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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

2026-08-06 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 16036 · 82°F, Cloudy · Wind 5 mph, R To L · 2:52

Minnesota Twins defeated Kansas City Royals 4–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Jac Caglianone singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Alan Roden. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 8th — Brooks Lee singles on a ground ball to right fielder Nick Loftin. Ryan Jeffers scores. Alex Jackson scores. Royce Lewis to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Brooks Lee singles on a ground ball to right fielder Nick Loftin. Ryan Jeffers scores. Alex Jackson scores. Royce Lewis to 2nd — worth 30% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Austin Martin LF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Trevor Larnach LF	3	0	1	0	0	1
Luke Keaschall CF	4	1	1	0	1	0
Kody Clemens 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Jeffers C	1	1	0	0	1	0
Josh Bell DH	3	0	1	1	1	0
Alex Jackson DH	1	1	0	0	0	1
Royce Lewis 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0
Brooks Lee 3B	4	0	1	2	0	0
Alan Roden RF	3	0	1	0	1	0
Victor Caratini 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1
Tristan Gray SS	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ryan Kreidler SS	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carter Jensen C	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bobby Witt SS	4	2	3	0	0	0
Jac Caglianone 1B	4	0	1	2	0	0
Tyler Tolbert PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez DH	3	0	1	1	1	0
Michael Massey 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Isaac Collins LF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Loftin RF	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Rave RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Rojas 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel CF	3	0	0	0	0	0