The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Aug 12, 2024 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 6 earned runs with 9 strikeouts.
- Willi Castro went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Pablo Lopez pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Massey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willi Castro | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Santana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Wallner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Lopez | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Trevor Richards | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Blewett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 10, 2024: STL 3, KC 8 · Next Aug 13, 2024: KC 3, MIN 13
- Twins · 2024 season · Previous Aug 11, 2024: CLE 5, MIN 3 · Next Aug 13, 2024: KC 3, MIN 13