Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 7,
Toronto 2
When: 7:40 PM ET, Thursday, September 23, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Roberto Ortiz, 3B - Jeremie Rehak
Attendance: 15509
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Roberto Ortiz, 3B - Jeremie Rehak
Attendance: 15509
Final Scoring Summary
Toronto
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .238 |
| Marcus Semien | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .322 |
| Bo Bichette | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .291 |
| Teoscar Hernandez | RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .303 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .285 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| Randal Grichuk | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .246 |
| Breyvic Valera | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
| Alejandro Kirk | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Kevin Smith | PR-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .094 |
| Danny Jansen | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .212 |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Teoscar Hernandez (28), Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (28) | |||||||||
| HR - Teoscar Hernandez (30) | |||||||||
| TB - Marcus Semien 2, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Teoscar Hernandez 6, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2, Corey Dickerson, Randal Grichuk, Breyvic Valera, Danny Jansen | |||||||||
| RBI - Teoscar Hernandez (110), Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (84) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - George Springer 3 (25) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Danny Jansen (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Thomas Hatch (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Steven Matz | 3.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3.88 |
| Thomas Hatch (L 0-1) | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Julian Merryweather | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.66 |
| Ryan Borucki | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.94 |
| Adam Cimber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.41 |
| WP - Julian Merryweather | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Steven Matz 80-57, Thomas Hatch 30-12, Julian Merryweather 26-18, Ryan Borucki 16-11, Adam Cimber 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Steven Matz 1-0, Thomas Hatch 1-0, Julian Merryweather 1-1, Ryan Borucki 2-0, Adam Cimber 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Steven Matz 17, Thomas Hatch 8, Julian Merryweather 6, Ryan Borucki 5, Adam Cimber 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Julian Merryweather 2-2 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .294 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .249 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .211 |
| Luis Arraez | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 |
| Jake Cave | PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .181 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .220 |
| Brent Rooker | DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .204 |
| Nick Gordon | LF-LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .263 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .224 |
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Byron Buxton (18), Mitch Garver (14), Brent Rooker (10) | |||||||||
| HR - Nick Gordon (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Byron Buxton 3, Jorge Polanco, Mitch Garver 4, Luis Arraez, Miguel Sano, Brent Rooker 2, Nick Gordon 6, Andrelton Simmons | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco (91), Mitch Garver (31), Luis Arraez (38), Nick Gordon 4 (21) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nick Gordon 4 (15) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Byron Buxton (22), Max Kepler (42), Nick Gordon 2 (14) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Josh Donaldson (21), Miguel Sano (13), Andrelton Simmons (14) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Nick Vincent (1) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Luis Arraez (Dickerson at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Michael Pineda (W 8-8) | 5.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.73 |
| Nick Vincent | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.23 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.47 |
| Luke Farrell | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.22 |
| Ralph Garza (SV 1) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.54 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Michael Pineda 78-54, Nick Vincent 13-7, Caleb Thielbar 14-11, Luke Farrell 19-7, Ralph Garza 16-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Michael Pineda 6-3, Nick Vincent 0-1, Caleb Thielbar 1-1, Luke Farrell 0-0, Ralph Garza 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Michael Pineda 23, Nick Vincent 4, Caleb Thielbar 4, Luke Farrell 5, Ralph Garza 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ralph Garza 3-0 | ||||||||