The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Jun 7, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Starling Marte went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Noah Cameron pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Josh Bell went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Connor Prielipp pitched 4.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Thomas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Starling Marte | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
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 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Black | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Way | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Lee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Orlando Arcia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Gray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Prielipp | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Andrew Morris | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Justin Lawrence | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 6, 2026: KC 3, MIN 2 · Next Jun 9, 2026: TEX 3, KC 5
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Jun 6, 2026: KC 3, MIN 2 · Next Jun 9, 2026: MIN 4, DET 10