The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 11-2 on Sep 6, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Byron Buxton went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 2.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Stephen Kolek pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Outman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mickey Gasper | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Wallner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Edouard Julien | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Loftin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kolek | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Luinder Avila | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2025 season · Previous Sep 5, 2025: MIN 1, KC 2 · Next Sep 7, 2025: MIN 5, KC 1
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Sep 5, 2025: MIN 1, KC 2 · Next Sep 7, 2025: MIN 5, KC 1