The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on May 20, 2022 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Gary Sanchez went 1-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Jhoan Duran pitched 1.2 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Carlos Santana went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 3.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Sanchez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Max Kepler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Arraez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gio Urshela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jhoan Duran | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Griffin Jax | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Duffey | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 3.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
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 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Santana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dairon Blanco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 3.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Joel Payamps | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Foster Griffin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2022 season · Previous May 18, 2022: MIN 14, ATH 4 · Next May 21, 2022: MIN 9, KC 2
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous May 19, 2022: CHW 7, KC 4 · Next May 21, 2022: MIN 9, KC 2