Kansas City at Minnesota — MLB August 8, 2025

4 – 9

Final

Target Field, Minneapolis, MN

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	9	0
MIN	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	0		9	14	1

Decisions

Win J. Ryan MIN

5.0 IP · 4 H · 1 ER · 5 K · 2.79 ERA

Loss S. Lugo KC

4.0 IP · 9 H · 7 ER · 1 K · 3.46 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	MIN
Top 1st Mike Yastrzemski homered (427 ft.) to deep right	1	0
Bottom 1st Matt Wallner homered (451 ft.) to deep left center	1	1
Bottom 1st Luke Keaschall singled to right center, Kody Clemens to third, Ryan Jeffers scored	1	2
Bottom 1st Royce Lewis reached on fielder's choice, Luke Keaschall to second, Kody Clemens scored	1	3
Bottom 2nd Ryan Jeffers singled to center, Alan Roden to second, Mickey Gasper scored	1	4
Bottom 2nd Luke Keaschall singled to center, Ryan Jeffers to second, Alan Roden scored	1	5
Bottom 4th Kody Clemens homered (389 ft.) to deep right, Ryan Jeffers scored	1	7
Top 6th Bobby Witt Jr. homered (458 ft.) to deep left center	2	7
Bottom 6th Ryan Jeffers singled to right center, Matt Wallner to third, Alan Roden scored	2	8
Bottom 6th Royce Lewis doubled to deep left center, Kody Clemens out, Ryan Jeffers scored	2	9
Top 8th Vinnie Pasquantino singled to deep center, Mike Yastrzemski to second, Kyle Isbel scored	3	9
Top 9th Kyle Isbel singled to center, John Rave scored	4	9

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
M. Yastrzemski RF	4	1	1	1	1	1	.235
B. Witt Jr. SS	5	1	1	1	0	1	.286
V. Pasquantino 1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	.261
M. Garcia 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.297
S. Perez C	3	0	0	0	1	0	.251
A. Frazier DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	.252
J. India 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.238
J. Rave LF	4	1	2	0	0	2	.198
K. Isbel CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	.263
Totals		4	9		2	8

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
S. Lugo L	4.0	9	7	7	2	1	82
D. Lynch IV	2.0	5	2	2	0	0	35
T. Clarke	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	24
S. Long	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	19

Minnesota

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
A. Roden CF-LF	5	2	2	0	0	0	.207
M. Wallner RF	5	1	2	1	0	1	.218
R. Jeffers C	4	3	3	2	1	1	.266
K. Clemens LF-1B	5	2	2	2	0	0	.231
L. Keaschall 2B	4	0	2	2	0	0	.406
R. Lewis 3B	4	0	1	2	0	0	.240
B. Lee SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	.249
E. Julien 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.198
A. Martin PH-CF	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250
M. Gasper DH	3	1	0	0	1	1	.156
Totals		9	14		3	3