The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Aug 6, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Royce Lewis went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Bailey Ober pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
- Jac Caglianone went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 1 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Gray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Alex Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Ober | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Funderburk | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Morris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Rojas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Rave | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Easton McGee | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Bummer | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Aug 5, 2026: MIN 1, KC 2 · Next Aug 7, 2026: MIN 8, MIL 6
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 5, 2026: MIN 1, KC 2 · Next Aug 7, 2026: CHC 6, KC 4