The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on Apr 21, 2022 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Joe Ryan pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Michael A. Taylor went 1-for-2 for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Kepler | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Arraez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Sano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gio Urshela | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Santana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gabe Speier | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2022 season · Previous Apr 20, 2022: MIN 0, KC 2 · Next Apr 22, 2022: CHW 1, MIN 2
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous Apr 20, 2022: MIN 0, KC 2 · Next Apr 22, 2022: KC 1, SEA 4