The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0 on Jul 29, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Tyler Tolbert went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Randy Dobnak pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac Caglianone | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Dobnak | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Keaschall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Kendry Rojas | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
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