Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins

May 28, 2022

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
KC	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	7	11	0	8
MIN	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	11	1	11

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B. Singer

Game Recap

MINNEAPOLIS -- After coming up a double shy of the cycle in Friday night’s game against the Twins, Bobby Witt Jr. turned into a doubles machine on Saturday. The rookie lined three two-baggers and drove in two runs in the Royals’ 7-3 victory at Target Field, setting up a chance...

Scoring Summary

KCMIN

1
Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (11) on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Andrew Benintendi scores. [1 run]
10
2
Trevor Larnach homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. [1 run]
11
3
Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Nick Gordon. Andrew Benintendi scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. [1 run]
21
4
Emmanuel Rivera singles on a line drive to right fielder Max Kepler. Hunter Dozier scores. [1 run]
31
4
Whit Merrifield doubles (9) on a fly ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Emmanuel Rivera scores. Nicky Lopez scores. [2 runs]
51
6
Ryan Jeffers singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Whit Merrifield. Luis Arraez scores. Kyle Garlick scores. Trevor Larnach to 2nd. [2 runs]
53
7
Hunter Dozier singles on a ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Salvador Perez scores. [2 runs]
73

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	LOB	AVG
1Whit MerrifieldCF	1	5	0	2	0	0	2	.222
2Andrew BenintendiLF	2	5	2	0	1	0	1	.323
3Bobby Witt Jr.SS	3	5	1	2	1	0	0	.246
4Salvador PerezDH	1	4	1	0	0	0	2	.207
Dairon BlancoPR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
5MJ MelendezC	0	5	0	0	1	0	4	.229
6Hunter DozierRF	3	5	1	2	1	0	1	.276
Brewer HicklenRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
7Carlos Santana1B	0	3	0	0	1	1	2	.159
8Emmanuel Rivera3B	1	4	1	1	2	0	3	.242
9Nicky Lopez2B	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	.212
TOTAL	11	39	7	7	7	2	16	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Brady SingerRHP	5.2	6	3	3	8	0	1	90	2.49
Gabe SpeierLHP	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	2.50
Dylan ColemanRHP	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	25	3.44
Josh StaumontRHP	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	21	3.86
TOTAL	9.0	11	3	3	10	3	1	150	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Byron BuxtonCF	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	.202
2Luis Arraez1B	3	5	1	0	2	0	0	2	.359
3Carlos CorreaSS	3	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	.289
4Jorge Polanco2B	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	6	.231
5Max KeplerRF	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.247
Kyle GarlickRF	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	.282
6Trevor LarnachDH	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	.289
7Gary SanchezC	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.227
Ryan JeffersPH-C	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	.204
8Gio Urshela3B	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	.259
9Nick GordonLF	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	.258
TOTAL	11	38	3	3	10	3	1	18	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Chris ArcherRHP	4.0	7	5	3	1	0	78	4.19
Juan MinayaRHP	2.1	2	2	2	1	1	31	7.71
Jovani MoranLHP	1.2	1	0	0	2	1	34	0.00
Tyler DuffeyRHP	1.0	1	0	0	3	0	20	4.66
TOTAL	9.0	11	7	5	7	2	163	-

Play-by-Play

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1st inningKCMIN

TOP 1
GROUNDOUT — Whit Merrifield grounds out, shortstop Carlos Correa to first baseman Luis Arraez. [1 out]
00
DOUBLE — Andrew Benintendi doubles (6) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Byron Buxton.
00
DOUBLE — Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (11) on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Andrew Benintendi scores. [1 run]
10
FIELDERS CHOICE OUT — Salvador Perez reaches on a fielder's choice out, shortstop Carlos Correa to third baseman Gio Urshela. Bobby Witt Jr. out at 3rd. [2 outs]
10
GROUNDOUT — MJ Melendez grounds out, second baseman Jorge Polanco to first baseman Luis Arraez. [3 outs]
10
BOTTOM 1
DOUBLE — Byron Buxton doubles (6) on a line drive to right fielder Hunter Dozier.
10
STRIKEOUT — Luis Arraez strikes out swinging. [1 out]
10
STRIKEOUT — Carlos Correa strikes out swinging. [2 outs]
10
FLYOUT — Jorge Polanco flies out sharply to center fielder Whit Merrifield. [3 outs]
10

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Team Stats

MIN

7Runs3

11Hits11

0Errors1

.282Batting Avg.289

39At Bats38

5Extra-base Hits2

0Home Runs1

7Runs-Batted-In3

2Walks3

1Stolen Bases0

7Strikeouts10

8Left on Base11

16Total Bases15

Game Details

Saturday, May 28, 2022 · 2:10 PM

Target Field · Minneapolis, MN

attendance: 22,249 (57.7%)

weather: 79 degrees, cloudy