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Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

2026-06-05 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 19805 · 75°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 6 mph, Out To RF · 2:23

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 5–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Vinnie Pasquantino doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Austin Martin. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 6th — Josh Bell doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Kody Clemens scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Brooks Lee homers (9) on a fly ball to right field — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	2
MIN	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	10

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carter Jensen DH	3	0	0	0	0	0
Starling Marte DH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Witt SS	3	1	1	0	1	1
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	3	1	1	1	0	0
Lane Thomas RF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Salvador Perez C	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jac Caglianone 1B	3	1	2	1	1	0
Isaac Collins LF	3	0	1	0	1	1
Michael Massey 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0
Nick Loftin 3B	2	0	0	0	1	0
Maikel Garcia PH	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kyle Isbel CF	4	0	1	0	0	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Tristan Gray SS	3	0	2	0	1
Byron Buxton CF	1	0	0	0	0
Brooks Lee 3B	4	1	1	2	0
Kody Clemens LF	4	1	2	0	1
Josh Bell DH	4	1	1	1	1
Orlando Arcia 1B	4	1	2	0	0
Luke Keaschall 2B	4	0	0	0	1
Austin Martin RF	4	0	1	0	1
Ryan Kreidler CF	3	0	0	0	1
Alex Jackson C	3	1	1	0	0