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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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, 2024, 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
Chicago	54	47	.535	-	W1
Cleveland	54	50	.519	1.5	L2
Minnesota	51	53	.490	4.5	W2
Detroit	48	54	.471	6.5	W1
Kansas City	43	60	.417	12	W3

Royals manager Matt Quatraro out vs. Tigers for personal matter

Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro was not with the team due to a personal matter on Thursday night when it started a series against the Detroit Tigers.

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

Sasaki: Marlins provide quickest path to major leagues

Rintaro Sasaki said that he chose to sign with the Marlins rather than return to Stanford or play in his home country of Japan because Miami afforded him the quickest path to major leagues.

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

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

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