MIN 5, KC 8 | Jul 28, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, July 29, 2023•Kauffman Stadium•97°F, Clear

MIN

Twins

Royals

Final

WIN

Taylor Clarke

LOSS

Jhoan Duran

The Royals defeated the Twins 8-5.

★Bobby Witt Jr.4-for-5, 6 RBI

⚾Brady Singer10 K in 5.0 IP

Key Moment

Bot 10: Bobby Witt Jr. hits a grand slam (17) to left center field. Kyle Isbel scores. Nicky Lopez scores. Maikel Garcia scores.

Weather: 97°F, ClearWind: 11 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:17Att: 23,022Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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92.0%C

14 missed calls

+4.2% MIN

+0.19 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinMIN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	8	0
KC	0	0	1	0	0

Game 717232 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Carlos CorreaSS	4	0	1	0	1	1	.229/.305/.402	99.5	.133	.123
Michael A. TaylorCF	0	1	0	0	0	0	.222/.271/.419	-	-	-
Donovan Solano1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263/.367/.393	91.4	.138	.130
Max KeplerRF	5	1	1	0	0	1	.229/.291/.430	109.6	.257	.395
Jorge Polanco2B	4	0	1	2	0	2	.250/.295/.452	99.6	.492	.732
Matt WallnerDH	5	1	0	0	0	2	.268/.388/.518	111.5	.116	.111
Willi CastroLF	3	1	0	0	2	1	.241/.322/.367	71.9	.170	.155
Ryan JeffersC	5	0	2	1	0	1	.281/.385/.438	102.8	.352	.327
Kyle Farmer3B	1	0	1	1	0	0	.258/.320/.402	98.2	.217	.202
Bench
Edouard Julien2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.297/.387/.543	105.9	.354	.399
Alex Kirilloff1B	3	0	0	0	0	3	.271/.360/.448
Totals	38	5	8	4	4	14	-	-	-	-

2B:Correa; Kepler; Polanco

TB:11

RBI:Farmer; Jeffers; Polanco 2

SB:Castro; Jeffers

CS:Farmer

Team LOB:11

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	4	2	1	0	1	0	.273/.323/.386	99.7	.221

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Sonny Gray	6.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	80-56	87	3.22
Emilio Pagán	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18-13	92	3.38
Jovani Morán	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	9-5	88.8	5.05
Dylan Floro	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-7	89.3	4.50
Griffin Jax	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	91.7	3.12
Jhoan DuranLBS	0.1	1	4	3	2	1	1	25-12	94.5	2.66
Totals	9.1	9	8	7	2	7	2	151-100	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Floro 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Gray 80-56; Pagán 18-13; Morán 9-5; Floro 9-7; Jax 10-7; Duran 25-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Gray 4-8; Pagán 1-1; Morán 1-1; Floro 0-1; Jax 2-1; Duran 0-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Brady Singer	5.0	4	2	2	2	10	0	104-67	87.7	5.46

Bot 3 • KC

0-1

Kyle Isbel homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 96.2 mph💣 400 ftLA: 30°

Top 4 • MIN

2-1

Joey Gallo strikes out swinging.

1-1

Ryan Jeffers singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Max Kepler scores. Willi Castro to 3rd.

EV: 102.8 mph173 ftLA: 8°

Bot 6 • KC

2-2

Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was overturned: Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (18) on a fly ball to left fielder Joey Gallo. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 105.8 mph400 ftLA: 20°

2-3

MJ Melendez singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Max Kepler. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

EV: 101.4 mph163 ftLA: 9°

Bot 8 • KC

2-4

Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a ground ball to center fielder Willi Castro. Drew Waters scores.

EV: 81.3 mph92 ftLA: 6°

Top 9 • MIN

4-4

Jorge Polanco doubles (10) on a line drive to right fielder Drew Waters. Byron Buxton scores. Michael A. Taylor scores. Donovan Solano to 3rd.

EV: 85.7 mph246 ftLA: 21°

Top 10 • MIN

5-4

Kyle Farmer singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Matt Wallner scores.

EV: 98.2 mph10 ftLA: -14°

Bot 10 • KC

5-8

Bobby Witt Jr. hits a grand slam (17) to left center field. Kyle Isbel scores. Nicky Lopez scores. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 101.1 mph💣 414 ftLA: 25°

HBP:Julien (by Singer); Polanco (by Singer); Solano (by Barlow)

Pitches-strikes:Singer 104-67; Cuas 15-9; Cox 13-8; Hernández 20-11; Barlow 23-13; Clarke 14-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Singer 5-1; Cuas 1-1; Cox 2-0; Hernández 0-2; Barlow 1-2; Clarke 0-1

Bench
MJ MelendezLF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.217/.294/.355	101.4	.261	.255
Freddy FerminC	4	0	1	0	0	2	.298/.346/.484	103	.538	.612
Brady SingerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jose CuasP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Austin CoxP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Carlos HernándezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Scott BarlowP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Taylor ClarkeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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