Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Minnesota 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, May 28, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Carlos Torres, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Lance Barrett, 3B - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 14260
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Carlos Torres, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Lance Barrett, 3B - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 14260
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .247 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .284 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .357 |
| Kelvin Gutierrez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .244 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .179 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .144 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .253 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (11), Salvador Perez (11), Adalberto Mondesi (3), Michael A. Taylor (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 3, Carlos Santana, Andrew Benintendi, Salvador Perez 3, Adalberto Mondesi 3, Jorge Soler 2, Hunter Dozier, Michael A. Taylor 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield 3 (27), Carlos Santana 2 (34), Salvador Perez (29), Adalberto Mondesi (1), Michael A. Taylor (17) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (6), Carlos Santana (15), Michael A. Taylor (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adalberto Mondesi (1), Jorge Soler (15) | |||||||||
| SF - Carlos Santana (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Adalberto Mondesi (1, 3rd by Dobnak/Garver) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kris Bubic (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1.52 |
| Tyler Zuber | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.55 |
| Jake Brentz | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.28 |
| WP - Kyle Zimmer | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kris Bubic 98-59, Tyler Zuber 20-5, Kyle Zimmer 18-12, Jake Brentz 27-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kris Bubic 6-4, Tyler Zuber 0-0, Kyle Zimmer 1-0, Jake Brentz 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kris Bubic 23, Tyler Zuber 4, Kyle Zimmer 3, Jake Brentz 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kyle Zimmer 3-2 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Kyle Garlick | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Trevor Larnach | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .227 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .285 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Alex Kirilloff | LF-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .229 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .176 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Rob Refsnyder | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .368 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .240 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nelson Cruz (4), Jorge Polanco (10), Andrelton Simmons (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Mitch Garver (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Trevor Larnach, Nelson Cruz 2, Mitch Garver 4, Jorge Polanco 3, Andrelton Simmons 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Trevor Larnach (5), Mitch Garver (17) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Donaldson 2 (9), Nelson Cruz 2 (9), Alex Kirilloff (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Josh Donaldson (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Randy Dobnak (L 1-4) | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.49 |
| Cody Stashak | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.89 |
| Luke Farrell | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Randy Dobnak 89-52, Cody Stashak 34-23, Luke Farrell 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Randy Dobnak 6-4, Cody Stashak 0-3, Luke Farrell 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Randy Dobnak 27, Cody Stashak 10, Luke Farrell 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Cody Stashak 3-3 | ||||||||