The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 9-0 on Aug 16, 2022 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-3 for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Gio Urshela went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Sonny Gray pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 earned runs with 10 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
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 | 6.0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Luke Weaver | 1.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Kepler | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gio Urshela | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Arraez | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sandy Leon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Michael Fulmer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous Aug 15, 2022: KC 2, MIN 4 · Next Aug 17, 2022: KC 0, MIN 4
- Twins · 2022 season · Previous Aug 15, 2022: KC 2, MIN 4 · Next Aug 17, 2022: KC 0, MIN 4