The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Aug 15, 2022 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Max Kepler went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 5.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Nate Eaton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bubic | 5.2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Amir Garrett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Kepler | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gio Urshela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Arraez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jorge Polanco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Sanchez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Jorge Lopez | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous Aug 14, 2022: LAD 0, KC 4 · Next Aug 16, 2022: KC 0, MIN 9
- Twins · 2022 season · Previous Aug 14, 2022: MIN 2, LAA 4 · Next Aug 16, 2022: KC 0, MIN 9