Twins at Royals April 9, 2025

Game Time: 7:40 ET

Stadium: Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium

Attendance: 13,156

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MIN	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	7	0
KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

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MIN	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	4	7	0
KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

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Game Details

Game Time: 2:18

Umpires: HP-Vic Carapazza, 1B-Mark Ripperger, 2B-Nic Lentz, 3B-Nick Mahrley

Weather: 74 degrees. Partly Cloudy

Wind: 6 MPH Left to Right

News From April 9, 2025

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Ty France

Clubs first long ball

1BMinnesota Twins

April 9, 2025

France went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI against the Royals in a 4-0 win Wednesday.

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Matt Wallner

Hits first homer of season

OFMinnesota Twins

April 9, 2025

Wallner went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's victory over the Royals. It was his first homer of the season.

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Zebby Matthews

Could join big-league rotation

PMinnesota Twins AAA

April 9, 2025

Matthews appears to be the leading candidate to receive a call-up from Triple-A St. Paul and enter the Minnesota rotation if Pablo Lopez (hamstring) is placed on the injured list, Bobby Nightengale of The Minnesota Star Tribune reports.

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Joe Ryan

Sterling performance in win

PMinnesota Twins

April 9, 2025

Ryan (1-1) earned the win Wednesday, allowing two hits with no walks over seven scoreless innings against the Royals. He struck out four.

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Pablo Lopez

MRI reveals strain, likely IL bound

PMinnesota Twins

April 9, 2025

Lopez was diagnosed Wednesday with a Grade 1 right hamstring strain and is expected to be placed on the 15-day injured list, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.

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Walker Jenkins

Lands on IL due to ankle sprain

OFMinnesota Twins AA

April 9, 2025

Jenkins was placed on Double-A Wichita's 7-day injured list Wednesday due to a left ankle sprain, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

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Byron Buxton

Getting Wednesday off

OFMinnesota Twins

April 9, 2025

Buxton is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.

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Ryan Jeffers

Heading to bench Wednesday

CMinnesota Twins

April 9, 2025

Jeffers is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.

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Seth Lugo

Gets no run support in loss

PKansas City Royals

April 9, 2025

Lugo (1-1) took the loss against Minnesota on Wednesday, allowing two runs on five hits and three walks while striking out six batters over 5.2 innings.

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MJ Melendez

Moves to bench Wednesday

OFKansas City Royals AAA

April 9, 2025

Melendez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.

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Drew Waters

Moves up from Triple-A

OFKansas City Royals

April 9, 2025

The Royals recalled Waters from Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday.