The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on May 25, 2025 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Freddy Fermin went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Kris Bubic pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 9 strikeouts.
- Ty France went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Bailey Ober pitched 6.2 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Canha | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan Biggio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bubic | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
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 Correa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Harrison Bader | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ty France | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Willi Castro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Ober | 6.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Louis Varland | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous May 24, 2025: KC 4, MIN 5 · Next May 26, 2025: CIN 7, KC 4
- Twins · 2025 season · Previous May 24, 2025: KC 4, MIN 5 · Next May 26, 2025: MIN 2, TB 7