{"id":693,"date":"2024-08-11T08:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-11T08:44:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T12:44:27","slug":"preview-kansas-city-royals-vs-minnesota-twins-august-12-2024-target-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/11\/preview-kansas-city-royals-vs-minnesota-twins-august-12-2024-target-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins &#8211; August 12, 2024, Target Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of August 12, 2024, the Kansas City Royals will take on the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, starting at 7:40 PM, under partly cloudy skies.<\/p>\n<p>Brady Singer, with a commendable ERA of 3.031, will be on the pitcher&#8217;s mound for the Royals. Meanwhile, the Twins will counter with Pablo L\u00f3pez, who holds an ERA of 4.744.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the 2024 AL Central Division standings, the Royals are currently 5th with a record of 65 wins and 53 losses, achieving a .55 winning percentage. They show strength in divisional play with 25 wins against 11 losses, ranking them 3rd in the division. Recently, the Royals have won 6 out of their last 10 games, including a recent victory, W1 streak. Their home record stands at 38-25, and away at 27-28. They have a better performance in night games with 39 wins, as opposed to 26 during day games. Overall, they have scored 567 runs and conceded 471.<\/p>\n<p>The Twins are positioned slightly higher in the division, holding 4th place with a 65-51 record and a .56 winning percentage. They rank 2nd in divisional matchups with 26 wins to 15 losses. The team has secured 7 wins in their last 10 games, though they currently have a L1 streak. The Twins have a solid home record of 34-22 and an almost balanced road record of 31-29. They have accomplished 35 wins in day games versus 30 in night games. In terms of runs, they&#8217;ve scored 563 and allowed 507.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of August 12, 2024, the Kansas City Royals will take on the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, starting at 7:40 PM, under partly cloudy s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}