Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

76-66, 37-36 Away

Final

78-65, 44-30 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
E. Julien2B	2-3	1	0	0	.223
W. CastroPH-2B	0-1	0	0	0	.248
T. LarnachLF	0-3	0	0	0	.247
M. HelmanPR-LF	0-0	0	0	0	.500
J. MirandaDH	1-4	1	0	1	.299
M. WallnerRF	1-3	0	0	1	.263
R. Lewis3B	0-4	0	0	0	.251
B. LeeSS	0-4	0	0	0	.240
R. JeffersC	0-4	0	0	0	.235
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Jeffers struck out swinging. 4th: Jeffers grounded out to third. 7th: Jeffers struck out looking. 9th: Jeffers struck out swinging.
C. Santana1B	0-2	0	0	0	.235
K. Farmer1B	1-1	0	0	0	.203
D. Keirsey Jr.CF	0-3	0	0	0	.000

pitchers	IP	H	ER	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Ober	7.0	1	0	7	83-59	3.77
J. Duran	0.1	2	3	1	17-10	3.99
G. Jax	0.2	3	1	0	8-8	2.01

According to ESPN Analytics

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Total Bases

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Kauffman Stadium

7:15 PM, September 7, 2024Coverage: FOX

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 29,160

Game Time:2:14

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chris Conroy
First Base Umpire - Shane Livensparger
Second Base Umpire - Brian O'Nora
Third Base Umpire - Brennan Miller

Witt's go-ahead single lifts Royals over Twins 4-2, KC opens 1 1/2-game lead for second AL wild card

— Bobby Witt Jr. hit a tiebreaking single in a four-run eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat Minnesota 4-2 Saturday night to open a 1 1/2-game lead over the Twins for the second AL wild card.

Sep 7, 2025, 10:45 pm - AP


MIN
KC

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

Scoring Summary

		MIN	KC
3rd	Miranda tripled to right, Julien scored.	1	0
3rd	Wallner doubled to right, Miranda scored.	2	0
8th	Isbel singled to left, Fermin scored, Blanco to second.	2	1
8th	Pham reached on infield single to shortstop, Blanco scored on throwing error by shortstop Lee, Isbel safe at third on error.	2	2
8th	Witt Jr. singled to center, Isbel scored, Pham to second.	2	3
8th	Melendez singled to center, Pham scored, Witt Jr. thrown out at home.	2	4

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Twins
0
Royals
5

Game 1

9/6

Twins
2
Royals
4

Game 2

9/7

Twins
0
Royals
2

Game 3

9/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	24	22	.522	-	L1
Chicago	22	22	.500	1	L1
Minnesota	20	25	.444	3.5	L1
Detroit	20	25	.444	3.5	W1
Kansas City	19	26	.422	4.5	L5

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

Win Probability

Game Information

Witt's go-ahead single lifts Royals over Twins 4-2, KC opens 1 1/2-game lead for second AL wild card

D. Lynch IV1-0

J. Duran6-9

L. Erceg10

Scoring Summary

Inning

2026 American League Central Standings

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