The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 on May 30, 2024 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Ryan Jeffers went 2-for-3 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Chris Paddack pitched 5.2 innings for the Twins, allowing 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nick Anderson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Manuel Margot | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willi Castro | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Max Kepler | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Paddack | 5.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous May 29, 2024: KC 6, MIN 1 · Next May 31, 2024: SD 11, KC 8
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