The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Apr 30, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 2.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 8 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Byron Buxton went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Sonny Gray pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Franmil Reyes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 25 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 2.2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Amir Garrett | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 5.2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joey Gallo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Donovan Solano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
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 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brock Stewart | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 29, 2023: KC 3, MIN 2 · Next May 2, 2023: BAL 11, KC 7
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Apr 29, 2023: KC 3, MIN 2 · Next May 2, 2023: MIN 2, CHW 3