The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Sep 7, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Kody Clemens went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Bailey Ober pitched 5.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Lorenzen pitched 5.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jhonny Pereda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Wallner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Edouard Julien | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Martin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| James Outman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
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 | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Justin Topa | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Funderburk | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Genesis Cabrera | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Yastrzemski | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Randal Grichuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Maile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Lorenzen | 5.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Luinder Avila | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2025 season · Previous Sep 6, 2025: MIN 2, KC 11 · Next Sep 8, 2025: MIN 12, LAA 3
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Sep 6, 2025: MIN 2, KC 11 · Next Sep 8, 2025: KC 2, CLE 10