Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 6,
Kansas City 5
When: 2:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 29, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Lance Barrett, 2B - Roberto Ortiz, 3B - Carlos Torres
Attendance: 18444
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Tim Timmons, 1B - Lance Barrett, 2B - Roberto Ortiz, 3B - Carlos Torres
Attendance: 18444
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .247 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .277 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .178 |
| Kelvin Gutierrez | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .389 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .139 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .248 |
| Andrew Benintendi | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .282 |
| Hanser Alberto | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .258 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .189 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kelvin Gutierrez (2), Hanser Alberto (6) | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez (10), Adalberto Mondesi (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Carlos Santana, Salvador Perez 4, Kelvin Gutierrez 2, Adalberto Mondesi 5, Hanser Alberto 2, Cam Gallagher | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (31), Adalberto Mondesi 2 (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hanser Alberto (14) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Whit Merrifield 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Adalberto Mondesi (1, 2nd off Happ/Garver) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Carlos Santana (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ervin Santana (L 0-1) | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.26 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 4.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8.22 |
| Greg Holland | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.08 |
| WP - Carlos Hernandez | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ervin Santana 47-30, Carlos Hernandez 72-45, Greg Holland 18-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ervin Santana 4-2, Carlos Hernandez 5-2, Greg Holland 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ervin Santana 14, Carlos Hernandez 20, Greg Holland 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Carlos Hernandez 1-1, Greg Holland 2-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .174 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .226 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B-RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .230 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .284 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .236 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .230 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Rob Refsnyder | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .381 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .240 |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nelson Cruz (5), Jorge Polanco (11), Mitch Garver (8) | |||||||||
| HR - Trevor Larnach (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Josh Donaldson, Alex Kirilloff, Nelson Cruz 2, Jorge Polanco 2, Mitch Garver 2, Trevor Larnach 4, Rob Refsnyder 2, Andrelton Simmons | |||||||||
| RBI - Nelson Cruz (25), Trevor Larnach (6), Rob Refsnyder 2 (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Donaldson 4 (13), Mitch Garver 2 (18) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| J.A. Happ (W 3-2) | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.24 |
| Jorge Alcala (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.98 |
| Tyler Duffey (H 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.66 |
| Hansel Robles (H 9) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 |
| Taylor Rogers (SV 4) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.95 |
| Pitches-Strikes - J.A. Happ 91-57, Jorge Alcala 10-8, Tyler Duffey 13-9, Hansel Robles 21-14, Taylor Rogers 21-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J.A. Happ 3-4, Jorge Alcala 0-1, Tyler Duffey 0-0, Hansel Robles 2-0, Taylor Rogers 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - J.A. Happ 19, Jorge Alcala 3, Tyler Duffey 3, Hansel Robles 5, Taylor Rogers 5 | ||||||||