Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Tampa Bay 5,
Minnesota 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 3, 2021
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Junior Valentine
Attendance: 8864
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Junior Valentine
Attendance: 8864
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luis Arraez | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .298 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .308 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B-SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 |
| Josh Donaldson | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .251 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .212 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .216 |
| Nick Gordon | LF-2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .227 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .198 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 |
| Brent Rooker | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Polanco (28), Max Kepler (19) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Polanco (25), Ryan Jeffers (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Polanco 6, Max Kepler 2, Nick Gordon, Ryan Jeffers 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (80), Ryan Jeffers (30) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (27), Ryan Jeffers (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Donaldson (32), Ryan Jeffers 2 (21) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Randy Dobnak (L 1-7) | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.64 |
| Ralph Garza | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.82 |
| WP - Randy Dobnak | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Randy Dobnak 88-53, Ralph Garza 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Randy Dobnak 16-2, Ralph Garza 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Randy Dobnak 28, Ralph Garza 3 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .228 |
| Joey Wendle | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Austin Meadows | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Manuel Margot | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Randy Arozarena | RF-LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .268 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .243 |
| Yandy Diaz | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Francisco Mejia | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Taylor Walls | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .205 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nelson Cruz (19), Austin Meadows (28) | |||||||||
| 3B - Kevin Kiermaier (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Joey Wendle, Nelson Cruz 2, Austin Meadows 3, Kevin Kiermaier 3, Francisco Mejia | |||||||||
| RBI - Nelson Cruz (72), Austin Meadows (94), Randy Arozarena (60), Kevin Kiermaier (31), Yandy Diaz (45) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Taylor Walls (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Michael Wacha (W 3-4) | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5.54 |
| Peter Fairbanks (H 12) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.44 |
| David Robertson (H 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Andrew Kittredge (SV 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.29 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Michael Wacha 86-64, Peter Fairbanks 20-12, David Robertson 24-15, Andrew Kittredge 9-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Michael Wacha 4-5, Peter Fairbanks 0-1, David Robertson 1-0, Andrew Kittredge 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Michael Wacha 21, Peter Fairbanks 5, David Robertson 5, Andrew Kittredge 4 | ||||||||