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July 30, 2026 · AL Cent

Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

July 30, 2026Target FieldPartly Cloudy 84°F · 10 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Kansas City Royals
46-64
3
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
55-55
4

Game Highlights

Published July 30, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Jac Caglianone Jac Caglianone homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. John Rave scores. KC 2, MIN 0
T5 John Rave John Rave doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kody Clemens. Carter Jensen scores. Throwing error by right fielder Kody Clemens. KC 3, MIN 0
B9 Kody Clemens Kody Clemens hits a grand slam (19) to right center field. Ryan Jeffers scores. Royce Lewis scores. Alan Roden scores. KC 3, MIN 4

Box score

  123456789 R
KC 002010000 3
MIN 000000000 0

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

Noah Cameron started for Royals, leaving with a 3–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Lucas Erceg took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Noah Cameron Starter 8.0 97 0 7
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Noah Cameron threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 77% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 23 24% 4 0 5 8 6
    Cutter 22 23% 2 7 4 4 5
    Curveball 19 20% 3 2 2 10 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 19% 0 3 5 9 1
    Slider 12 12% 3 2 1 4 2
    Sinker 3 3% 0 2 0 0 1
  • Lucas Erceg Closer 0.2 22 3 1 HLD
  • Matt Strahm Setup 0.0 3 1 0 L inherited 3, all 3 scored
Twins HOME 4

Bailey Ober started for Twins, leaving trailing 0–3.

workload · innings pitched
  • Bailey Ober Starter 6.0 79 3 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Bailey Ober threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 63% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 24 30% 4 2 4 6 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 22 28% 1 3 5 8 5
    Slider 16 20% 2 3 2 6 3
    Sweeper 12 15% 3 1 1 6 1
    Sinker 4 5% 0 1 1 0 2
    Curveball 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Taylor Rogers Setup 1.0 27 0 1
  • Andrew Morris Middle 1.0 12 0 0
  • Yoendrys Gómez Middle 1.0 21 0 1 W

Where the game turned

4 runs Bottom 9th · off Strahm
  • Clemens HR (4)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carter Jensen DH 3 1 0 0 2 1 .235 .306 .419 .725
Lane Thomas CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .229 .323 .393 .716
Jac Caglianone 1B 4 1 2 2 0 0 .254 .313 .455 .768 HR (17)
Salvador Perez C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .212 .260 .368 .628
Michael Massey 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 .302 .424 .726
Nick Loftin RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 .335 .408 .743
Isaac Collins LF 3 0 2 0 1 0 .242 .343 .365 .708
Josh Rojas 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .276 .357 .633
Tyler Tolbert SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 .333 .380 .486 .866 SB
John Rave CF 3 1 2 0 0 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089 2 2B, SB
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Victor Caratini PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .319 .353 .672
Ryan Jeffers C 3 1 1 0 0 1 .294 .399 .528 .927
Royce Lewis 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 .216 .298 .383 .681
Kody Clemens RF 4 1 1 4 0 1 .244 .300 .493 .793 HR (19)
Luke Keaschall CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .349 .338 .687
Brooks Lee 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .244 .302 .417 .719
Alex Jackson 1B 3 0 0 0 0 3 .308 .338 .415 .753
Trevor Larnach PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .287 .376 .447 .823
Austin Martin LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .243 .359 .323 .682
Josh Bell DH 3 0 0 0 1 0 .242 .304 .407 .711
Ryan Kreidler SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .243 .297 .414 .711

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Noah Cameron 8.0 1 0 0 2 7 0 97 4.59
Lucas Erceg 0.2 1 3 3 1 1 0 22 5.85 HLD
Matt Strahm 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 7.01 L
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Bailey Ober 6.0 4 3 2 2 3 1 79 4.45
Taylor Rogers 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 27 5.03
Andrew Morris 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.18
Yoendrys Gómez 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 21 3.33 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · KC
Matt Quatraro
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · MIN
Derek Shelton
Derek Shelton
Lineup 2.5 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · KC
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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HOME · MIN
5-5 W1 -5 run diff
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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.

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