Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals

MIN 4 — 3 KC

Final — 2026-08-06

MVP: Michael Wacha 5.2 IP, 1 K, 1 ER

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 4-3. Michael Wacha led the way with 5.2 IP, 1 K, 1 ER. Kody Funderburk earned the win and Aaron Bummer took the loss. Yoendrys Gomez recorded the save.

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

WP Kody Funderburk (3-1)

LP Aaron Bummer (1-2, H, 5)

SV Yoendrys Gomez (15)

Scoring Plays

Bot 3: Caglianone singled to right, Jensen scored and Witt Jr. scored. (0-2)

Top 5: Lewis homered to left (421 feet). (1-2)

Bot 6: Perez singled to left, Witt Jr. scored. (1-3)

Top 8: Bell singled to right, Keaschall scored, Jeffers to third. (2-3)

Top 8: Lee singled to right, Jackson scored and Jeffers scored, Lewis to second. (4-3)

MIN — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Larnach	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.281	.370	.449	.819
Keaschall	CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.354	.360	.714
Clemens	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.290	.468	.758
Bell	DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	.246	.307	.413	.720
Lewis	2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.233	.310	.425	.735
Lee	3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.240	.298	.414	.712
Roden	RF	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.222	.315	.244	.559
Caratini	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.226	.312	.338	.650
Gray	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.225	.267	.324	.591
Martin	LF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.350	.312	.662
Jeffers	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.281	.382	.503	.885
Jackson	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.303	.333	.409	.742
Kreidler	SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.287	.392	.679

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	4	1	1	0	0	1	.228	.301	.415	.716
Witt	SS	4	2	3	0	0	0	.286	.356	.457	.813
Caglianone	1B	4	0	1	2	0	0	.254	.309	.453	.762
Perez	DH	3	0	1	1	1	0	.215	.263	.376	.639
Massey	2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.263	.297	.426	.723
Collins	LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.238	.337	.366	.703
Rave	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.579	.912
Rojas	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.234	.269	.328	.597
Isbel	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.293	.347	.640
Loftin	RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.249	.332	.399	.731
Tolbert	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.368	.475	.843

MIN — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Ober	6.0	6	3	3	0	0	74-50	4.45	1.22
Funderburk	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	20-13	3.09	1.20	W, 3-1
Morris	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13-7	3.19	1.06
Gomez	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	18-9	3.35	1.31	S, 15

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Wacha	5.2	3	1	1	3	1	1	94-51	3.44	1.15
Cuas	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	2.70	1.50
Lange	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12-8	6.11	1.53
Bummer	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	20-13	10.26	2.10	L, 1-2, H, 5
Pearson	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	18-9	2.92	1.30
McGee	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	15-9	1.69	1.69

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (16,036)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Charlie Ramos, First Base Umpire: Jansen Visconti, Second Base Umpire: Willie Traynor, Third Base Umpire: Chris Guccione

Broadcast: ESPN

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