The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 7-4 on Apr 2, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Joey Gallo went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Matt Duffy went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Brad Keller pitched 4.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Farmer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Lopez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jovani Moran | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Duffy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Team | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Keller | 4.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amir Garrett | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Apr 1, 2023: MIN 2, KC 0 · Next Apr 3, 2023: MIN 11, MIA 1
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 1, 2023: MIN 2, KC 0 · Next Apr 3, 2023: TOR 5, KC 9