The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 6-1 on May 29, 2024 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Nelson Velazquez went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Willi Castro went 3-for-4 for the Twins.
- Bailey Ober pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 6 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
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 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edouard Julien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Santana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manuel Margot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Ober | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Diego Castillo | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous May 28, 2024: KC 2, MIN 4 · Next May 30, 2024: KC 6, MIN 7
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