Minnesota to visit Kansas City Friday

Updated Oct. 1, 2021 3:20 a.m. ET

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Minnesota Twins (71-88, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (73-86, fourth in the AL Central)

Kansas City, Missouri; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: John Gant (5-10, 3.74 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 89 strikeouts) Royals: TBD

LINE: Royals +110, Twins -130; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins head to face the Kansas City Royals on Friday.

The Royals are 38-40 on their home turf. Kansas City has a collective batting average of .248 this season, led by Nicky Lopez with an average of .300.

The Twins are 33-45 on the road. Minnesota has a collective .240 this season, led by Luis Arraez with an average of .284.

The Royals won the last meeting 5-3. Jake Brentz notched his fourth victory and Whit Merrifield went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI for Kansas City. Jorge Alcala registered his sixth loss for Minnesota.

TOP PERFORMERS: Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 72 extra base hits and is slugging .552.

Jorge Polanco leads the Twins with 32 home runs and is batting .269.

LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 6-4, .255 batting average, 3.69 ERA

Twins: 6-4, .254 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Royals: Brady Singer: (arm), Mike Minor: (shoulder), Daniel Lynch: (hand), Richard Lovelady: (elbow), Brad Keller: (shoulder), Jakob Junis: (shoulder), Jesse Hahn: (shoulder), Wade Davis: (shoulder).

Twins: Lewis Thorpe: (shoulder), Cody Stashak: (back), Devin Smeltzer: (elbow), Taylor Rogers: (finger), Bailey Ober: (hip), Kenta Maeda: (forearm), Randy Dobnak: (finger), Edwar Colina: (elbow), Rob Refsnyder: (elbow), Alex Kirilloff: (wrist), Kyle Garlick: (hernia).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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Alex Kirilloff

Kyle Garlick

Rob Refsnyder

Jorge Alcala

Lewis Thorpe

Salvador Perez

Edwar Colina

Jakob Junis

Jesse Hahn

Whit Merrifield

Jorge Polanco

Devin Smeltzer

Brad Keller

Randy Dobnak

Brady Singer

Cody Stashak

Kenta Maeda

Taylor Rogers

Richard Lovelady

Daniel Lynch

Luis Arraez

Nicky Lopez

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