Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

4-8, 2-4 Away

Final

5-5, 5-4 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. Polanco2B	1-3	0	0	0	.214
C. CorreaSS	1-4	0	0	0	.190
G. Urshela3B	0-4	0	0	0	.257
K. GarlickRF	1-2	0	0	0	.222
M. KeplerPH-RF	1-1	0	0	0	.189
G. SanchezC	0-4	0	0	0	.216
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Sánchez flied out to right. 4th: Sánchez grounded out to first, Garlick to second. 6th: Sánchez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Kepler out at second. 9th: Sánchez grounded into double play, third to second to first, Kepler out at second.
T. LarnachLF	0-3	0	0	0	.174
M. Sano1B	1-3	0	0	0	.091
R. JeffersDH	0-3	0	0	0	.148
G. CelestinoCF	0-1	0	0	0	.125
L. ArraezPH	0-1	0	0	0	.313
N. GordonCF	0-0	0	0	0	.231

pitchers	IP	H	ER	K	PC-ST	ERA
C. Paddack	5.0	5	2	4	71-52	5.00
C. Thielbar	1.0	1	0	2	15-12	17.18
C. Stashak	2.0	0	0	2	21-15	6.75

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

8:10 AM, 21 April 2022

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 8,969

Game Time:2:29

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Roberto Ortiz
First Base Umpire - Junior Valentine
Second Base Umpire - Doug Eddings
Third Base Umpire - Brian Knight

Royals bullpen backs up Daniel Lynch in 2-0 win over Twins

— Daniel Lynch was pitching so well into the sixth inning Wednesday night that Royals manager Mike Matheny would've left him in the game against Minnesota had the Kansas City offense provided a little more support.

Apr 21, 2023, 11:30 am - AP


MIN
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	2	6	0

Scoring Summary

Inning				MIN	KC
		1st	Witt Jr. grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Merrifield scored, Lopez out at second.	0	1
		5th	Mondesi reached on bunt single to first, Benintendi scored, Dozier to second.	0	2

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Twins
3
Royals
4

Game 1

20/4

Twins
0
Royals
2

Game 2

21/4

Twins
1
Royals
0

Game 3

22/4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	16	16	.500	-	W1
Detroit	15	16	.484	0.5	L2
Chicago	14	17	.452	1.5	W3
Minnesota	13	18	.419	2.5	L2
Kansas City	12	18	.400	3	L1

Butler homers, Kurtz extends walk streak to 18 games; Athletics beat Royals 5-2

— Lawrence Butler hit a three-run home run, Luis Severino gave up one run and struck out eight in seven innings, and the Athletics beat Kansas City 5-2 on Wednesday night to snap the Royals' four-game win streak.

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

Win Probability

Game Information

Royals bullpen backs up Daniel Lynch in 2-0 win over Twins

D. Lynch IV1-1

C. Paddack0-2

S. Barlow1

Scoring Summary

Inning

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