Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

63-80, 28-44 Away

Final

73-70, 40-35 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
B. BuxtonCF	1-2	1	1	1	.271
J. OutmanCF	0-2	0	0	0	.148
A. MartinLF	1-3	0	0	0	.284
M. WallnerRF	1-3	1	0	1	.205
L. Keaschall2B	1-4	1	0	0	.321
K. Clemens1B	1-4	1	1	2	.213
R. Lewis3B	2-4	0	0	0	.234
E. JulienDH	0-3	1	0	0	.192
B. LeeSS	1-4	0	0	0	.243
J. PeredaC	1-4	0	0	0	.333

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Ober	5.1	4	1	1	6	85-54	5.08
C. Sands	1.2	0	0	1	0	14-8	3.73
K. Funderburk	0.2	2	0	1	1	22-14	4.55
J. Topa	1.0	1	0	1	0	28-20	3.90
G. Cabrera	0.1	0	0	1	0	8-4	6.69

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

2:10 PM, September 7, 2025

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 26,505

Game Time:2:56

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

Ober, Buxton, Clemens leads Twins to 5-1 win, drop Royals 2 back for last AL wild card

— Byron Buxton and Kody Clemens homered and the Minnesota Twins beat Kansas City 5-1 on Sunday to drop the Royals two games back for the last AL wild card.

Sep 7, 2025, 05:30 pm - AP


MIN
KC

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

Scoring Summary

		MIN	KC
1st	Buxton homered to left center (402 feet).	1	0
4th	Clemens homered to center (451 feet), Wallner scored.	3	0
6th	Keaschall stole home, Lewis stole second.	4	0
6th	Pasquantino singled to left, Garcia scored.	4	1
7th	Wallner walked, Julien scored, Martin to second, Lee to third.	5	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Twins
2
Royals
4

Game 1

4/7

Twins
1
Royals
2

Game 2

4/8

Twins
4
Royals
0

Game 3

4/9

Twins
2
Royals
3

Game 4

4/10

Twins
1
Royals
2

Game 5

9/5

Twins
2
Royals
11

Game 6

9/6

Twins
5
Royals
1

Game 7

9/7

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

Ober, Buxton, Clemens leads Twins to 5-1 win, drop Royals 2 back for last AL wild card

B. Ober5-7

M. Lorenzen5-10

G. Cabrera1

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