Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 12,
Tampa Bay 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 14, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Adam Hamari, 3B - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 21034
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Adam Hamari, 3B - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 21034
Final Scoring Summary
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Brandon Lowe | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .228 |
| Austin Meadows | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .238 |
| Wander Franco | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Randy Arozarena | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 |
| Joey Wendle | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .242 |
| Francisco Mejia | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Totals | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Randy Arozarena, Joey Wendle, Francisco Mejia | |||||||||
| GIDP - Brandon Lowe (2), Randy Arozarena (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Francisco Mejia (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Michael Wacha (L 2-4) | 5.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5.91 |
| Louis Head | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.96 |
| Ryan Sherriff | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.11 |
| Jordan Luplow | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
| WP - Michael Wacha | ||||||||
| HBP - Jorge Polanco (by Sherriff) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Michael Wacha 92-63, Louis Head 26-14, Ryan Sherriff 28-14, Jordan Luplow 18-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Michael Wacha 4-4, Louis Head 0-2, Ryan Sherriff 0-2, Jordan Luplow 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Michael Wacha 27, Louis Head 6, Ryan Sherriff 7, Jordan Luplow 5 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .205 |
| Brent Rooker | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .198 |
| Jake Cave | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .183 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .268 |
| Josh Donaldson | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .242 |
| Luis Arraez | 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .319 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .237 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .216 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Rob Refsnyder | CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .316 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .218 |
| Totals | 40 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brent Rooker (7), Mitch Garver (11), Miguel Sano (17), Andrelton Simmons (10) | |||||||||
| HR - Max Kepler (15), Brent Rooker (6), Luis Arraez (2), Ryan Jeffers (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Max Kepler 4, Brent Rooker 6, Jake Cave, Josh Donaldson, Luis Arraez 5, Mitch Garver 3, Ryan Jeffers 4, Miguel Sano 3, Rob Refsnyder 2, Andrelton Simmons 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Max Kepler (43), Brent Rooker 2 (10), Jake Cave 2 (4), Luis Arraez 3 (30), Mitch Garver (29), Ryan Jeffers (28), Miguel Sano (49), Andrelton Simmons (25) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jake Cave 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brent Rooker (10), Jorge Polanco (39), Josh Donaldson (25), Rob Refsnyder (7), Andrelton Simmons (37) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kenta Maeda (W 6-4) | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.41 |
| Ralph Garza | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.46 |
| Danny Coulombe | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.75 |
| HBP - Wander Franco (by Maeda) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kenta Maeda 76-47, Ralph Garza 16-10, Danny Coulombe 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kenta Maeda 3-3, Ralph Garza 1-0, Danny Coulombe 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kenta Maeda 21, Ralph Garza 6, Danny Coulombe 3 | ||||||||