The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Jul 3, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Maikel Garcia went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Jose Cuas pitched 1.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Edouard Julien went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 9 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Cuas | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Wittgren | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 0.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 2.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Farmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Donovan Solano | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willi Castro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Edouard Julien | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Gallo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brent Headrick | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jovani Moran | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jul 2, 2023: LAD 1, KC 9 · Next Jul 4, 2023: KC 3, MIN 9
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Jul 2, 2023: MIN 1, BAL 2 · Next Jul 4, 2023: KC 3, MIN 9