Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

62-80, 27-44 Away

Final
2 - 11

Kansas City Royals

73-69, 40-34 Home

Perez’s 3-run homer leads Royals’ rout of Twins, 11-2

Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Vinnie Pasquantino doubled sharply off the right-field fence, producing one run before Salvador Perez’s 25th home run added three more. Nick Loftin’s double to left-center made it 5-0 as the Royals batted around in the first.

Joe Ryan allowed five runs on four hits and four walks while throwing 62 pitches in two innings, his shortest outing since Aug. 7, 2024.

It was a rare poor showing for Ryan (13-8) against Kansas City. In 10 previous starts he was 8-0 with a 1.34 ERA.

The Twins have lost six straight.

James Outman doubled leading off the Twins’ third — snapping an 0-for-14 slump — and Byron Buxton followed with an RBI triple before scoring on Luke Keaschall’s grounder. Buxton’s last eight hits have gone for extra bases.

The Royals responded with three runs in the bottom of the third on RBI hits by Kyle Isbel, Maikel Garcia and Pasquantino.

Stephen Kolek (5-5) allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings, striking out four.

Kansas City native Carter Jensen had an RBI double for his first major league hit.

Pasquantino, Loftin and Jensen each had two RBI. Loftin had three of the Royals’ 13 hits.

Kansas City played without star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., who left Friday’s game with low back spasms. Since 2023, the Royals are 3-5 in games Witt misses.

Key moment Ryan missed the strike zone with eight of his first 13 pitches.

Key stat Pasquantino leads the majors with 28 go-ahead RBI.

Up next Twins RHP Bailey Ober (4-7, 5.23 ERA) opposes Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (5-9, 4.54) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Outman flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Lee singled to right.
	9th Inning	Gasper lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Julien struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Long relieved Avila
	8th Inning	Loftin grounded out to first.

Statistics

MIN		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	12
7	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	11
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	11
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	37
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	15
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	5
18	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
126	Pitches	179
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	21
36	Plate Appearances	43
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	6
2.4	Runs Created	9.1
.206	Batting Average	.351
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.568
.147	Secondary Average	.378
.250	On Base Percentage	.442
.544	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.009
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.2
19.5	Batter Rating	70.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.50	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.16
.088	Isolated Power	.216
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.140
-.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.027
4.0	Runs Produced	22.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
72.0	MLB Rating	109.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 21,771 | Capacity:

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	-	62	L1	0.5694444	82
Kansas City	8.5	70	L1	0.5104895	73
Cleveland	9	70	W3	0.5070422	72
Minnesota	18.5	80	W1	0.44055945	63
Chicago	27	89	W1	0.38194445	55

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