KC 6, MIN 7 | May 30, 2024 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, May 30, 2024•Target Field•77°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Caleb Thielbar

LOSS

Chris Stratton

SAVE

Jhoan Duran

The Twins edged the Royals 7-6 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Bobby Witt Jr.3 RBI

★Ryan Jeffers2 HR, 3 RBI

★Carlos Correa3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a line drive to left fielder Manuel Margot. Adam Frazier scores. Maikel Garcia scores.

Weather: 77°F, Partly CloudyWind: 14 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 5:10 PM UTCT: 2:30Att: 22,542Venue: Target Field

Ump Audit

Stu Scheurwater

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89.6%C

16 missed calls

+0.5% MIN

No run favor

Win Probability

MIN WinKC Win

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

Game 745898 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	4	3	2	0	1	0	.265/.312/.406	101.3	.197	.194
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	5	0	2	3	0	2	.309/.363/.548	111.5	.505	.702
Vinnie PasquantinoDH	5	1	2	2	0	0	.229/.309/.404	113.7	.336	.585
Salvador Perez1B	3	0	0	0	1	2	.320/.383/.529	92.3	.008	.010
Nelson VelázquezRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.219/.286/.400	86.4	.027	.033
Nick Loftin2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.238/.327/.238	89.7	.097	.094
MJ MelendezLF	3	1	1	1	1	0	.176/.238/.346	109	.792	.1114
Adam FrazierPH	0	1	0	0	1	0	.211/.308/.272	-	-	-
Kyle IsbelCF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.214/.260/.338	103.5	.356	.369
Bench
Freddy FerminC	3	0	0	0	0	0	.289/.340/.378	95.4	.090	.125
Daniel Lynch IVP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	35	6	7	6	4	8	-	-	-	-

HR:Pasquantino (1st off Paddack, 1 on, 1 out); Melendez (4th off Paddack, 0 on, 2 out)

2B:Jr.

TB:14

RBI:Melendez; Pasquantino 2; Jr. 3

Team LOB:6

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Manuel MargotLF	4	1	1	0	1	0	.208/.274/.264	105.8	.224

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Daniel Lynch IV	5.0	5	3	2	0	2	2	72-47	87.5	1.50
Chris StrattonLBS	0.2	3	4	4	2	2	0	32-16	88.9	6.00
John Schreiber	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10-4	86.6	1.90
Sam Long	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	86.8	0.00
Nick Anderson	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11-8	88.9	3.54
Totals	8.0	9	7	6	3	5	2	135-82	-	-

HBP:Farmer (by IV)

Inherited runners-scored:Schreiber 1-0

Pitches-strikes:IV 72-47; Stratton 32-16; Schreiber 10-4; Long 10-7; Anderson 11-8

Groundouts-flyouts:IV 5-9; Stratton 0-0; Schreiber 1-0; Long 0-2; Anderson 0-2

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Chris Paddack	5.2	5	4	4	2	4	2	88-54	86.2	4.57

Top 1 • KC

2-0

Vinnie Pasquantino homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 106.1 mph💣 417 ftLA: 33°

Top 3 • KC

3-0

Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (16) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Byron Buxton. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 111.5 mph402 ftLA: 19°

Top 4 • KC

4-0

MJ Melendez homers (5) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 109.0 mph💣 416 ftLA: 29°

Bot 4 • MIN

4-2

Ryan Jeffers homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field. Carlos Correa scores.

EV: 103.4 mph💣 408 ftLA: 24°

Bot 5 • MIN

4-3

Ryan Jeffers homers (12) on a line drive to center field.

EV: 108.4 mph💣 406 ftLA: 20°

Bot 6 • MIN

4-4

Max Kepler singles on a line drive to left fielder MJ Melendez. Willi Castro scores.

EV: 82.2 mph232 ftLA: 18°

4-7

Carlos Correa triples (2) on a line drive to right fielder Nelson Velázquez. Max Kepler scores. Carlos Santana scores. Manuel Margot scores.

EV: 88.3 mph267 ftLA: 21°

Top 9 • KC

6-7

Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a line drive to left fielder Manuel Margot. Adam Frazier scores. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 99.4 mph152 ftLA: 9°

Bench
Jose Miranda3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.278/.307/.451	102	.154	.141
Kyle Farmer2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167/.272/.244	91.7	.008	.012
Chris PaddackP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Caleb ThielbarP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jorge AlcalaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Griffin JaxP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jhoan DuranP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-