The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on May 21, 2022 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Carlos Correa went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 5.2 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Brad Keller pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Sanchez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gio Urshela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Arraez | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Smith | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Keller | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Gabe Speier | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Foster Griffin | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2022 season · Previous May 20, 2022: MIN 6, KC 4 · Next May 22, 2022: MIN 7, KC 6
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous May 20, 2022: MIN 6, KC 4 · Next May 22, 2022: MIN 7, KC 6