The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Jul 28, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Royce Lewis went 1-for-1 with 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Taj Bradley pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 10 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
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 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Kreidler | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Royce Lewis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
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 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Kody Funderburk | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Travis Adams | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 26, 2026: KC 5, DET 4 · Next Jul 29, 2026: KC 4, MIN 0
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Jul 26, 2026: ATH 8, MIN 11 · Next Jul 29, 2026: KC 4, MIN 0