The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 13-9 on Apr 1, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Josh Bell went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 4.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Jonathan India went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 5 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Wallner | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Luke Keaschall | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| James Outman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tristan Gray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 4.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Zak Kent | 1.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Anthony Banda | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jonathan India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Cameron | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Mar 30, 2026: MIN 1, KC 3 · Next Apr 2, 2026: MIN 5, KC 1
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Mar 30, 2026: MIN 1, KC 3 · Next Apr 2, 2026: MIN 5, KC 1