Kansas City Royals vs. Minnesota Twins

Jul 3, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
KC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	9	0	8
MIN	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	-	8	14	0	8

loss:

T. Clarkewin: Minnesota Twins logo

B. Headrick

Game Recap

MINNEAPOLIS -- Had either of the deep fly balls hit by Byron Buxton or Michael A. Taylor earlier in the game carried a matter of feet further, the Twins would have put Monday’s game away much earlier. In the big picture, though, the way they actually did pull away from...

Scoring Summary

KCMIN

1
Maikel Garcia homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. [1 run]
10
1
Byron Buxton out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder MJ Melendez. Carlos Correa scores. [1 run] [1 out]
11
2
Michael A. Taylor singles on a line drive to right fielder Drew Waters. Willi Castro scores. [1 run]
12
3
Nick Pratto singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Max Kepler. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. [1 run]
22
5
Byron Buxton out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Max Kepler scores. Carlos Correa to 3rd. [1 run] [2 outs]
23
8
Nick Pratto homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. [1 run]
33
8
Edouard Julien homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. [1 run]
34
8
Michael A. Taylor singles on a bunt ground ball to pitcher Taylor Clarke. Joey Gallo scores. Christian Vazquez to 2nd. [1 run]
35
8
Max Kepler singles on a line drive to right fielder Drew Waters. Christian Vazquez scores. Michael A. Taylor to 3rd. [1 run]
36
8
Carlos Correa singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder MJ Melendez. Michael A. Taylor scores. Max Kepler to 2nd. [1 run]
37
8
Alex Kirilloff singles on a line drive to right fielder Drew Waters. Max Kepler scores. Carlos Correa to 2nd. [1 run]
38
9
Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (13) on a line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Nicky Lopez scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd. [1 run]
48

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Maikel Garcia3B	2	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	.298
2Bobby Witt Jr.SS	2	5	1	1	1	0	0	3	.251
3Nick Pratto1B	2	5	1	2	2	0	1	4	.261
4Edward OlivaresDH	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	.250
5MJ MelendezLF	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	.208
6Freddy FerminC	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	.267
7Drew WatersRF	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	.240
8Kyle IsbelCF	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	.193
9Nicky Lopez2B	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231



TOTAL	9	36	4	4	13	3	2	12	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Austin CoxLHP	4.2	7	3	3	4	2	0	81	3.05
Jose CuasRHP	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	4.37
Collin SniderRHP	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	0.00
Taylor ClarkeRHP	0.1	5	5	5	0	1	1	18	6.06
Nick WittgrenRHP	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	4.96
TOTAL	8.0	14	8	8	7	4	1	140	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Carlos CorreaSS	4	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.228
2Donovan Solano1B	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.268
Alex KirilloffPH-1B	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.277
3Byron BuxtonDH	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	4	.207
4Kyle Farmer2B	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	.244
Edouard JulienPH-2B	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	.254
5Willi CastroLF-3B	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.253
6Jose Miranda3B	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	.213
Joey GalloPH-LF	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	.191
7Christian VazquezC	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	3	.222
8Michael A. TaylorCF	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.218
9Max KeplerRF	2	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	.215
TOTAL	14	34	8	8	7	4	1	19	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Joe RyanRHP	6.0	6	2	2	9	1	1	94	3.42
Jovani MoranLHP	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	4.19
Jordan BalazovicRHP	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1.23
Brent HeadrickLHP	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	1	12	5.40
Emilio PaganRHP	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	25	4.04
TOTAL	9.0	9	4	4	13	3	2	154	-

Play-by-Play

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1st inningKCMIN

TOP 1
HOME RUN — Maikel Garcia homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. [1 run]
10
STRIKEOUT — Bobby Witt Jr. strikes out swinging. [1 out]
10
STRIKEOUT — Nick Pratto strikes out swinging. [2 outs]
10
LINEOUT — Edward Olivares lines out to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. [3 outs]
10
BOTTOM 1
DOUBLE — Carlos Correa doubles (17) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder MJ Melendez.
10
SINGLE — Donovan Solano singles on a line drive to left fielder MJ Melendez. Carlos Correa to 3rd.
10
SAC FLY — Byron Buxton out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder MJ Melendez. Carlos Correa scores. [1 run] [1 out]
11
GROUNDED INTO DP — Kyle Farmer grounds into a double play, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Nicky Lopez to first baseman Nick Pratto. Donovan Solano out at 2nd. Kyle Farmer out at 1st. [3 outs]
11

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Team Stats

MIN

4Runs8

9Hits14

0Errors0

.250Batting Avg.412

36At Bats34

4Extra-base Hits2

2Home Runs1

4Runs-Batted-In8

3Walks4

2Stolen Bases2

13Strikeouts7

8Left on Base8

17Total Bases18

Game Details

Monday, July 3, 2023 · 8:10 PM

Target Field · Minneapolis, MN

attendance: 28,218 (73.2%)

weather: 92 degrees, partly cloudy