Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 5,
Minnesota 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 12, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Ben May, 1B - Rob Drake, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 19496
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 64°
Umpires: Home - Ben May, 1B - Rob Drake, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 19496
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .300 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .274 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .269 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .218 |
| Hunter Dozier | PR-1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .205 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .223 |
| Edward Olivares | PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .270 |
| Sebastian Rivero | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .148 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield 2 (35) | |||||||||
| HR - Adalberto Mondesi (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 5, Nicky Lopez, Salvador Perez, Andrew Benintendi 2, Adalberto Mondesi 4, Ryan O'Hearn, Kyle Isbel, Sebastian Rivero | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (69), Salvador Perez (105), Andrew Benintendi (59), Adalberto Mondesi (13), Kyle Isbel (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Kyle Isbel (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez 2 (41), Carlos Santana (41), Sebastian Rivero 3 (8) | |||||||||
| S - Nicky Lopez (12), Adalberto Mondesi (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Salvador Perez (4), Andrew Benintendi (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Adalberto Mondesi (1) | |||||||||
| PB - Sebastian Rivero (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kris Bubic | 5.1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4.99 |
| Domingo Tapia (BS 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.82 |
| Jake Brentz (W 4-2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.17 |
| Josh Staumont (H 11) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.32 |
| Scott Barlow (SV 12) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.37 |
| HBP - Byron Buxton (by Bubic) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kris Bubic 86-54, Domingo Tapia 7-6, Jake Brentz 14-9, Josh Staumont 17-8, Scott Barlow 15-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kris Bubic 4-3, Domingo Tapia 0-0, Jake Brentz 0-1, Josh Staumont 3-0, Scott Barlow 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kris Bubic 22, Domingo Tapia 3, Jake Brentz 3, Josh Staumont 4, Scott Barlow 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Domingo Tapia 3-2 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 |
| Rob Refsnyder | RF-LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .258 |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .292 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .214 |
| Brent Rooker | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .203 |
| Ben Rortvedt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .155 |
| Jorge Polanco | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .280 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .195 |
| Max Kepler | PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .210 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .244 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .225 |
| Nick Gordon | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .236 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Byron Buxton (14), Brent Rooker (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Byron Buxton 3, Rob Refsnyder, Brent Rooker 2, Max Kepler, Andrelton Simmons | |||||||||
| RBI - Luis Arraez (37), Brent Rooker 2 (13) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Brent Rooker 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Luis Arraez (34), Max Kepler 2 (40) | |||||||||
| SF - Luis Arraez (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Miguel Sano (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bailey Ober | 4.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4.12 |
| Jovani Moran | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ralph Garza | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 |
| Jorge Alcala (L 3-6) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.53 |
| Juan Minaya | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.03 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Bailey Ober 75-49, Jovani Moran 37-21, Ralph Garza 11-9, Jorge Alcala 18-10, Juan Minaya 17-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bailey Ober 2-4, Jovani Moran 0-1, Ralph Garza 2-0, Jorge Alcala 2-0, Juan Minaya 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bailey Ober 18, Jovani Moran 8, Ralph Garza 4, Jorge Alcala 6, Juan Minaya 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jovani Moran 2-1, Ralph Garza 3-0 | ||||||||