MLB Series Preview: Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals with Probable Starting Pitching 4/7-4/10

Minnesota Twins (3-6) at Kansas City Royals (4-5)

Game 1:

Date: Monday, April 7th
Time: 6:40 PM CDT
Broadcast: Twins Tv/FanDuel Sports Kansas City

Game 2:

Date: Tuesday, April 8th
Time: 6:40 PM
Broadcast: Twins Tv/FanDuel Sports Kansas City

Game 3:

Date: Wednesday, April 9th
Time: 6:40 PM
Broadcast: Twins Tv/FanDuel Sports Kansas City

Game 4:

Date: Thursday, April 10th
Time: 1:10 PM
Broadcast: Twins Tv/FanDuel Sports Kansas City

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Probable Starting Pitchers

Game 1: Simeon Woods Richardson (0-0, 4.50 ERA) vs. Michael Lorenzen (0-1, 5.06 ERA)

Woods-Richardson will get the start for the Twins. Last time out against the White Sox, he pitched four innings. He gave up two runs on five hits and walked one. He also struck out five. Lorenzen will go for the Royals. He lost his first start against the Brewers. Lorenzen pitched 5.1 innings, giving up three earned runs, five hits, three walks, and striking out seven.

Game 2: Pablo Lopez (1-1, 2.25 ERA) vs. Cole Ragans (0-0, 3.60 ERA)

Lopez will pitch the second game for the Twins. Last time out, he beat the White Sox. He pitched seven innings, gave up four hits, one run, one walk, and struck out five. Ragans will go for the Royals. Last time out, he went five innings. He allowed five hits and one run. He walked two and struck out 10 against the Brewers.

Game 3: Joe Ryan (0-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. Seth Lugo (1-0, 3.27 ERA)

Ryan will start in the third game for the Twins. He took the loss in his last start against the Astros. Ryan pitched five innings, allowing four runs, five hits, and striking out six. Lugo will start for the Royals. He won last start, pitching six innings, allowed five hits, one walk, one earned run, and struck out two

Game 4: Bailey Ober (0-1, 12.15 ERA) vs. Michael Wacha (0-2, 4.66 ERA)

Ober will get game four for the Twins. Last time out, he went four innings, allowing one run, three hits, two walks, and striking out five. Wacha will go for the Royals. He lost his last game, giving up four runs, six hits, one walk, and striking out five.

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Player To Watch:

Minnesota

Harrison Bader leads the Twins with eight RBI this year so far. He has a .261 batting average and a .987 OPS. Bader’s three home runs are top of the Twins’ leader board. Bader played in only two games against the Royals last year. He had four hits, an RBI, a run scored, and a .500 batting average.

Kansas City

Bobby Witt Jr is off to a slow start in terms of power numbers this year for the Royals. However, in this past series, he had several line drives that were just right at defenders. He has a .297 batting average and a .879 OPS. Witt has scored six runs, has 11 hits, three doubles, one triple, one home run, and four RBI. In 13 games against the Twins, he had a .353 batting average with 18 hits, three homers, and eight runs scored.