The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on May 24, 2025 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Maikel Garcia went 1-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Harrison Bader went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Zebby Matthews pitched 4.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 9 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Canha | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 33 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
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 | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty France | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Bader | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willi Castro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zebby Matthews | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Brock Stewart | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Topa | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous May 23, 2025: KC 1, MIN 3 · Next May 25, 2025: KC 2, MIN 1
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