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dairon Blanco	CF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel	CF	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		34	4	11	4	2	2	5

Box Score — Pitching

Twins

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC
Devin SmeltzerW	5.1	5	1	1	1	0	0	74
Griffin JaxH	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	18
Tyler DuffeyH	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	18
Jhoan DuranH	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	16
Emilio PagánS	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	19

Royals

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC
Daniel Lynch IVL	3.2	5	4	4	2	2	0	90
Joel Payamps	2.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	34
Foster Griffin	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Dylan Coleman	0.2	1	2	2	3	1	0	33
Matt Peacock	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	29

Scoring Comparison

Twins

Royals

4.2

RPG

3.8

4.8

OPP RPG

5.1

-0.6

MARGIN

-1.4

Scoring (Last 9)

Twins

4.2avg

1

4

6

1

9

5

10

1

1

Royals

3.8avg

0

2

4

3

13

1

2

5

Head-to-Head · 2026

Twins1

—

2Royals

Mar 301 – 3Royals +2Apr 19 – 13Royals +4Apr 25 – 1Twins +4

Last 10 Games

Twins3-6

L

W

L

L

L

W

W

L

L

Royals3-5

L

L

W

W

W

L

L

L

ATS Trend (Last 10)

Twins4-5 ATS

W

W

L

L

L

W

W

L

L

Royals3-5 ATS

L

L

W

W

W

L

L

L

Season Records · 2026

Twins 9g

8g Royals

3-6 33%

SU

38% 3-5

4-5 44%

ATS

38% 3-5

3-5 38%

O/U

25% 2-6

Venue Splits

Twins on Road

SU2-4 33%

ATS3-3 50%

O/U2-4 33%

Royals at Home

SU2-3 40%

ATS2-3 40%

O/U2-3 40%