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Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals Starting Lineups — August 5, 2026

Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.

7:40 PM ET · Kauffman StadiumFinal lineups locked · Aug 5, 4:00 PM ETStats updated Sep 19, 5:13 AM ET

Minnesota Twins

71–82 · 4th AL Central

Official

StarterNoah Cameron

HandLHP

L / R bats2 L / 4 R / 3 S

OPS vs hand.675 vs LHP

Kansas City Royals

67–86 · 5th AL Central

Official

StarterDean Kremer

HandRHP

L / R bats5 L / 3 R / 1 S

OPS vs hand.721 vs RHP

Minnesota Twins batting order

Official lineupvs LHP Noah Cameron

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP

1Austin MartinRRF45.234.346.6683350.8083-for-8Small sample

1Austin Martin RF · R.234/.346/.668·3 HRvs hand.808 · 3-for-8 · Small45H-Score

2Ryan JeffersRC81.259.362.83814344.8554-for-8Small sample

2Ryan Jeffers C · R.259/.362/.838·14 HRvs hand.855 · 4-for-8 · Small81H-Score

3Josh BellSDH72.252.315.73420597.7430-for-5Small sample

3Josh Bell DH · S.252/.315/.734·20 HRvs hand.743 · 0-for-5 · Small72H-Score

4Kody ClemensL2B77.242.304.77326553.7101-for-5Small sample

4Kody Clemens 2B · L.242/.304/.773·26 HRvs hand.710 · 1-for-5 · Small77H-Score

5Royce LewisR1B59.226.290.67114476.7392-for-10Small sample

5Royce Lewis 1B · R.226/.290/.671·14 HRvs hand.739 · 2-for-10 · Small59H-Score

6Victor CaratiniSC53.221.314.6317366.5750-for-2Very small sample

6Victor Caratini C · S.221/.314/.631·7 HRvs hand.575 · 0-for-2 · Very small53H-Score

7Brooks LeeS3B63.248.298.72523592.5871-for-6Small sample

7Brooks Lee 3B · S.248/.298/.725·23 HRvs hand.587 · 1-for-6 · Small63H-Score

8Trevor LarnachLLF66.269.352.78813433.5720-for-3Very small sample

8Trevor Larnach LF · L.269/.352/.788·13 HRvs hand.572 · 0-for-3 · Very small66H-Score

9Ryan KreidlerRSS47.217.280.6547251.5770-for-2Very small sample

9Ryan Kreidler SS · R.217/.280/.654·7 HRvs hand.577 · 0-for-2 · Very small47H-Score

Kansas City Royals batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Dean Kremer

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP

1Carter JensenLC77.233.320.77024575.817397 PA—

1Carter Jensen C · L.233/.320/.770·24 HRvs hand.817 · 397 PA77H-Score

2Bobby Witt Jr.RSS81.276.358.79818598.789420 PA2-for-3Very small sample

2Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R.276/.358/.798·18 HRvs hand.789 · 420 PA · 2-for-3 · Very small81H-Score

3Jac CaglianoneLRF77.277.328.81123522.849356 PA—

3Jac Caglianone RF · L.277/.328/.811·23 HRvs hand.849 · 356 PA77H-Score

4Salvador PerezRDH56.226.270.64419599.605421 PA0-for-3Very small sample

4Salvador Perez DH · R.226/.270/.644·19 HRvs hand.605 · 421 PA · 0-for-3 · Very small56H-Score

5Michael MasseyL2B65.279.312.75613422.737313 PA1-for-2Very small sample

5Michael Massey 2B · L.279/.312/.756·13 HRvs hand.737 · 313 PA · 1-for-2 · Very small65H-Score

6Isaac CollinsSLF54.219.325.6576499.681339 PA1-for-3Very small sample

6Isaac Collins LF · S.219/.325/.657·6 HRvs hand.681 · 339 PA · 1-for-3 · Very small54H-Score

7Nick LoftinR3B53.232.319.6957409.669242 PA—

7Nick Loftin 3B · R.232/.319/.695·7 HRvs hand.669 · 242 PA53H-Score

8John RaveLRF61.227.319.7736137.80891 PA—

8John Rave RF · L.227/.319/.773·6 HRvs hand.808 · 91 PA61H-Score

9Kyle IsbelLCF37.221.267.5936304.660221 PA0-for-4Very small sample

9Kyle Isbel CF · L.221/.267/.593·6 HRvs hand.660 · 221 PA · 0-for-4 · Very small37H-Score