Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 6,
Tampa Bay 5
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 5, 2021
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - Junior Valentine, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 14165
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - Junior Valentine, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 14165
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luis Arraez | 3B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .304 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .278 |
| Josh Donaldson | DH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .253 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .210 |
| Nick Gordon | 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .239 |
| Jake Cave | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 |
| Rob Refsnyder | PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .265 |
| Ben Rortvedt | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .149 |
| Ryan Jeffers | PH-C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .193 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .246 |
| Totals | 40 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Byron Buxton (13), Josh Donaldson (20), Nick Gordon (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Luis Arraez 3, Byron Buxton 3, Josh Donaldson 3, Nick Gordon 4, Jake Cave 2, Ben Rortvedt | |||||||||
| RBI - Luis Arraez 2 (34), Nick Gordon 2 (10), Jake Cave 2 (10) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Luis Arraez 2 (14), Nick Gordon (5), Jake Cave 2 (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Byron Buxton (12), Josh Donaldson (33), Rob Refsnyder 2 (15), Ryan Jeffers (23), Willians Astudillo 4 (29) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Nick Gordon (6, 2nd off Fairbanks/Zunino) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Griffin Jax | 4.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6.79 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.93 |
| Jorge Alcala | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.62 |
| Tyler Duffey (W 3-3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.47 |
| Alex Colome (SV 11) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.10 |
| WP - Griffin Jax | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Griffin Jax 89-49, Caleb Thielbar 28-16, Jorge Alcala 15-10, Tyler Duffey 10-7, Alex Colome 23-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Griffin Jax 2-7, Caleb Thielbar 1-0, Jorge Alcala 1-0, Tyler Duffey 1-1, Alex Colome 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Griffin Jax 21, Caleb Thielbar 5, Jorge Alcala 5, Tyler Duffey 3, Alex Colome 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Caleb Thielbar 1-1, Jorge Alcala 1-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Manuel Margot | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Wander Franco | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .280 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .266 |
| Austin Meadows | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .237 |
| Randy Arozarena | RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| Joey Wendle | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .277 |
| Yandy Diaz | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .254 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .247 |
| Mike Zunino | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .201 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Wander Franco (15) | |||||||||
| HR - Brandon Lowe (33), Austin Meadows (23) | |||||||||
| TB - Brandon Lowe 5, Wander Franco 3, Nelson Cruz, Austin Meadows 4, Randy Arozarena, Joey Wendle 2, Kevin Kiermaier 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Brandon Lowe 2 (81), Nelson Cruz (74), Austin Meadows 2 (96) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nelson Cruz (17), Austin Meadows 2 (41) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nelson Cruz (28), Austin Meadows (40), Joey Wendle (47), Kevin Kiermaier (27) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Zunino 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Joey Wendle (6, 2nd by Duffey/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| SB - Manuel Margot (12, 2nd off Colome/Jeffers), Randy Arozarena (13, 2nd off Thielbar/Rortvedt) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luis Patino | 2.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.65 |
| J.P. Feyereisen | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Adam Conley | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.19 |
| JT Chargois (H 12) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Peter Fairbanks (BS 2) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 |
| David Robertson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Andrew Kittredge (L 8-3) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 |
| WP - Luis Patino, Andrew Kittredge | ||||||||
| IBB - Max Kepler (by Kittredge) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Luis Patino 73-50, J.P. Feyereisen 14-11, Adam Conley 14-9, JT Chargois 8-5, Peter Fairbanks 25-14, David Robertson 12-9, Andrew Kittredge 16-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luis Patino 0-0, J.P. Feyereisen 1-0, Adam Conley 3-1, JT Chargois 0-2, Peter Fairbanks 1-0, David Robertson 1-1, Andrew Kittredge 3-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luis Patino 17, J.P. Feyereisen 5, Adam Conley 4, JT Chargois 2, Peter Fairbanks 6, David Robertson 4, Andrew Kittredge 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - J.P. Feyereisen 3-0 | ||||||||