Minnesota 6, Kansas City 3
When: 7:40 PM ET, Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
78°
Umpires:
Home -
Scott Barry, 1B -
Junior Valentine, 2B -
Ben May, 3B -
Dan Iassogna
Attendance:
19005
By Field Level Media
Rookie Joe Ryan threw seven no-hit innings and the Minnesota Twins came within two outs of a combined no-hitter in a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.
With his next start this weekend in a make-it-or-break-it, five-game series at Cleveland, Ryan (11-8) was lifted after throwing 106 pitches, 72 for strikes. His career high for pitches in a game was 110. The right-hander walked two and fanned nine.
Minnesota rookie left-hander Jovani Moran took over in the eighth and threw a 1-2-3 inning. The Twins sent him back to the mound for the ninth. He fanned Drew Waters, then walked pinch hitter Hunter Dozier and MJ Melendez before Bobby Witt Jr. lined a 1-2 pitch into the left field corner for an RBI double.
The Royals added runs on a Sebastian Rivero single and a Vinnie Pasquantino sacrifice fly before Moran struck out Nick Pratto to end the game.
Kansas City's only baserunners against Ryan came when Melendez drew a four-pitch walk to open the game and a six-pitch walk in the third inning.
Minnesota's last no-hitter was by Francisco Liriano on May 3, 2011, against the White Sox in Chicago. The Twins have never had a combined no-hitter in franchise history.
The Royals were last no-hit by Jon Lester of the Boston Red Sox on May 19, 2008.
Carlos Correa homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Twins (70-70), who had lost six of their previous seven games.
Minnesota's Jose Miranda and Gio Urshela also homered. Luis Arraez went 3-for-4 and scored two runs, and Urshela also had three hits for the Twins, who remained five games behind the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Central.
Kris Bubic (2-12) took the loss for Kansas City (57-85), allowing five runs on 10 hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out six.
Minnesota took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on an RBI double by Correa and an RBI single by Miranda.
Correa made it 4-0 in the fifth with his 20th home run of the season, a 395-foot two-run shot down the left field line. Miranda followed with his 15th homer one out later.
Urshela extended the lead to 6-0 in the sixth with his 12th home run, a 421-foot drive to left-center.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City |
|
Minnesota |
Kris Bubic
|
Player |
Joe Ryan
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
5.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
6 |
Strikeouts |
9 |
10 |
Hits |
0 |
9.00 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Kansas City
|
2 |
0 |
3 |
.074 |
4 |
13 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Minnesota
|
11 |
3 |
22 |
.344 |
16 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |