Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

2-1, 2-1 Away

Final

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
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Jeffers grounded out to shortstop. 5th: Jeffers hit by pitch. 7th: Jeffers struck out swinging. 9th: Jeffers struck out swinging.
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

MIN

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Kauffman Stadium

7:10 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.

Mar 31, 2024, 10:46 pm - 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

28/3

Twins
5
Royals
1

Game 2

30/3

Twins
0
Royals
11

Game 3

31/3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

Sources: Veteran LHP Steven Matz, Rays agree to 2-year deal

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Tigers add right-hander Drew Anderson on 1-year, $7M deal

Drew Anderson spent spring training with the Tigers in 2024 on a minor league contract before going 23-10 with a 2.91 ERA over parts of two seasons in South Korea.

Boone believes gap between Yankees, Blue Jays not that wide

Speaking to reporters at the MLB winter meetings Monday, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone lauded the Toronto Blue Jays for defeating his club in the playoffs, but he doesn't believe the gap between the AL East rivals is as wide as the matchup showed.

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

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