Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

2-1, 2-1 Away

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1-2, 1-2 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
E. Julien2B	0-4	0	0	0	.200
A. KirilloffLF	1-4	0	0	0	.300
B. BuxtonDH	0-2	0	0	0	.300
M. MargotPH-DH	1-2	0	0	0	.400
C. CorreaSS	0-2	0	0	0	.273
K. Farmer3B	0-2	0	0	0	.000
M. WallnerRF	1-4	0	0	0	.167
C. Santana1B	1-3	0	0	0	.273
W. Castro3B-SS	0-2	0	0	0	.125
R. JeffersC	0-3	0	0	0	.000
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A. MartinCF	0-3	0	0	0	.000

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Ober	1.1	9	8	1	1	53-35	54.00
K. Funderburk	1.2	3	1	1	1	34-19	5.40
D. Duarte	2.0	1	0	1	2	31-21	0.00
C. Sands	2.0	1	1	0	2	22-15	4.50
J. Jackson	1.0	0	0	0	1	13-8	0.00

According to ESPN Analytics

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Kauffman Stadium

11:40 PM, 31 March 2024

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 13,005

Game Time:2:25

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Estabrook
First Base Umpire - Erich Bacchus
Second Base Umpire - Laz Diaz
Third Base Umpire - Tripp Gibson

Witt falls double shy of cycle, KC hits 5 homers and routs Twins 11-0 to avoid sweep

— Bobby Witt Jr. finished a double shy of the cycle, Kyle Isbel and Maikel Garcia hit back-to-back home runs, and the Kansas City Royals routed Minnesota 11-0 on Sunday to avoid a second straight season-opening sweep by the Twins.

Apr 1, 2024, 03:16 am - AP


MIN
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	11	14	0

B. Singer1-0

7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 10 K, 1 BB

B. Ober0-1

1.1 IP, 9 H, 8 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC
1st	Perez homered to left (390 feet), Witt Jr. scored and Pasquantino scored.	3
2nd	Isbel homered to right (403 feet).	4
2nd	Garcia homered to left center (422 feet).	5
2nd	Perez singled to center, Witt Jr. scored.	6
2nd	Frazier singled to left, Melendez scored and Perez scored, Velázquez to second.	8
2nd	Fermin grounded into fielder's choice to first first, Velázquez scored, Fermin to first on error by pitcher Funderburk, Frazier out at second.	9
3rd	Witt Jr. homered to center (434 feet).	10
6th	Velázquez homered to left (388 feet).	11

Data is currently unavailable.

Twins
4
Royals
1

Game 1

29/3

Twins
5
Royals
1

Game 2

31/3

Twins
0
Royals
11

Game 3

31/3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	53	46	.535	-	W2
Cleveland	53	48	.525	1	W1
Minnesota	49	52	.485	5	L3
Detroit	47	53	.470	6.5	W1
Kansas City	41	60	.406	13	W1

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

Witt falls double shy of cycle, KC hits 5 homers and routs Twins 11-0 to avoid sweep

B. Singer1-0

B. Ober0-1

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