The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Apr 2, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Kody Clemens went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Taj Bradley pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 8 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Matt Wallner | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tristan Gray | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Caratini | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trevor Larnach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Bradley | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Justin Topa | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kody Funderburk | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Apr 1, 2026: MIN 9, KC 13 · Next Apr 3, 2026: TB 4, MIN 10
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 1, 2026: MIN 9, KC 13 · Next Apr 3, 2026: MIL at KC