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Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals · MLB

Minnesota Twins

54-54

3 – 2

Final

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Kansas City Royals

45-63

Target Field · Minneapolis · Minnesota

Summary

The Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in a close one at Target Field in front of 21,518. The 9th decided it, with two runs for the Twins. Records after the game: the Twins 54-54, the Royals 45-63.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:40 PM UTC · Jul 28
Event: MLB USA
Ground: Target Field · Minneapolis · Minnesota
Crowd: 21,518
Match officials: Marvin Hudson (Home Plate Umpire), Tripp Gibson (First Base Umpire), Nick Mahrley (Second Base Umpire), Derek Thomas (Third Base Umpire)

On TV

Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.

USMLB.TVStreaming · National
USTwins.TVStreaming · Home
USRoyals.TVStreaming · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
Twins	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3
Royals	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2

Player stats

Minnesota Twins

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Trevor Larnach LF	0-2	2	0	0	0	1	0	17	.291	.381	.453
Royce Lewis 1B	1-1	1	0	1	2	1	0	9	.215	.300	.387
Byron Buxton CF	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.263	.320	.544
Alan Roden RF	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.206	.282	.206
Ryan Jeffers C	1-3	3	0	1	0	1	0	20	.294	.397	.531
Austin Martin RF	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.357	.323
Alex Jackson C	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.354	.435
Kody Clemens 2B	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	0	15	.243	.301	.490
Josh Bell DH	2-4	4	0	2	1	0	2	13	.246	.305	.414
Victor Caratini C	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	0	13	.240	.324	.360
Luke Keaschall 2B	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	13	.257	.352	.341
Brooks Lee 3B	1-3	3	1	1	0	1	0	15	.247	.305	.424
Ryan Kreidler SS	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	2	16	.244	.299	.415
Team	10-32	32	3	10	3	4	4	138

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Taj Bradley SP	6.0	3	2	2	3	10	102-68	3.65	102
Kody Funderburk RP	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	27-16	3.52	27
Travis Adams RP	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	11-5	5.29	11
Jack Anderson RP	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	13-10	2.19	13
Team	9.0	4	2	2	5	14	153-99		153

Kansas City Royals

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Carter Jensen C	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	3	17	.237	.306	.423
Lane Thomas LF	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	3	17	.230	.326	.398
Jac Caglianone RF	0-2	2	0	0	0	2	1	16	.249	.310	.447
Salvador Perez DH	2-4	4	0	2	1	0	0	14	.211	.261	.366
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	16	.232	.318	.345
Tyler Tolbert SS	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.308	.352	.415
Nick Loftin 3B	1-2	2	0	1	0	2	0	17	.251	.337	.408
Michael Massey 2B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	2	18	.270	.307	.433
Isaac Collins LF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	3	16	.240	.340	.365
Josh Rojas 3B	0-1	1	1	0	0	1	0	9	.260	.288	.380
Starling Marte RF	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.258	.317	.313
Andrew Velazquez SS	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077
Team	4-30	30	2	4	1	5	14	153

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA	PC
Seth Lugo SP	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	84-51	4.22	84
Daniel Lynch IV RP	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	10-9	2.05	10
John Schreiber RP	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	8-4	3.76	8
Steven Cruz RP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	15-12	4.50	15
Alex Lange RP	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	21-11	6.33	21
Team	8.2	10	3	3	4	4	138-87		138

2026 American League Central Standings
#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Cleveland	85	77	.525
2	Chicago	84	78	.519
3	Minnesota	77	85	.475
4	Detroit	76	86	.469
5	Kansas City	69	93	.426

MLB table

#	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Rays	98	64	.605
2	Guardians	85	77	.525
3	Astros	81	81	.500
4	Yankees	93	68	.578
5	Red Sox	87	75	.537
6	White Sox	84	78	.519
7	Rangers	80	82	.494
8	Orioles	79	82	.491
9	Blue Jays	79	83	.488
···
13	Royals	69	93	.426

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