The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Apr 29, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Brad Keller pitched 5.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Byron Buxton went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Bailey Ober pitched 5.2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ Melendez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
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 | 5.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Polanco | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Gallo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Max Kepler | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Ober | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Lopez | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 28, 2023: KC 6, MIN 8 · Next Apr 30, 2023: KC 4, MIN 8
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Apr 28, 2023: KC 6, MIN 8 · Next Apr 30, 2023: KC 4, MIN 8