Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 2,
Kansas City 0
When: 4:10 PM ET, Thursday, March 30, 2023
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Alex Tosi, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 38351
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Alex Tosi, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 38351
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Byron Buxton | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| Jose Miranda | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Nick Gordon | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Kyle Farmer | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Joey Gallo | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Donovan Solano | PH-1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .500 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .250 |
| Totals | 37 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Byron Buxton (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton 4, Trevor Larnach 2, Kyle Farmer, Joey Gallo, Donovan Solano, Christian Vazquez 2, Michael A. Taylor | |||||||||
| RBI - Trevor Larnach (1), Donovan Solano (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Max Kepler 2 (2), Carlos Correa 2 (2), Nick Gordon 2 (2), Donovan Solano 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Christian Vazquez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Pablo Lopez (W 1-0) | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Caleb Thielbar (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jorge Lopez (H 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Griffin Jax (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jhoan Duran (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Edward Olivares (by Lopez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Pablo Lopez 85-50, Caleb Thielbar 11-8, Jorge Lopez 5-5, Griffin Jax 9-4, Jhoan Duran 17-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Pablo Lopez 5-2, Caleb Thielbar 0-1, Jorge Lopez 1-0, Griffin Jax 1-0, Jhoan Duran 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Pablo Lopez 21, Caleb Thielbar 3, Jorge Lopez 2, Griffin Jax 3, Jhoan Duran 4 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| MJ Melendez | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .000 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Edward Olivares | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kyle Isbel (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Salvador Perez, Kyle Isbel 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bobby Witt Jr. (1), Michael Massey 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - MJ Melendez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zack Greinke (L 0-1) | 5.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Amir Garrett | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dylan Coleman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jose Cuas | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Zack Greinke 80-56, Amir Garrett 24-13, Dylan Coleman 22-9, Jose Cuas 15-10, Carlos Hernandez 15-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zack Greinke 4-3, Amir Garrett 0-0, Dylan Coleman 0-0, Jose Cuas 0-0, Carlos Hernandez 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zack Greinke 23, Amir Garrett 5, Dylan Coleman 6, Jose Cuas 3, Carlos Hernandez 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Amir Garrett 1-1 | ||||||||