The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Minnesota Twins, 5 to 4, on August 21, 2009.

Final

Twins

59-63

5

Royals

47-74

4

MIN

KCR

1

0

1

2

0

3

0

2

4

0

5

0

6

3

0

7

0

8

1

0

9

0

1

10

1

0

R

5

4

H

9

12

E

1

2

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

MIN

KCR

Home run by Billy Butler.

0

1

Bottom 3rd

MIN

KCR

Home run by David DeJesus.

0

2

Mike Jacobs grounded out; Error by Michael Cuddyer; Mitch Maier scored.

0

3

Top 6th

MIN

KCR

Double by Alexi Casilla; Carlos Gomez scored.

1

3

Triple by Denard Span; Error by Josh Anderson; Alexi Casilla and Denard Span scored.

3

Top 8th

MIN

KCR

Single by Denard Span; Carlos Gomez scored.

4

3

Bottom 9th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Brayan Pena.

4

Top 10th

MIN

KCR

Triple by Orlando Cabrera; Alexi Casilla scored.

5

4

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Denard Span RF	5	1	2	2	0	0	0	4
Orlando Cabrera SS	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	3
Joe Mauer C	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1
Jason Kubel DH	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Michael Cuddyer 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Joe Crede 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Delmon Young LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Gomez CF	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	2
Alexi Casilla 2B	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3
Totals	37	5	9	4	2	6	1	14

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Nick Blackburn	7.0	7	3	3	2	6	2
Matt Guerrier	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jose Mijares	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Nathan (W)	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	1
Totals	10.0	12	4	4	2	8	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
David DeJesus LF	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Mitch Maier CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
Billy Butler 1B	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	5
Mike Jacobs DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Willie Bloomquist PR,RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Alberto Callaspo 2B	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
Mark Teahen 3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Olivo C	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Josh Anderson RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brayan Pena PH	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4
Joakim Soria P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yuniesky Betancourt SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Totals	40	4	12	3	3	2	8	22

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Luke Hochevar	7.0	5	3	3	0	3
Kyle Farnsworth	0.2	2	1	1	1	1
John Bale	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jamey Wright	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Joakim Soria (L)	1.0	2	1	1	1	1
Totals	10.0	9	5	5	2	6

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	8	.692
Royals	17	10	.630	1.5
Tigers	14	12	.538	4.0
Twins	12	13	.480	5.5
White Sox	4	22	.154	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0