Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins

KC 2 — 3 MIN

Final — 2026-07-28

MVP: Taj Bradley 6.0 IP, 10 K, 2 ER

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 3-2. Taj Bradley led the way with 6.0 IP, 10 K, 2 ER. Jack Anderson earned the win and Alex Lange took the loss.

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

WP Jack Anderson (1-0)

LP Alex Lange (1-6, B, 3)

Scoring Plays

Bot 4: Bell singled to center, Clemens scored. (0-1)

Top 6: Rojas stole home, Thomas stole second. (1-1)

Top 6: Perez singled to right, Thomas scored. (2-1)

Bot 9: Lewis tripled to right, Caratini scored and Lee scored. (2-3)

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.237	.306	.423	.729
Thomas	CF	4	1	1	0	0	3	1	.230	.326	.398	.724
Caglianone	1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.249	.310	.447	.757
Perez	DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.211	.261	.366	.627
Pasquantino	1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.232	.318	.345	.663
Loftin	3B	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	.251	.337	.408	.745
Massey	2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.270	.307	.433	.740
Collins	LF	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.240	.340	.365	.705
Rojas	SS	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.260	.288	.380	.668
Marte	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.317	.313	.630
Velazquez	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154
Tolbert	RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.308	.352	.415	.767

MIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Larnach	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.291	.381	.453	.834
Buxton	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.320	.544	.864
Jeffers	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.294	.397	.531	.928
Clemens	LF	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.243	.301	.490	.791
Bell	DH	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.246	.305	.414	.719
Caratini	1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.324	.360	.684
Keaschall	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.352	.341	.693
Lee	3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.247	.305	.424	.729
Kreidler	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.244	.299	.415	.714
Roden	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.282	.206	.488
Lewis	2B	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	.215	.300	.387	.687
Martin	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.357	.323	.680
Jackson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.354	.435	.789

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Lugo	6.0	6	1	1	2	2	84-51	4.22	1.38
Lynch	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	10-9	2.05	0.93
Schreiber	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	8-4	3.76	1.38
Cruz	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	15-12	4.50	1.23
Lange	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	21-11	6.33	1.54	L, 1-6, B, 3

MIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Bradley	6.0	3	2	2	3	10	102-68	3.65	1.24
Funderburk	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	27-16	3.52	1.27
Adams	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	11-5	5.29	1.44
Anderson	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	13-10	0.00	1.00	W, 1-0

Venue: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota (21,518)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Marvin Hudson, First Base Umpire: Tripp Gibson, Second Base Umpire: Nick Mahrley, Third Base Umpire: Derek Thomas

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