Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Minnesota 13,
Kansas City 4
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 2, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Cory Blaser, 2B - Erich Bacchus, 3B - Tom Hallion
Attendance: 9997
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Cory Blaser, 2B - Erich Bacchus, 3B - Tom Hallion
Attendance: 9997
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | - | 13 | 14 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .269 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .269 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .147 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .262 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .235 |
| Hanser Alberto | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (6), Hunter Dozier (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Hunter Dozier (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Carlos Santana 3, Andrew Benintendi 2, Hunter Dozier 6 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (19), Hunter Dozier 3 (11) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Hunter Dozier 3 (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez 2 (11), Michael A. Taylor (13) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Andrew Benintendi (4, 2nd by Berrios/Garver) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Hunter Dozier 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brad Keller (L 2-3) | 4.1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8.06 |
| Kris Bubic | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Scott Barlow | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.87 |
| Greg Holland | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Jake Newberry | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.62 |
| WP - Brad Keller | ||||||||
| HBP - Luis Arraez (by Keller), Jake Cave (by Keller) | ||||||||
| IBB - Nelson Cruz (by Keller) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brad Keller 72-45, Kris Bubic 20-13, Scott Barlow 13-10, Greg Holland 20-12, Jake Newberry 14-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brad Keller 4-3, Kris Bubic 1-0, Scott Barlow 0-0, Greg Holland 2-0, Jake Newberry 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brad Keller 22, Kris Bubic 6, Scott Barlow 4, Greg Holland 4, Jake Newberry 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Scott Barlow 1-1 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .408 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .321 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .184 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Jake Cave | LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .171 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .288 |
| Totals | 37 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Donaldson 2 (3), Byron Buxton (9), Max Kepler (5) | |||||||||
| 3B - Luis Arraez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Kirilloff (4), Mitch Garver (5), Andrelton Simmons (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Luis Arraez 5, Josh Donaldson 4, Byron Buxton 3, Nelson Cruz, Alex Kirilloff 4, Mitch Garver 5, Max Kepler 2, Andrelton Simmons 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Luis Arraez (11), Josh Donaldson (6), Byron Buxton (15), Alex Kirilloff 4 (10), Mitch Garver 3 (12), Andrelton Simmons 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Kirilloff 3 (4), Mitch Garver 3 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Byron Buxton (5), Alex Kirilloff (3), Jake Cave (8) | |||||||||
| SF - Alex Kirilloff (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Josh Donaldson (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Andrelton Simmons (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jose Berrios (W 3-2) | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3.58 |
| Hansel Robles | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Jorge Alcala | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jose Berrios 95-65, Hansel Robles 17-10, Caleb Thielbar 23-15, Jorge Alcala 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jose Berrios 6-0, Hansel Robles 2-0, Caleb Thielbar 0-0, Jorge Alcala 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jose Berrios 25, Hansel Robles 5, Caleb Thielbar 4, Jorge Alcala 3 | ||||||||