Major League Baseball
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Kansas City 11,
Texas 4
When: 2:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 3, 2021
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Ed Hickox, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 8889
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Ed Hickox, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Jerry Meals
Attendance: 8889
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Texas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | - | 11 | 12 | 0 |
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .111 |
| David Dahl | DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 |
| Joey Gallo | RF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .600 |
| Nick Solak | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Nate Lowe | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 |
| Eli White | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Ronald Guzman | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Jose Trevino | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 |
| Leody Taveras | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Charlie Culberson | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - David Dahl (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Joey Gallo (1) | |||||||||
| TB - David Dahl 3, Joey Gallo 4, Nick Solak, Nate Lowe, Jose Trevino | |||||||||
| RBI - Joey Gallo 2 (4), Nate Lowe 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nate Lowe 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eli White (1), Ronald Guzman 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Nate Lowe (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Nick Solak (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kohei Arihara | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Josh Sborz (L 0-1) | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 |
| John King (BS 1) | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Brett de Geus | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Matt Bush | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9.00 |
| HBP - Whit Merrifield (by Arihara) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kohei Arihara 73-47, Josh Sborz 12-4, John King 26-18, Brett de Geus 18-9, Matt Bush 19-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kohei Arihara 7-4, Josh Sborz 0-0, John King 2-1, Brett de Geus 3-0, Matt Bush 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kohei Arihara 20, Josh Sborz 3, John King 8, Brett de Geus 4, Matt Bush 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - John King 3-3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .556 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 |
| Jarrod Dyson | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .286 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .556 |
| Kyle Isbel | RF-LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .556 |
| Hanser Alberto | 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .400 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .375 |
| Totals | 35 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carlos Santana (1), Salvador Perez (1), Michael A. Taylor (1), Hanser Alberto 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 3B - Kyle Isbel (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (2), Michael A. Taylor (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 5, Carlos Santana 2, Salvador Perez 3, Michael A. Taylor 6, Kyle Isbel 4, Hanser Alberto 4, Nicky Lopez | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield 4 (6), Carlos Santana 2 (3), Michael A. Taylor 3 (6), Kyle Isbel (3), Hanser Alberto (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Carlos Santana 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (2), Salvador Perez (2), Jorge Soler (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Andrew Benintendi (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Minor (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Jakob Junis | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jake Brentz | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jesse Hahn | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Jake Brentz | ||||||||
| HBP - Nick Solak (by Minor) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Minor 93-59, Jakob Junis 16-12, Jake Brentz 20-10, Jesse Hahn 8-5, Josh Staumont 9-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Minor 3-4, Jakob Junis 0-0, Jake Brentz 1-0, Jesse Hahn 0-0, Josh Staumont 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Minor 24, Jakob Junis 4, Jake Brentz 4, Jesse Hahn 1, Josh Staumont 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jesse Hahn 2-0 | ||||||||