Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

5-8, 3-4 Away

Final

5-6, 5-5 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
B. BuxtonDH	1-4	0	0	.250
C. CorreaSS	1-4	0	0	.196
L. Arraez2B	1-4	0	0	.306
G. Urshela3B	1-2	1	0	.270
M. KeplerRF	1-4	0	0	.195
M. Sano1B	0-3	0	1	.083
K. GarlickLF	0-2	0	0	.182
T. LarnachPH-LF	1-2	0	0	.200
R. JeffersC	0-3	0	0	.133
N. GordonCF	2-3	0	0	.313

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Ryan	6.0	2	1	5	85-57	1.69
J. Duran	1.0	0	0	2	15-10	5.14
J. Smith	1.0	1	0	1	16-11	0.00
E. Pagan	1.0	0	1	0	9-4	2.25

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

2:10 PM, April 21, 2022

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 15,540

Game Time:2:43

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Junior Valentine
First Base Umpire - Doug Eddings
Second Base Umpire - Brian Knight
Third Base Umpire - Roberto Ortiz

Twins avoid sweep as Ryan, bullpen shut down KC in 1-0 win

— Joe Ryan had just pitched six innings of two-hit ball, helping the Minnesota Twins hold off the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on Thursday, when the California kid spotted a poster of Nolan Ryan hanging in the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium.

Apr 21, 2022, 05:40 pm - AP


MIN
KC

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

Scoring Summary

Inning				MIN	KC
		2nd	Sanó hit sacrifice fly to center, Urshela scored.	1	0

Data is currently unavailable.

Twins
3
Royals
4

Game 1

4/19

Twins
0
Royals
2

Game 2

4/20

Twins
1
Royals
0

Game 3

4/21

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	50	45	.526	-	W3
Cleveland	51	46	.526	-	W4
Minnesota	48	49	.495	3	W2
Detroit	44	52	.458	6.5	L2
Kansas City	38	59	.392	13	L5

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals

Win Probability

Game Information

Twins avoid sweep as Ryan, bullpen shut down KC in 1-0 win

J. Ryan2-1

Z. Greinke0-1

E. Pagan1

Scoring Summary

Inning

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