The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on May 26, 2022 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Whit Merrifield went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 5.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Ryan Jeffers went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Tyler Duffey pitched 1.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brewer Hicklen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 5.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joel Payamps | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gio Urshela | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Arraez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Kepler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 1 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Duffey | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yennier Cano | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous May 24, 2022: KC 6, ARI 8 · Next May 27, 2022: KC 7, MIN 10
- Twins · 2022 season · Previous May 25, 2022: DET 4, MIN 2 · Next May 27, 2022: KC 7, MIN 10