{"id":1041,"date":"2024-08-12T20:12:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T00:12:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-12T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T00:12:17","slug":"upcoming-mlb-faceoff-kansas-city-royals-vs-minnesota-twins-on-august-13-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/12\/upcoming-mlb-faceoff-kansas-city-royals-vs-minnesota-twins-on-august-13-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming MLB Faceoff: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins on August 13, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of August 13, 2024, the Kansas City Royals are scheduled to clash with the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, starting at 7:40 PM under clear skies.<\/p>\n<p>Seth Lugo will be the starting pitcher for the Royals, entering the game with a commendable ERA of 2.717. The starting pitcher for the Twins has not been announced yet.<\/p>\n<p>As of the current standings in the AL Central Division for 2024, the Royals rank 5th with a record of 65 wins and 53 losses, resulting in a .55 winning percentage. They have achieved 25 wins against 11 losses within their division, positioning them 3rd. The Royals have been strong recently, securing 6 wins out of their last 10 games and are on a win streak of 1. Their home record stands at 38-25, while their away record is 27-28. During the day, they have won 26 games, in contrast to 39 night game wins. The team has scored a total of 567 runs and conceded 471.<\/p>\n<p>The Twins hold the 4th position in the same division standings, with a close record of 65 wins and 52 losses, which computes to a .56 winning percentage. Their divisional performance includes 26 wins and 16 losses, ranking them 2nd. Like the Royals, the Twins have also won 6 out of their last 10 games but are currently on a losing streak of 2. They have a strong home performance with a 34-23 record and a slightly above-neutral road performance at 31-29. The Twins have won 34 day games versus 31 in night contexts. Defensively, they have allowed 512 runs, while scoring 566.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of August 13, 2024, the Kansas City Royals are scheduled to clash with the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, starting at 7:40 PM under c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betcoloradosports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}