The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 on May 22, 2022 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Bailey Ober pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Carlos Santana went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Arraez | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Polanco | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Gary Sanchez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gio Urshela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 22 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Ober | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Trevor Megill | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Duffey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yennier Cano | 0.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Santana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor Clarke | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2022 season · Previous May 21, 2022: MIN 9, KC 2 · Next May 23, 2022: DET 4, MIN 5
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous May 21, 2022: MIN 9, KC 2 · Next May 23, 2022: KC 5, ARI 9