Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Tampa Bay 11,
Minnesota 4
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 4, 2021
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Muchlinski, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Junior Valentine, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 13861
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Muchlinski, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Junior Valentine, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 13861
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luis Arraez | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .293 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| Nick Gordon | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .226 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .251 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .184 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .212 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .251 |
| Rob Refsnyder | LF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .194 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .220 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Polanco (29), Rob Refsnyder (6) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Polanco (26), Miguel Sano (24) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Polanco 7, Josh Donaldson, Max Kepler, Miguel Sano 4, Rob Refsnyder 3, Andrelton Simmons | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (82), Max Kepler (46), Miguel Sano (62) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (29), Miguel Sano (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nick Gordon (9), Ryan Jeffers (22) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Luis Arraez (7), Willians Astudillo (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Andrew Albers (L 1-1) | 3.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7.30 |
| Ian Gibaut | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.70 |
| Juan Minaya | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Alex Colome | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.18 |
| Ralph Garza | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| HBP - Randy Arozarena (by Gibaut) | ||||||||
| IBB - Nelson Cruz (by Albers) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Andrew Albers 68-42, Ian Gibaut 47-24, Juan Minaya 21-14, Alex Colome 11-7, Ralph Garza 23-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Andrew Albers 1-2, Ian Gibaut 0-1, Juan Minaya 1-0, Alex Colome 2-0, Ralph Garza 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Andrew Albers 20, Ian Gibaut 10, Juan Minaya 5, Alex Colome 3, Ralph Garza 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Juan Minaya 2-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Randy Arozarena | LF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 |
| Wander Franco | SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .278 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .267 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Jordan Luplow | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .172 |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Taylor Walls | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .203 |
| Manuel Margot | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .257 |
| Mike Zunino | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .204 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Totals | 37 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Wander Franco (14) | |||||||||
| 3B - Randy Arozarena (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Randy Arozarena (19), Nelson Cruz (27), Yandy Diaz (10), Jordan Luplow (9), Brandon Lowe (32), Manuel Margot (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Randy Arozarena 8, Wander Franco 3, Nelson Cruz 4, Yandy Diaz 5, Jordan Luplow 4, Brandon Lowe 5, Manuel Margot 4, Kevin Kiermaier | |||||||||
| RBI - Randy Arozarena (61), Wander Franco (36), Nelson Cruz (73), Yandy Diaz 4 (49), Jordan Luplow (22), Brandon Lowe (79), Manuel Margot (54) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Randy Arozarena (14), Yandy Diaz 3 (22), Jordan Luplow (10), Brandon Lowe (32) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jordan Luplow 2 (9), Manuel Margot 2 (36) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Archer (W 1-1) | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.28 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.47 |
| Dietrich Enns (SV 1) | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.50 |
| WP - Chris Archer | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Archer 78-46, Shawn Armstrong 17-11, Dietrich Enns 45-33 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Archer 3-6, Shawn Armstrong 0-1, Dietrich Enns 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Archer 22, Shawn Armstrong 4, Dietrich Enns 12 | ||||||||