The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on May 28, 2022 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Trevor Larnach went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Chris Archer pitched 4.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Benintendi | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 5.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Dylan Coleman | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gabe Speier | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luis Arraez | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gio Urshela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Sanchez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Kepler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Archer | 4.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jovani Moran | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Duffey | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous May 27, 2022: KC 7, MIN 10 · Next May 29, 2022: KC 3, MIN 7
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