Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

62-79, 27-43 Away

Final

72-69, 39-34 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
B. BuxtonCF	0-4	0	0	0	.271
T. LarnachDH	1-4	0	0	0	.258
J. OutmanPR-DH	0-0	0	0	0	.146
L. Keaschall2B	1-4	0	0	0	.325
K. Clemens1B	0-3	0	0	0	.212
A. MartinLF	1-4	0	0	0	.282
M. WallnerRF	0-4	0	0	0	.206
R. Lewis3B	0-3	0	0	0	.231
B. LeeSS	1-3	1	0	0	.243
R. FitzgeraldPR	0-0	0	0	0	.200
J. PeredaC	1-2	0	0	1	.500
M. GasperPH	0-1	0	0	0	.153
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pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
P. Lopez	6.0	6	2	1	4	92-58	2.84
K. Funderburk	1.0	0	0	0	2	15-11	4.65
J. Topa	1.0	0	0	0	0	13-8	3.97

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

12:40 AM, 6 September 2025

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 16,255

Game Time:2:23

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Bruce Dreckman
First Base Umpire - Tyler Jones
Second Base Umpire - Nate Tomlinson
Third Base Umpire - Mark Wegner

Garcia's two-run homer and Wacha's strong outing lift Royals over Twins 2-1

— Maikel Garcia hit a two-run homer and Michael Wacha pitched 5 2/3 strong innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Friday night.

Sep 6, 2025, 03:32 am - AP


MIN
KC

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

Scoring Summary

Inning				MIN	KC
		3rd	Garcia homered to left (412 feet), Pasquantino scored.	0	2
		5th	Pereda doubled to right, Lee scored.	1	2

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Twins
2
Royals
4

Game 1

8/4

Twins
1
Royals
2

Game 2

9/4

Twins
4
Royals
0

Game 3

10/4

Twins
2
Royals
3

Game 4

10/4

Twins
1
Royals
2

Game 5

6/9

Twins
2
Royals
11

Game 6

7/9

Twins
5
Royals
1

Game 7

7/9

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

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

Win Probability

Game Information

Garcia's two-run homer and Wacha's strong outing lift Royals over Twins 2-1

M. Wacha9-11

P. Lopez5-4

C. Estevez38

Scoring Summary

Inning

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