Major League Baseball

FINAL
Minnesota Twins 1
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Kansas City Royals 6
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Kauffman Stadium · 17,668 att.

Head to Head

KC leads series 11-7

MIN Last 5 matchups KC
  1. 11 Final/10 2014-08-29 @ KC 5
  2. 1 Final 2014-08-28 @ KC 6
  3. 1 Final 2014-08-27 @ KC 2
  4. 4 Final 2014-08-19 @ MIN 6
  5. 6 Final 2014-08-17 @ MIN 12

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

  • Mitch Spence Out
  • Nick Mears Out
  • Ryan Bergert Out
  • Cole Ragans Out
  • Luinder Avila Out

Minnesota Twins

  • Trevor Larnach Out
  • Cole Sands Out
  • David Festa Out
  • Mick Abel Out
  • Anthony Banda Out

Lineups

Confirmed

KC

  1. Norichika AokiRF11
  2. Alcides EscobarSS3
  3. Alex GordonLF4
  4. Billy Butler1B36
  5. Salvador PerezC13
  6. Raul IbanezDH18
  7. Mike Moustakas3B18
  8. Christian Colon2B29
  9. Jarrod DysonCF1

Substitutes

  1. Greg HollandP40
  2. Lorenzo CainRF6

MIN

  1. Danny SantanaCF22
  2. Brian Dozier2B15
  3. Joe Mauer1B7
  4. Kennys VargasDH92
  5. Oswaldo ArciaRF34
  6. Trevor Plouffe3B80
  7. Kurt SuzukiC24
  8. Eduardo EscobarSS3
  9. Jordan SchaferLF19

MLB News

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ESPN Bradford Doolittle 2026 MLB Awards: Results, analysis on MVP, Cy Young, more Baseball's best players and managers of 2026 collected their hardware this week. ESPN Keith Jenkins Who has won the MLB MVP Award? All-time winners list MLB's MVP Award is given to top players in the American League and National League. Take a look at the all-time winners list now. News Jesse Rogers Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong, Astros' Yordan Alvarez unanimous MVP winners Cubs star Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Astros' Yordan Alvarez each earned all 30 first-place votes to win the MVP awards in their respective leagues Thursday night. News Braves, reliever Evan Phillips agree to 3-year, $35M deal The Braves and free agent relief pitcher Evan Phillips, who appeared in 31 games for the Dodgers last season, have agreed to a three-year, $35 million contract.