Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 9,
Kansas City 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, April 30, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 59°
Umpires: Home - Erich Bacchus, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Cory Blaser
Attendance: 9982
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 59°
Umpires: Home - Erich Bacchus, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Cory Blaser
Attendance: 9982
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .274 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| Ryan McBroom | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .268 |
| Cam Gallagher | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .077 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .205 |
| Hanser Alberto | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .224 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .154 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .134 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .225 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .260 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
| Totals | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Carlos Santana (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Carlos Santana 4, Ryan McBroom, Salvador Perez, Andrew Benintendi | |||||||||
| RBI - Carlos Santana (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (5), Ryan O'Hearn (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Hunter Dozier (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Andrew Benintendi (3, 2nd by Pineda/Rortvedt) | |||||||||
| PO - Andrew Benintendi (1st by Pineda) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brady Singer (L 1-3) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.09 |
| Tyler Zuber | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.91 |
| Ervin Santana | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Wade Davis | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 |
| WP - Wade Davis | ||||||||
| HBP - Luis Arraez (by Singer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brady Singer 48-24, Tyler Zuber 28-14, Ervin Santana 60-36, Wade Davis 34-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brady Singer 1-1, Tyler Zuber 0-2, Ervin Santana 2-3, Wade Davis 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brady Singer 11, Tyler Zuber 6, Ervin Santana 16, Wade Davis 8 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luis Arraez | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .286 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .426 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .329 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .167 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .207 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .220 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
| Ben Rortvedt | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Totals | 29 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Polanco (4), Andrelton Simmons (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Kirilloff 2 (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Byron Buxton, Alex Kirilloff 8, Jorge Polanco 3, Andrelton Simmons 2, Ben Rortvedt | |||||||||
| RBI - Luis Arraez (10), Nelson Cruz (19), Alex Kirilloff 4 (5), Andrelton Simmons (4), Ben Rortvedt (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Kirilloff 2 (2), Andrelton Simmons (4) | |||||||||
| SF - Nelson Cruz (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Byron Buxton (3, 2nd off Singer/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Michael Pineda (W 2-1) | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2.30 |
| Tyler Duffey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Hansel Robles | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.82 |
| Jorge Alcala | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Michael Pineda 71-42, Tyler Duffey 14-10, Hansel Robles 15-8, Jorge Alcala 21-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Michael Pineda 3-3, Tyler Duffey 1-1, Hansel Robles 1-1, Jorge Alcala 3-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Michael Pineda 19, Tyler Duffey 3, Hansel Robles 3, Jorge Alcala 7 | ||||||||