Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 9,
Kansas City 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 11, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Greg Gibson, 1B - Ben May, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Will Little
Attendance: 19532
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Greg Gibson, 1B - Ben May, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Will Little
Attendance: 19532
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 9 | 12 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .275 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .300 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .274 |
| Sebastian Rivero | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| Carlos Santana | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .219 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .243 |
| Edward Olivares | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .217 |
| Hanser Alberto | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .259 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .206 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Andrew Benintendi (22), Hanser Alberto (16), Hunter Dozier 2 (24) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Nicky Lopez 2, Salvador Perez, Andrew Benintendi 3, Hanser Alberto 3, Hunter Dozier 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Andrew Benintendi (58), Hunter Dozier (42) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Hunter Dozier (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (43), Nicky Lopez (37), Edward Olivares 2 (9) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Carlos Santana (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Whit Merrifield (4, 2nd by Pineda/Rortvedt) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brady Singer (L 4-10) | 4.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4.85 |
| Tyler Zuber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.87 |
| Wade Davis | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.63 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brady Singer 97-64, Tyler Zuber 23-14, Wade Davis 35-17, Kyle Zimmer 12-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brady Singer 4-1, Tyler Zuber 1-1, Wade Davis 2-1, Kyle Zimmer 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brady Singer 23, Tyler Zuber 4, Wade Davis 8, Kyle Zimmer 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tyler Zuber 1-0, Wade Davis 1-0, Kyle Zimmer 2-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luis Arraez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .294 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .290 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| Josh Donaldson | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .250 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .209 |
| Nick Gordon | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .238 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .216 |
| Jake Cave | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .193 |
| Ben Rortvedt | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .155 |
| Totals | 36 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Max Kepler (20) | |||||||||
| HR - Byron Buxton (13), Jorge Polanco 2 (29), Max Kepler (17), Nick Gordon (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Byron Buxton 5, Jorge Polanco 9, Josh Donaldson, Max Kepler 6, Nick Gordon 4, Jake Cave, Ben Rortvedt 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Byron Buxton (23), Jorge Polanco 3 (86), Max Kepler (47), Nick Gordon (12), Jake Cave 2 (12), Ben Rortvedt (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jake Cave 2 (10), Ben Rortvedt (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Luis Arraez (33), Byron Buxton (19), Ben Rortvedt (18) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Nick Gordon (7, 2nd off Singer/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Michael Pineda (W 6-8) | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.87 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.72 |
| Luke Farrell | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.47 |
| Danny Coulombe | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.93 |
| HBP - Salvador Perez (by Pineda) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Michael Pineda 72-50, Caleb Thielbar 26-14, Luke Farrell 12-8, Danny Coulombe 23-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Michael Pineda 7-3, Caleb Thielbar 0-1, Luke Farrell 1-1, Danny Coulombe 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Michael Pineda 20, Caleb Thielbar 5, Luke Farrell 3, Danny Coulombe 9 | ||||||||