Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 6,
Minnesota 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, September 10, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 20803
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 20803
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .275 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| Salvador Perez | DH-C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .274 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .221 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .262 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .245 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .203 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .221 |
| Ervin Santana | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hanser Alberto | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Greg Holland | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Sebastian Rivero | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 |
| Edward Olivares | PH-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Totals | 41 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nicky Lopez (17), Michael A. Taylor (13), Sebastian Rivero (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Andrew Benintendi 2 (15) | |||||||||
| TB - Nicky Lopez 3, Andrew Benintendi 10, Michael A. Taylor 2, Sebastian Rivero 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Andrew Benintendi 5 (57), Michael A. Taylor (50) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Michael A. Taylor (17) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez 2 (39), Hunter Dozier (48), Hanser Alberto (30) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Daniel Lynch | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5.37 |
| Jake Brentz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.41 |
| Ervin Santana (W 2-2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Greg Holland (SV 8) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.66 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Daniel Lynch 98-64, Jake Brentz 7-5, Josh Staumont 19-12, Scott Barlow 15-9, Ervin Santana 13-7, Greg Holland 10-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daniel Lynch 3-8, Jake Brentz 2-0, Josh Staumont 1-0, Scott Barlow 1-0, Ervin Santana 0-1, Greg Holland 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Daniel Lynch 25, Jake Brentz 3, Josh Staumont 4, Scott Barlow 3, Ervin Santana 4, Greg Holland 3 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .287 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B-SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .277 |
| Rob Refsnyder | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .258 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .218 |
| Brent Rooker | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .200 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .197 |
| Nick Gordon | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Ben Rortvedt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .138 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .224 |
| Luis Arraez | PH-2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .297 |
| Totals | 40 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Polanco (34) | |||||||||
| HR - Byron Buxton (12), Josh Donaldson (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Byron Buxton 4, Jorge Polanco 2, Rob Refsnyder, Josh Donaldson 4, Max Kepler, Andrelton Simmons 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Byron Buxton (22), Josh Donaldson 3 (62) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Byron Buxton (18), Rob Refsnyder (16), Brent Rooker (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Miguel Sano (15) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Griffin Jax | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6.72 |
| Tyler Duffey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 |
| Jorge Alcala | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.44 |
| Alex Colome | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.88 |
| Juan Minaya (L 2-1) | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.84 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Griffin Jax 76-57, Tyler Duffey 11-9, Jorge Alcala 9-7, Alex Colome 12-9, Juan Minaya 40-23 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Griffin Jax 5-7, Tyler Duffey 0-2, Jorge Alcala 1-1, Alex Colome 0-1, Juan Minaya 2-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Griffin Jax 24, Tyler Duffey 3, Jorge Alcala 3, Alex Colome 4, Juan Minaya 10 | ||||||||