Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 6,
Kansas City 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, May 20, 2022
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - Jeremy Riggs, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
Attendance: 25337
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - Jeremy Riggs, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
Attendance: 25337
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .235 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| Kyle Garlick | DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Luis Arraez | PH-DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .229 |
| Gary Sanchez | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .229 |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .225 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .252 |
| Jose Miranda | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .123 |
| Gilberto Celestino | LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .350 |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Gary Sanchez (12), Jose Miranda (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Carlos Correa, Kyle Garlick, Gary Sanchez 2, Jose Miranda 3, Gilberto Celestino 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Kyle Garlick 2 (8), Gary Sanchez (18), Gio Urshela (12), Jose Miranda 2 (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jose Miranda 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Byron Buxton (5), Luis Arraez (11), Jorge Polanco (12), Max Kepler (14), Jose Miranda (12) | |||||||||
| SF - Kyle Garlick (1), Gio Urshela (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Gilberto Celestino (1, 2nd by Payamps/Melendez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Devin Smeltzer (W 1-0) | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.74 |
| Griffin Jax (H 3) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.95 |
| Tyler Duffey (H 5) | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.11 |
| Jhoan Duran (H 4) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.79 |
| Emilio Pagan (SV 6) | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.13 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Devin Smeltzer 74-47, Griffin Jax 18-9, Tyler Duffey 18-13, Jhoan Duran 16-10, Emilio Pagan 19-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Devin Smeltzer 8-3, Griffin Jax 0-0, Tyler Duffey 0-1, Jhoan Duran 1-1, Emilio Pagan 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Devin Smeltzer 20, Griffin Jax 3, Tyler Duffey 4, Jhoan Duran 5, Emilio Pagan 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jhoan Duran 2-1 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .206 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .302 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .221 |
| Hunter Dozier | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .279 |
| MJ Melendez | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .128 |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .256 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 |
| Dairon Blanco | CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Kyle Isbel | PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kyle Isbel (3) | |||||||||
| 3B - MJ Melendez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Carlos Santana (2), Emmanuel Rivera (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Andrew Benintendi, MJ Melendez 4, Carlos Santana 4, Emmanuel Rivera 5, Dairon Blanco, Kyle Isbel 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (17), Bobby Witt Jr. (16), Carlos Santana (7), Emmanuel Rivera (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andrew Benintendi 2 (11), MJ Melendez (4), Carlos Santana (9), Emmanuel Rivera (5) | |||||||||
| SF - Whit Merrifield (5), Bobby Witt Jr. (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Andrew Benintendi (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Bobby Witt Jr. (6, 2nd off Jax/Sanchez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Emmanuel Rivera (2), Bobby Witt Jr. (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Daniel Lynch (L 2-3) | 3.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.01 |
| Joel Payamps | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.47 |
| Foster Griffin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dylan Coleman | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.02 |
| Matt Peacock | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Daniel Lynch | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Daniel Lynch 90-51, Joel Payamps 34-23, Foster Griffin 8-6, Dylan Coleman 33-16, Matt Peacock 29-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daniel Lynch 4-3, Joel Payamps 2-1, Foster Griffin 1-0, Dylan Coleman 1-0, Matt Peacock 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Daniel Lynch 20, Joel Payamps 7, Foster Griffin 3, Dylan Coleman 6, Matt Peacock 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joel Payamps 1-0, Matt Peacock 2-0 | ||||||||