KC 6, MIN 5 | Jun 7, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, June 7, 2026•Target Field•85°F, Cloudy

Royals

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Noah Cameron

LOSS

Connor Prielipp

SAVE

Lucas Erceg

The Royals edged the Twins 6-5 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Starling Marte3 RBI

★Josh Bell3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 9: Josh Bell homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. Orlando Arcia scores. Kody Clemens scores.

Weather: 85°F, CloudyWind: 12 mph, In From LFFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 2:49Att: 19,876Venue: Target Field

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89.1%C

19 missed calls

+17.6% MIN

+0.42 runs MIN

Win Probability

MIN WinKC Win

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

Game 823696 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Lane ThomasCF	5	1	1	0	0	2	.225/.354/.308	108	.351	.322
Michael Massey2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263/.283/.460	94.1	.006	.005
Maikel GarciaSS	4	1	1	1	1	1	.266/.327/.378	108.9	.520	.505
Starling MarteDH	4	1	1	3	0	2	.258/.315/.348	107.9	.855	.1485
Vinnie Pasquantino1B	4	2	2	0	0	1	.220/.306/.352	98.7	.608	.578
Nick Loftin3B	3	0	2	1	1	1	.230/.340/.356	94.1	.762	.712
Isaac CollinsLF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.216/.340/.307	93.9	.104	.104
Carter JensenC	3	1	1	1	0	2	.213/.286/.381	102.8	.637	.338
Tyler TolbertRF	4	0	1	0	0	3	.231/.333/.231	96	.957	.907
Bench
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	.280/.354/.456	96.1	.006	.007
Noah CameronP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	35	6	9	6	3	15	-	-	-	-

HR:Marte (5th off Morris, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Loftin; Pasquantino

TB:14

RBI:Jensen; Loftin; Marte 3; Garcia

SF:Jensen

Team LOB:6

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tristan GrayPH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.266/.308/.413	65.3	.877

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Noah CameronW	6.0	3	1	0	0	7	0	104-65	85.8	3.84
John Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-6	89.6	2.84
Mason Black	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-8	91.2	1.86
Beck Way	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	1	15-8	94.8	27.00
Lucas ErcegS	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	15-9	91.5	6.00
Totals	9.0	8	5	4	1	8	1	151-96	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Erceg 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Cameron 104-65; Schreiber 7-6; Black 10-8; Way 15-8; Erceg 15-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Cameron 7-6; Schreiber 0-3; Black 1-1; Way 1-0; Erceg 0-2

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Connor PrielippL	4.1	4	2	2	1	7	0	77-51	89.1	5.15

Bot 2 • MIN

0-1

Ryan Kreidler grounds into a force out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Nick Loftin. Kody Clemens scores. Royce Lewis out at 2nd. Ryan Kreidler to 1st.

EV: 86.4 mph21 ftLA: -5°

Top 4 • KC

1-1

Nick Loftin doubles (8) on a line drive to right fielder Austin Martin. Vinnie Pasquantino scores.

EV: 94.1 mph206 ftLA: 10°

Top 5 • KC

5-1

Starling Marte homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Lane Thomas scores. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 107.5 mph💣 441 ftLA: 23°

2-1

Maikel Garcia singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Austin Martin, deflected by second baseman Luke Keaschall. Carter Jensen scores. Lane Thomas to 3rd.

EV: 103.5 mph9 ftLA: -15°

Top 8 • KC

6-1

Carter Jensen out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Trevor Larnach. Vinnie Pasquantino scores.

EV: 88.6 mph287 ftLA: 46°

Bot 9 • MIN

6-4

Josh Bell homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. Orlando Arcia scores. Kody Clemens scores.

EV: 111.6 mph💣 442 ftLA: 25°

6-5

Victor Caratini singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Lane Thomas, deflected by pitcher Lucas Erceg. Trevor Larnach scores.

EV: 100.2 mph17 ftLA: -9°

Bench
Austin MartinRF	4	0	0	0	0	3	.247/.347/.333	102.6	.126	.140
Ryan KreidlerCF	2	0	0	1	0	0	.224/.318/.448	86.4	.213	.195
Alex JacksonC	3	0	0	0	0	1	.261/.261/.304	91.4	.009	.012
Connor PrielippP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Andrew MorrisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Cody LawerysonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Justin LawrenceP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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