The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 2-0 on Sep 8, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Christian Vazquez went 3-for-3 for the Twins.
- Simeon Woods Richardson pitched 4.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Edouard Julien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willi Castro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brooks Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Wallner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simeon Woods Richardson | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Blewett | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy Pham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Hampson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Kris Bubic | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2024 season · Previous Sep 7, 2024: MIN 2, KC 4 · Next Sep 9, 2024: LAA 6, MIN 2
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Sep 7, 2024: MIN 2, KC 4 · Next Sep 9, 2024: KC 4, NYY 10