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June 6, 2026 · AL Cent

Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

June 6, 2026Target FieldSunny 82°F · 3 mph, L To R
AWAY
Kansas City Royals
26-39
3
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
30-36
2

Game Highlights

Published June 6, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Carter Jensen Carter Jensen homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. KC 1, MIN 0
B5 Tristan Gray Tristan Gray out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Austin Martin scores. KC 1, MIN 1
B8 Orlando Arcia Orlando Arcia homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. KC 1, MIN 2
T9 Carter Jensen Carter Jensen out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Austin Martin. Tyler Tolbert scores. KC 2, MIN 2
T9 Bobby Witt Jr. Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a line drive to left fielder Kody Clemens. Josh Rojas scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 2nd. KC 3, MIN 2

Box score

  123456789 R
KC 100000002 3
MIN 000010010 2

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 3

Luinder Avila started for Royals, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Matt Strahm took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Luinder Avila Starter 5.0 70 1 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Luinder Avila threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 67% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 17 24% 1 3 4 7 2
    Slider 15 21% 2 1 2 9 1
    Curveball 13 19% 1 3 3 4 2
    Sinker 13 19% 1 2 5 1 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 12 17% 0 3 3 3 3
  • Daniel Lynch IV Setup 1.0 12 0 0
  • Lucas Erceg Closer 1.0 15 0 1
  • Matt Strahm Setup 1.0 16 1 0 W
  • Alex Lange Middle 1.0 28 0 3 SV
Twins HOME 2

Joe Ryan started for Twins, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Eric Orze took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Joe Ryan Starter 6.0 102 1 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Joe Ryan threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 55 54% 3 9 13 20 10
    Sweeper 21 21% 3 5 3 7 3
    Splitter 14 14% 0 3 4 7 0
    Sinker 8 8% 0 2 2 0 4
    Slider 3 3% 0 0 0 2 1
    Knuckle Curve 1 1% 0 0 0 0 1
  • Taylor Rogers Setup 1.1 15 0 1
  • Yoendrys Gómez Middle 0.2 14 0 0
  • Eric Orze Setup 1.0 17 2 0 L

Where the game turned

1 run Top 9th · off Orze
  • Jr. 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carter Jensen C 4 1 1 2 0 1 .211 .286 .381 .667 HR (8)
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 5 0 2 1 0 1 .284 .359 .463 .822 SB
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 5 0 2 0 0 0 .216 .303 .345 .648
Maikel Garcia DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .266 .325 .380 .705
Lane Thomas RF 2 0 1 0 1 0 .226 .359 .313 .672
Michael Massey 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .285 .463 .748
Josh Rojas 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Kyle Isbel CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .241 .291 .352 .643
Jac Caglianone RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .326 .403 .729
Isaac Collins LF 2 0 1 0 2 0 .220 .341 .312 .653
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Orlando Arcia SS 1 1 1 1 0 0 .324 .342 .432 .774 HR (1)
Brooks Lee 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242 .295 .413 .708
Kody Clemens LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 .313 .467 .780 2B
Josh Bell DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .224 .284 .342 .626
Austin Martin RF 3 1 1 0 1 2 .253 .354 .341 .695
Royce Lewis 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .159 .260 .271 .531
Luke Keaschall 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .314 .309 .623
Ryan Kreidler CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .232 .328 .464 .792
Trevor Larnach LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .367 .381 .748
Victor Caratini C 2 0 1 0 1 1 .211 .309 .299 .608 2B
Tristan Gray SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 .259 .303 .407 .710

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Luinder Avila 5.0 2 1 1 3 3 0 70 4.02
Daniel Lynch IV 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.71
Lucas Erceg 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 6.17
Matt Strahm 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16 4.19 W
Alex Lange 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 28 4.03 SV
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Joe Ryan 6.0 6 1 1 2 5 1 102 3.07
Taylor Rogers 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 4.38
Yoendrys Gómez 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 3.73
Eric Orze 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 17 4.11 L

Manager comparison

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