Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals

MIN 5 — KC 1

Final — 2026-04-02

Game MVP: Cole Ragans — 6.0 IP, 8 K, 0 ER

C.R.

Game of the Day

6.0 IP, 8 K, 0 ER

6 innings pitched with 8 strikeouts and no earned runs.

No pitcher struck out more batters.

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

WP Taj Bradley (1-0)

LP Cole Ragans (0-2)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Clemens scored on pickoff error by catcher Perez. (0-1)

Top 8: Buxton hit sacrifice fly to center, Bell scored, Lewis to third. (0-2)

Bot 8: Pasquantino hit sacrifice fly to right, Garcia scored. (1-2)

Top 9: Wallner homered to left center (405 feet). (1-3)

Top 9: Clemens homered to left (391 feet). (1-4)

Top 9: Bell homered to right (393 feet). (1-5)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Taj Bradley	6.0	5	0	0	1	3	100-65	0.87	W, 1-0
Kody Funderburk	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	15-10	4.91
Cole Sands	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	11-9	5.40
Taylor Rogers	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4-3	0.00
Justin Topa	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	13-8	2.45

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Cole Ragans	6.0	4	1	0	1	8	0	89-59	3.60	L, 0-2
Matt Strahm	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19-12	0.00
John Schreiber	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	27-13	6.00
Steven Cruz	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	3	27-17	16.20

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (11,694)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Cory Blaser, First Base Umpire: Jansen Visconti, Second Base Umpire: Alex Tosi, Third Base Umpire: Andy Fletcher