The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on May 29, 2022 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Andrew Benintendi went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Gio Urshela went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Sonny Gray pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Santana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gio Urshela | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Arraez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorge Polanco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gray | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous May 28, 2022: KC 7, MIN 3 · Next May 30, 2022: KC 3, CLE 7
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