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March 30, 2026 · AL Cent

Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals

March 30, 2026Kauffman StadiumSunny 85°F · 18 mph, R To L
AWAY
Minnesota Twins
1-3
1
vs
HOME
Kansas City Royals
2-2
3

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Matt Wallner Matt Wallner homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. MIN 1, KC 0
B2 Kyle Isbel Kyle Isbel homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Jonathan India scores. MIN 1, KC 2
B7 Isaac Collins Isaac Collins homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. MIN 1, KC 3

Box score

  123456789 R
MIN 010000000 1
KC 020000100 3

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Twins AWAY 1

Simeon Woods Richardson started for Twins, leaving trailing 1–2. Out of the bullpen, Kody Funderburk took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Simeon Woods Richardson Starter 5.0 83 2 2 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Simeon Woods Richardson threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 45 54% 1 11 6 18 9
    Splitter 21 25% 3 0 2 13 3
    Slider 15 18% 1 1 2 6 5
    Curveball 2 2% 0 1 0 1 0
  • Kody Funderburk Reliever 1.1 26 1 3
  • Justin Topa Reliever 0.2 10 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Taylor Rogers Setup 1.0 14 0 1
Royals HOME 3

Kris Bubic started for Royals, leaving with a 2–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kris Bubic Starter 6.0 75 1 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kris Bubic threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 68% 3.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 27 36% 1 5 6 8 7
    Changeup 16 21% 5 1 2 6 2
    Sinker 16 21% 0 3 2 7 4
    Sweeper 11 15% 1 4 0 4 2
    Slider 5 7% 2 1 0 2 0
  • Daniel Lynch IV Setup 1.0 9 0 1 HLD
  • Nick Mears Reliever 1.0 8 0 1 HLD
  • John Schreiber Middle 1.0 15 0 0 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 2nd · off Richardson
  • Isbel HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Byron Buxton CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .294 .438 .732
Luke Keaschall 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .235 .143 .378
Ryan Jeffers C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .432
Matt Wallner RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 .143 .294 .357 .651 HR (1)
Josh Bell DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .313 .333 .646
Victor Caratini 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .333 .273 .606
Royce Lewis 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .286 .667 .953
Brooks Lee SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222
Austin Martin LF 1 0 1 0 2 0 .400 .571 .400 .971
Trevor Larnach PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 .500 .929
HOME · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Maikel Garcia 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .286 .412 .357 .769 2B
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .313 .267 .580
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 2 0 0 0 2 1 .154 .313 .154 .467
Salvador Perez C 4 0 1 0 0 1 .188 .188 .375 .563
Lane Thomas DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
Jonathan India 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282
Jac Caglianone RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .273 .300 .573
Isaac Collins LF 3 1 1 1 0 1 .111 .200 .444 .644 HR (1)
Kyle Isbel CF 3 1 2 2 0 0 .400 .400 .700 1.100 HR (1), SB
Carter Jensen DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .154 .364 .518

Pitching lines

AWAY · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Simeon Woods Richardson 5.0 5 2 2 1 2 1 83 3.60 L
Kody Funderburk 1.1 2 1 1 1 3 1 26 6.75
Justin Topa 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 3.38
Taylor Rogers 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00
HOME · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kris Bubic 6.0 2 1 1 3 4 1 75 1.50 W
Daniel Lynch IV 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 HLD
Nick Mears 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00 HLD
John Schreiber 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4.50 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · MIN
Derek Shelton
Derek Shelton
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.8 R
HOME · KC
Matt Quatraro
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 3.1 R Bunts 1.6 R IBBs 1.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIN
7-3 L1 +22 run diff
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HOME · KC
5-5 W1 +7 run diff
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Season series: 1-3 with MIN listed first across 4 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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