The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 8-6 on Jun 4, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Michael Massey went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Kody Clemens went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Mike Paredes pitched 3.2 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Jensen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Lee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Keaschall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| James Outman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Orlando Arcia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Paredes | 3.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Morris | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Eric Orze | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Lawrence | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Anthony Banda | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 3, 2026: KC 5, CIN 2 · Next Jun 5, 2026: KC 3, MIN 5
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Jun 3, 2026: CHW 8, MIN 0 · Next Jun 5, 2026: KC 3, MIN 5