Minnesota at Kansas City — MLB August 4, 2026

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Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	2
KC	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3		8	10	1

Decisions

Win R. Dobnak KC

5.0 IP · 3 H · 1 ER · 1 K · 1.16 ERA

Loss J. Ryan MIN

5.1 IP · 7 H · 4 ER · 3 K · 3.65 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	MIN	KC
Bottom 1st Salvador Perez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Trevor Larnach. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	0	1
Bottom 1st Michael Massey doubles (20) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Luke Keaschall. Jac Caglianone scores.	0	2
Top 4th Alan Roden out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder John Rave. Kody Clemens scores. Brooks Lee to 2nd. Throwing error by right fielder John Rave.	1	2
Bottom 5th Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (23) on a line drive to left fielder Trevor Larnach. Kyle Isbel scores. Carter Jensen scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd. Bobby Witt Jr. advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by shortstop Ryan Kreidler.	1	4
Bottom 5th Jac Caglianone reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by first baseman Royce Lewis. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.	1	5
Top 8th Josh Bell homers (14) on a fly ball to center field.	2	5
Bottom 8th Starling Marte doubles (5) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Luke Keaschall. Nick Loftin scores. Isaac Collins scores.	2	7
Bottom 8th Kyle Isbel singles on a ground ball to center fielder Luke Keaschall. Starling Marte scores.	2	8

Closing line

Box score

Minnesota

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
T. Larnach LF	3	0	0	0	2	0	.283
R. Jeffers C	5	0	0	0	0	1	.283
J. Bell DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	.247
K. Clemens 2B	4	1	0	0	0	1	.236
R. Lewis 1B	4	0	4	0	0	0	.232
B. Lee 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.242
A. Roden RF	1	0	0	1	0	0	.214
A. Martin PH-RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.236
L. Keaschall CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.263
R. Kreidler SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	.236
Totals		2	7		4	4

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Ryan L	5.1	7	5	4	2	3	99
K. Funderburk	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	14
T. Adams	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	20
T. Rogers	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	14

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. Jensen C	3	1	0	0	2	2	.231
B. Witt Jr. SS	5	2	3	2	0	1	.283
J. Caglianone 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	.253
S. Perez DH	3	0	1	1	0	0	.216
T. Tolbert PR-RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325
M. Massey 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.262
N. Loftin 3B	3	1	0	0	1	1	.249
I. Collins LF	3	1	0	0	1	0	.240
J. Rave RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.294
S. Marte PH	1	1	1	2	0	0	.255
N. Pearson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
K. Isbel CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	.250
Totals		8	10		4	5

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
R. Dobnak W	5.0	3	1	1	3	1	90
D. Lynch IV	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	11
J. Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	16
S. Cruz	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	18
N. Pearson	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	11