June 4, 2026 · AL Cent
Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
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Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Salvador Perez | Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Austin Martin. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. | KC 1, MIN 0 |
| B1 | Byron Buxton | Byron Buxton homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. | KC 1, MIN 1 |
| T2 | Vinnie Pasquantino | Vinnie Pasquantino called out on strikes. | KC 2, MIN 1 |
| B2 | Victor Caratini | Victor Caratini doubles (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Luke Keaschall scores. | KC 2, MIN 2 |
| B3 | Kody Clemens | Kody Clemens homers (7) on a fly ball to center field. | KC 2, MIN 3 |
| T4 | Michael Massey | Michael Massey homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. | KC 3, MIN 3 |
| B4 | Ryan Kreidler | Ryan Kreidler triples (1) on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel, deflected by left fielder Isaac Collins. Trevor Larnach scores. | KC 3, MIN 4 |
| B5 | Kody Clemens | Kody Clemens homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. | KC 3, MIN 5 |
| T6 | Carter Jensen | Carter Jensen doubles (9) on a ground ball to left fielder Trevor Larnach. Isaac Collins scores. Kyle Isbel scores. Carter Jensen to 3rd. | KC 5, MIN 5 |
| T6 | Bobby Witt Jr. | Bobby Witt Jr. reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Ryan Kreidler. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 2nd. | KC 6, MIN 5 |
| B6 | Victor Caratini | Victor Caratini homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. | KC 6, MIN 6 |
| T9 | Josh Rojas | Josh Rojas singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ryan Kreidler. Tyler Tolbert scores. Lane Thomas scores. Maikel Garcia to 2nd. | KC 8, MIN 6 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| MIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Royals
AWAY
8
Seth Lugo started for Royals, leaving trailing 3–5. Out of the bullpen, John Schreiber took the roughest line.
workload · innings pitched
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Seth Lugo
Starter
5.0
92
5
4
Pitch-by-pitch: what Seth Lugo threw
CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 64% 4.2 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Sinker 18 20% 2 3 3 7 3 Four-Seam Fastball 17 18% 0 3 3 9 2 Sweeper 16 17% 4 4 2 3 3 Changeup 11 12% 2 0 3 4 2 Slider 10 11% 2 1 2 3 2 Curveball 9 10% 0 1 1 2 5 Cutter 6 7% 0 0 4 2 0 Slow Curve 3 3% 0 0 2 1 0 Slurve 2 2% 0 0 1 1 0 - John Schreiber Middle 1.0 15 1 2 BS
- Daniel Lynch IV Setup 1.0 12 0 1
- Matt Strahm Setup 1.0 10 0 0 W
- Alex Lange Middle 1.0 20 0 0 SV
Twins
HOME
6
Twins opened with Andrew Morris, then turned the bulk of the game over to Mike Paredes. Out of the bullpen, Taylor Rogers took the roughest line.
workload · innings pitched
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Andrew Morris
Opener
2.0
48
2
2
Pitch-by-pitch: what Andrew Morris threw
CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.0 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 26 54% 2 7 6 7 4 Cutter 10 21% 1 3 3 1 2 Sweeper 8 17% 0 0 1 5 2 Changeup 2 4% 0 0 0 2 0 Sinker 2 4% 0 0 0 1 1 - Mike Paredes Bulk 3.2 50 3 1
- Anthony Banda Setup 0.1 8 1 0 BS inherited 2, all 2 scored
- Eric Orze Setup 1.0 16 0 0
- Yoendrys Gómez Middle 0.2 18 0 2
- Taylor Rogers Setup 0.2 11 2 0 L inherited 1, stranded 1
- Justin Lawrence Middle 0.2 24 0 2 inherited 2, all 2 scored
Where the game turned
2 runs
- Rojas 1B (2)
Batting lines
AWAY · KC
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Jensen C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .292 | .374 | .666 | 2B |
| Bobby Witt Jr. SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .281 | .356 | .462 | .818 | SB |
| Vinnie Pasquantino 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .210 | .301 | .339 | .640 | |
| Lane Thomas RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .223 | .355 | .313 | .668 | |
| Isaac Collins LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .330 | .310 | .640 | |
| Josh Rojas 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| Kyle Isbel CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 | .298 | .361 | .659 | |
| Salvador Perez DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .258 | .351 | .609 | |
| Jac Caglianone RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .245 | .319 | .396 | .715 | |
| Michael Massey 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .287 | .477 | .764 | HR (6) |
| Maikel Garcia PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .268 | .328 | .384 | .712 | |
| Nick Loftin 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .323 | .341 | .664 |
HOME · MIN
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .258 | .320 | .551 | .871 | HR (18) |
| Brooks Lee 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 | .300 | .409 | .709 | |
| Kody Clemens LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .311 | .460 | .771 | 2 HR (7, 8) |
| Austin Martin RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .251 | .353 | .337 | .690 | |
| Josh Bell 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .289 | .345 | .634 | |
| Luke Keaschall 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 | .321 | .316 | .637 | |
| Victor Caratini C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .207 | .299 | .290 | .589 | HR (3), 2B |
| Tristan Gray PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .298 | .394 | .692 | |
| Orlando Arcia SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .303 | .313 | .616 | |
| Trevor Larnach LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .373 | .389 | .762 | |
| Ryan Kreidler CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .345 | .510 | .855 | 3B |
| James Outman CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .156 | .229 | .250 | .479 |
Pitching lines
AWAY · KC
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 92 | 3.91 | |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2.96 | BS |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1.78 | |
| Matt Strahm | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.93 | W |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4.18 | SV |
HOME · MIN
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Morris | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 4.44 | |
| Mike Paredes | 3.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 4.91 | |
| Anthony Banda | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.13 | BS |
| Eric Orze | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.64 | |
| Yoendrys Gómez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3.82 | |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.63 | L |
| Justin Lawrence | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4.94 |
Manager comparison
AWAY · KC
Lineup 3.1 R
Bunts 1.6 R
IBBs 1.5 R
HOME · MIN
Lineup 1.7 R
Bunts 0.7 R
IBBs 0.8 R
Recent form
AWAY · KC
5-5
W1
+7 run diff
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HOME · MIN
7-3
L1
+22 run diff
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Season series: 3-1 with KC listed first across 4 prior meetings.
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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.