Minnesota at Kansas City

Minnesota finished the first half of the season winning nine of 11 games, including two of three against the Royals, who are dead last in the AL Central with a 27-68 record overall and 11-35 at home. The Twins have won Kyle Gibson's last two starts, and he allowed just one run on five hits in eight innings in a 5-1 win over Tampa Bay his last outing on July 12. Gibson has pitched better on the road where he has a 2.84 ERA and .197 opponent batting average. He has faced Kansas City once this year and shut them out for seven innings on five hits. Danny Duffy is 5-8 with a 4.59 ERA, and he's 0-4 with a 6.75 ERA at home where opposing hitters are batting .291 against him. The Royals are 7-19 in Duffy's last 26 starts versus AL Central teams, and they have lost 18 of their last 24 against teams with losing records. Take the Twins.