Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

57-59, 27-32 Away

Final

48-68, 28-28 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
T. LarnachLF	1-3	0	0	0	.281
A. MartinPH-LF	1-2	0	0	0	.236
L. KeaschallCF	1-4	1	0	0	.263
K. Clemens2B	0-3	0	0	0	.234
R. JeffersPH-C	0-1	1	0	0	.281
J. BellDH	1-3	0	0	1	.246
A. JacksonPR-DH	0-1	1	0	0	.303
R. Lewis1B-2B	1-4	1	1	1	.233
B. Lee3B	1-4	0	0	2	.240
A. RodenRF	1-3	0	0	0	.222
V. CaratiniC-1B	0-2	0	0	0	.226
T. GraySS	0-3	0	0	0	.225
R. KreidlerSS	0-0	0	0	0	.232

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Ober	6.0	6	3	0	0	74-50	4.45
K. Funderburk	1.0	1	0	0	1	20-13	3.09
A. Morris	1.0	0	0	0	1	13-7	3.19
Y. Gomez	1.0	0	0	1	2	18-9	3.35

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

Hits

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Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

9:30 AM, 7 August 2026

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 16,036

Game Time:2:52

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Charlie Ramos
First Base Umpire - Jansen Visconti
Second Base Umpire - Willie Traynor
Third Base Umpire - Chris Guccione

Brooks Lee's 2-run single in 8th lifts Twins to 4-3 win over Royals

— Brooks Lee's two-run single in the eighth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.

Aug 7, 2026, 01:01 pm - AP


MIN
KC

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

Scoring Summary

		MIN	KC
3rd	Caglianone singled to right, Jensen scored and Witt Jr. scored.	0	2
5th	Lewis homered to left (421 feet).	1	2
6th	Perez singled to left, Witt Jr. scored.	1	3
8th	Bell singled to right, Keaschall scored, Jeffers to third.	2	3
8th	Lee singled to right, Jackson scored and Jeffers scored, Lewis to second.	4	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Twins
2
Royals
8

Game 1

5/8

Twins
1
Royals
2

Game 2

6/8

Twins
4
Royals
3

Game 3

7/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	59	55	.518	-	L3
Minnesota	57	59	.491	3	W1
Cleveland	57	59	.491	3	L3
Detroit	56	59	.487	3.5	W1
Kansas City	48	68	.414	12	L1

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

Video Highlights

Brooks Lee's 2-run single in 8th lifts Twins to 4-3 win over Royals

K. Funderburk3-1

A. Bummer1-2

Y. Gomez15

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