The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Jun 6, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Carter Jensen went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Luinder Avila pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
- Orlando Arcia went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lane Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luinder Avila | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Bell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Royce Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Martin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Caratini | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Orlando Arcia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Keaschall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Orze | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 5, 2026: KC 3, MIN 5 · Next Jun 7, 2026: KC 6, MIN 5
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Jun 5, 2026: KC 3, MIN 5 · Next Jun 7, 2026: KC 6, MIN 5