The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Mar 30, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Byron Buxton went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 5.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- MJ Melendez went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Edouard Julien | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Manuel Margot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Wallner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Farmer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 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 | 5.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brock Stewart | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Hampson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2024 season · Previous Mar 28, 2024: MIN 4, KC 1 · Next Mar 31, 2024: MIN 0, KC 11
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Mar 28, 2024: MIN 4, KC 1 · Next Mar 31, 2024: MIN 0, KC 11