Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

2-4, 2-4 Away

Final

3-3, 2-1 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
A. MartinLF	0-3	0	0	0	.273
T. LarnachPH	0-0	0	0	0	.333
J. OutmanPR-LF	0-0	0	0	0	.000
B. BuxtonCF	0-3	0	0	1	.174
L. Keaschall2B	2-4	0	0	0	.217
M. WallnerRF	1-4	1	1	1	.174
V. CaratiniC	1-3	0	0	0	.278
K. Clemens1B	2-3	2	1	1	.250
J. BellDH	1-3	2	1	1	.222
R. Lewis3B	1-4	0	0	0	.211
T. GraySS	0-4	0	0	0	.333

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
T. Bradley	6.0	5	0	1	3	100-65	0.87
K. Funderburk	1.0	0	0	0	1	15-10	4.91
C. Sands	0.2	2	1	0	0	11-9	5.40
T. Rogers	0.1	0	0	0	1	4-3	0.00
J. Topa	1.0	0	0	1	1	13-8	2.45

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

2:10 PM, April 2, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 11,694

Game Time:2:55

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Cory Blaser
First Base Umpire - Jansen Visconti
Second Base Umpire - Alex Tosi
Third Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher

Taj Bradley tosses 6 shutout innings, Minnesota homers 3 times in the 9th in a 5-1 win over KC

— Taj Bradley pitched six innings of five-hit ball, Minnesota homered three times in the ninth inning to break open a close game, and the Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Thursday to avoid a three-game series sweep.

Apr 2, 2026, 05:14 pm - AP


MIN
KC

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

T. Bradley1-0

6.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

C. Ragans0-2

6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 8 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		MIN	KC
2nd	Kody Clemens steals (2) 3rd base. Clemens scored on throwing error by catcher Perez.	1	0
8th	Buxton hit sacrifice fly to center, Bell scored, Lewis to third.	2	0
8th	Pasquantino hit sacrifice fly to right, Garcia scored.	2	1
9th	Wallner homered to left center (405 feet).	3	1
9th	Clemens homered to left (391 feet).	4	1
9th	Bell homered to right (393 feet).	5	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Game Odds
Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL

Minnesota TwinsTwinsMIN

(2-4)

(2-4, 2-4 Away)

(2-4)

Taj Bradley

(9-4, 3.85)

o9.5

+100

Kansas City RoyalsRoyalsKC

(3-3)

(3-3, 2-1 Home)

(3-3)

Cole Ragans

(1-4, 4.84)

-156

Twins
1
Royals
3

Game 1

3/30

Twins
9
Royals
13

Game 2

4/1

Twins
5
Royals
1

Game 3

4/2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	53	47	.530	-	L1
Cleveland	54	48	.529	-	W2
Minnesota	49	53	.480	5	L4
Detroit	47	54	.465	6.5	L1
Kansas City	42	60	.412	12	W2

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

Taj Bradley tosses 6 shutout innings, Minnesota homers 3 times in the 9th in a 5-1 win over KC

T. Bradley1-0

C. Ragans0-2

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