The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 on Jul 5, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Kyle Isbel went 1-for-3 for the Royals.
- Amir Garrett pitched 1.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Ryan Jeffers went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Pablo Lopez pitched 9.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 earned runs with 12 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amir Garrett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Solano | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Edouard Julien | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jul 4, 2023: KC 3, MIN 9 · Next Jul 6, 2023: KC 1, CLE 6
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