The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5 on Jul 28, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Jorge Polanco went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Sonny Gray pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-5 with 1 home run and 6 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 10 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Kepler | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Wallner | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Willi Castro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Edouard Julien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Donovan Solano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jovani Moran | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Floro | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 0.1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 9.1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
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 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 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 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Jul 26, 2023: SEA 8, MIN 7 · Next Jul 29, 2023: MIN 7, KC 10
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jul 26, 2023: KC 3, CLE 8 · Next Jul 29, 2023: MIN 7, KC 10