Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins
Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T3 | Tyler Tolbert | Tyler Tolbert homers (3) on a line drive to left center field. | KC 1, MIN 0 |
| T4 | Nick Loftin | Nick Loftin out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Luke Keaschall. Salvador Perez scores. | KC 2, MIN 0 |
| T5 | Carter Jensen | Carter Jensen doubles (24) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Trevor Larnach. Tyler Tolbert scores. | KC 3, MIN 0 |
| T5 | Jac Caglianone | Jac Caglianone singles on a ground ball to first baseman Royce Lewis. Carter Jensen scores. | KC 4, MIN 0 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Randy Dobnak started for Royals, leaving with a 4–0 lead.
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Randy Dobnak
Starter
7.0
101
0
4
W
Pitch-by-pitch: what Randy Dobnak threw
CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 58% 3.9 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Sinker 39 39% 1 4 9 12 13 Sweeper 31 31% 5 7 3 12 4 Changeup 22 22% 1 3 5 11 2 Four-Seam Fastball 7 7% 0 1 0 5 1 Slider 2 2% 1 0 0 0 1 - Daniel Lynch IV Setup 1.0 10 0 0
- Steven Cruz Middle 1.0 6 0 0
Joe Ryan started for Twins, leaving trailing 0–4.
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Joe Ryan
Starter
6.0
93
4
4
L
Pitch-by-pitch: what Joe Ryan threw
CSW 18% 1st-pitch strike 69% 3.6 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 43 46% 2 3 12 14 12 Splitter 21 23% 2 1 4 8 6 Knuckle Curve 10 11% 1 1 2 5 1 Slider 10 11% 2 2 2 3 1 Sweeper 9 10% 2 1 1 3 2 - Kendry Rojas Long 3.0 52 0 4
Where the game turned
- Tolbert HR (1)
Batting lines
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Jensen C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .237 | .305 | .423 | .728 | 2B |
| Lane Thomas CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .229 | .324 | .394 | .718 | |
| Jac Caglianone RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .251 | .311 | .446 | .757 | |
| Salvador Perez 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .263 | .372 | .635 | 3B |
| Michael Massey 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .307 | .431 | .738 | |
| Nick Loftin 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .340 | .416 | .756 | 2B |
| Isaac Collins LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .339 | .362 | .701 | |
| Starling Marte DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .315 | .310 | .625 | |
| Tyler Tolbert SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .324 | .373 | .485 | .858 | HR (3), 2B, SB |
| Josh Rojas DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .291 | .377 | .668 |
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Martin LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .359 | .325 | .684 | |
| Brooks Lee 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 | .302 | .419 | .721 | |
| Kody Clemens 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .301 | .487 | .788 | |
| Josh Bell DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .304 | .410 | .714 | |
| Royce Lewis 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .215 | .299 | .385 | .684 | |
| Victor Caratini C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 | .320 | .354 | .674 | |
| Alan Roden RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .189 | .262 | .189 | .451 | |
| Luke Keaschall CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .352 | .341 | .693 | |
| Ryan Kreidler SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .300 | .419 | .719 | 2B |
| Trevor Larnach LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .377 | .448 | .825 |
Pitching lines
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Dobnak | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 1.04 | W |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.00 | |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.38 |
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 93 | 3.52 | L |
| Kendry Rojas | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 2.51 |
Manager comparison
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Season series: 3-3 with KC listed first across 6 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.