Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 5,
Detroit 2
When: 7:40 PM ET, Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Nestor Ceja, 1B - Chad Whitson, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 17254
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Nestor Ceja, 1B - Chad Whitson, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 17254
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Akil Baddoo | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .260 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .277 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .238 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .261 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| Harold Castro | 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .284 |
| Eric Haase | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .230 |
| Niko Goodrum | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .211 |
| Daz Cameron | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .183 |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Niko Goodrum (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Akil Baddoo 2, Jonathan Schoop, Robbie Grossman 2, Jeimer Candelario, Harold Castro 2, Eric Haase, Niko Goodrum 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jonathan Schoop (82), Harold Castro (34) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Robbie Grossman 3 (40), Miguel Cabrera (38), Niko Goodrum 2 (22) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eric Haase (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Akil Baddoo (15, 2nd off Pineda/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Eric Haase (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Casey Mize (L 7-9) | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.71 |
| Jason Foley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.61 |
| Kyle Funkhouser | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 |
| Derek Holland | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.07 |
| Joe Jimenez | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.09 |
| HBP - Brent Rooker (by Holland), Byron Buxton (by Jimenez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Casey Mize 65-42, Jason Foley 16-11, Kyle Funkhouser 16-8, Derek Holland 8-7, Joe Jimenez 22-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Casey Mize 3-3, Jason Foley 0-1, Kyle Funkhouser 1-1, Derek Holland 1-1, Joe Jimenez 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Casey Mize 17, Jason Foley 3, Kyle Funkhouser 5, Derek Holland 3, Joe Jimenez 7 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .284 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .292 |
| Jorge Polanco | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .271 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .213 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .218 |
| Nick Gordon | SS-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .247 |
| Jake Cave | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .182 |
| Brent Rooker | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 |
| Andrelton Simmons | PR-SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .197 |
| Totals | 29 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Polanco (32) | |||||||||
| TB - Luis Arraez 2, Byron Buxton, Jorge Polanco 4, Josh Donaldson 2, Max Kepler | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco 3 (94), Max Kepler (54), Nick Gordon (22) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nick Gordon (18), Andrelton Simmons (42) | |||||||||
| SF - Nick Gordon (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Luis Arraez (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Byron Buxton (9, 2nd off Jimenez/Haase) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Michael Pineda (W 9-8) | 5.2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.62 |
| Juan Minaya (H 7) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.56 |
| Tyler Duffey (H 21) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.26 |
| Alex Colome | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.22 |
| HBP - Miguel Cabrera (by Pineda), Harold Castro (by Duffey), Daz Cameron (by Colome) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Michael Pineda 85-61, Juan Minaya 22-11, Tyler Duffey 21-13, Alex Colome 18-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Michael Pineda 4-1, Juan Minaya 3-0, Tyler Duffey 0-2, Alex Colome 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Michael Pineda 25, Juan Minaya 4, Tyler Duffey 5, Alex Colome 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Juan Minaya 2-0, Tyler Duffey 1-0 | ||||||||