Royals edge Twins 3-2 in tight matchup at Target Field
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jun 6, 2026, 10:50 PM
Last updated Jun 6, 2026
The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-2 at Target Field on June 6, 2026. After a leadoff home run put the Royals ahead, Twins pitcher Joe Ryan held them to one run over six innings. In a late-inning surge, pinch-hitter Orlando Arcia gave the Twins a short-lived lead with a home run in the eighth. However, the Royals responded in the ninth, scoring two runs, with Bobby Witt Jr. contributing the game-winning RBI single. The Twins face the Royals again tomorrow in hopes of splitting the series.
- •Royals led early with a leadoff homer.
- •Joe Ryan pitched six innings for the Twins, allowing one run.
- •Orlando Arcia hit a go-ahead home run for Minnesota in the eighth.
- •Bobby Witt Jr. secured the victory with a single in the ninth.
- •The series continues tomorrow afternoon.
- 10:50 PMYahoo Sports — Royals 3, Twins 2: Blowing it Scott-Style
"Close and late situations are not the friend of the 2026 Minnesota Twins. After a leadoff homer made it 1-0 Royals, Joe Ryan settled down for six innings of one-run ball, as Royal righty Luinder Avila matched him with five two-hit frames, walking three and allowing one run in a bases-loaded, no-out situation that the […]
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