The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Aug 14, 2024 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
- Carlos Santana went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Louis Varland pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
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 Santana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Manuel Margot | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willi Castro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Martin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Wallner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Varland | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Richards | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 13, 2024: KC 3, MIN 13 · Next Aug 16, 2024: KC 7, CIN 1
- Twins · 2024 season · Previous Aug 13, 2024: KC 3, MIN 13 · Next Aug 15, 2024: MIN 3, TEX 2