The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Apr 27, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 3.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 7 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Byron Buxton went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Tyler Mahle pitched 4.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franmil Reyes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
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 | 3.2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 5.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Gallo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Mahle | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Brock Stewart | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jovani Moran | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 26, 2023: KC 0, ARI 2 · Next Apr 28, 2023: KC 6, MIN 8
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Apr 26, 2023: NYY 12, MIN 6 · Next Apr 28, 2023: KC 6, MIN 8