Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins H2H Record

AL Central rivalry
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Twins lead Royals236to200since 2002

Current-feed record from 2002 through 2026.

2026 season series: Royals lead 8-5

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At a glance

Current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins insights

Current-feed record
+36wins for Twins
54% Twins · 46% Royals

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 27-25 since 2023.

Recent form
12-8last 20

Twins won 4-3 on Aug 6, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Twins built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 209 of 384 decided meetings (54%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 27-25, or 52% to Twins.

Royals vs Twins same-league record by season

Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins met in 25 seasons inside the current feed. Their shared league makes the season table the most useful view.

Active seasons
25
With at least one meeting since 2002
Busiest season
2022
19 meetings
Per active season
17.4
Average recorded meetings
Win Percentage
200W
236W
KC
MIN
46%54%
Kansas City RoyalsMinnesota Twins

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Aug 6
KC 3-4 MIN
MIN
Aug 5
KC 2-1 MIN
KC
Aug 4
KC 8-2 MIN
KC
Jul 30
MIN 4-3 KC
MIN
Jul 29
MIN 0-4 KC
KC
Jul 28
MIN 3-2 KC
MIN
Jun 7
MIN 5-6 KC
KC
Jun 6
MIN 2-3 KC
KC
Jun 5
MIN 5-3 KC
MIN
Jun 4
MIN 6-8 KC
KC
Last Meeting
Aug 6, 2026Final
KC
3
HOME
MIN
4
AWAY
Twinswon by1run
Snapped Royals' streak·Game 436 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Minnesota Twins won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.4 runs on average
3.4runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
KC↑Trending Up
Last 1060%
Archive since 200245.9%
MIN↓Trending Down
Last 1040%
Archive since 200254.1%
Last 10 Results
KC / MIN

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season436 games
200
236
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Kansas City Royals Biggest Win
16–3+13 runs
Apr 17, 2002
Minnesota Twins Biggest Win
19–1+18 runs
Jul 26, 2010
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓KC ↕MIN ↕Games ↕
20268513
20257613
20246713
20234913
202271219
202110919
20205510
201951419
201810919
201781119
201615419
201512719
201411819
201315419
201271118
201181018
201051318
200961218
200861218
20079918
200671219
200561319
200471219
200311819
200251419

All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
113-107KC HOME129-87MIN HOME
AWAY
87-129
KC
AWAY
107-113
MIN

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

One-run games
27.3%

Share of the 436 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
72.7%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.4.

Average total
9.1runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
55.5%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.5253183
58%
8.5Closest to even230206
52.8%
9.5184252
42.2%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Minnesota Twins
236 W · 54.1%1.85
Kansas City Royals
200 W · 45.9%2.18

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
40%vs 27.3% full archive
+12.7% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
60%vs 72.7% full archive
-12.7% in the last 20
Average total
7.7 runsvs 9.1 runs full archive
-1.4 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2025 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Twins and Royals in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

How do recent Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins results compare with the record since 2002?

Kansas City Royals have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Minnesota Twins lead the decided record 236-200. The recent window is a subset of the current-feed record since 2002, so the page reports the two separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API

Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins have met 436 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.