The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6 on Apr 28, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Jordan Lyles pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 7 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Jorge Polanco went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Pablo Lopez pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 6 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Amir Garrett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Max Kepler | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Donovan Solano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Lopez | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jorge Lopez | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 27, 2023: KC 1, MIN 7 · Next Apr 29, 2023: KC 3, MIN 2
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Apr 27, 2023: KC 1, MIN 7 · Next Apr 29, 2023: KC 3, MIN 2