The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Apr 1, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Sonny Gray pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 for the Royals.
- Jordan Lyles pitched 5.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gray | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jorge Lopez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nate Eaton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Franmil Reyes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Mar 30, 2023: MIN 2, KC 0 · Next Apr 2, 2023: MIN 7, KC 4
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Mar 30, 2023: MIN 2, KC 0 · Next Apr 2, 2023: MIN 7, KC 4