Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 6,
Minnesota 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 30, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barrett, 1B - Roberto Ortiz, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 17923
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barrett, 1B - Roberto Ortiz, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 17923
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .283 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .318 |
| Edward Olivares | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Kelvin Gutierrez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Hunter Dozier | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Hunter Dozier (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 3, Carlos Santana, Andrew Benintendi, Salvador Perez, Edward Olivares 2, Kelvin Gutierrez, Hunter Dozier 4, Jarrod Dyson 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (28), Andrew Benintendi 2 (18), Salvador Perez (32), Hunter Dozier 2 (16) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Santana (11), Adalberto Mondesi (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Andrew Benintendi (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Kelvin Gutierrez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (15, 2nd off Shoemaker/Rortvedt) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Kelvin Gutierrez (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brad Keller (W 5-4) | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5.68 |
| Kyle Zimmer (H 3) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.37 |
| Scott Barlow (H 9) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Greg Holland (SV 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
| HBP - Trevor Larnach (by Barlow) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brad Keller 98-59, Kyle Zimmer 32-17, Scott Barlow 29-18, Greg Holland 13-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brad Keller 6-2, Kyle Zimmer 2-0, Scott Barlow 1-0, Greg Holland 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brad Keller 24, Kyle Zimmer 6, Scott Barlow 7, Greg Holland 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Scott Barlow 2-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .231 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .226 |
| Alex Kirilloff | RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .256 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .278 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .168 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Rob Refsnyder | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .348 |
| Ben Rortvedt | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .179 |
| Mitch Garver | PH-C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .230 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .233 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Donaldson (8) | |||||||||
| HR - Ben Rortvedt (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Josh Donaldson 2, Alex Kirilloff 3, Ben Rortvedt 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Trevor Larnach (7), Ben Rortvedt (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Trevor Larnach (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jorge Polanco (17), Nelson Cruz (10), Miguel Sano (23), Trevor Larnach (10), Rob Refsnyder 2 (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Miguel Sano (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Matt Shoemaker (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Matt Shoemaker (L 2-6) | 4.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.90 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.98 |
| Luke Farrell | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Alex Colome | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.74 |
| Juan Minaya | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 |
| WP - Juan Minaya | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Matt Shoemaker 66-47, Caleb Thielbar 22-16, Luke Farrell 16-11, Alex Colome 10-8, Juan Minaya 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matt Shoemaker 4-1, Caleb Thielbar 1-1, Luke Farrell 1-1, Alex Colome 1-0, Juan Minaya 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Matt Shoemaker 20, Caleb Thielbar 6, Luke Farrell 4, Alex Colome 3, Juan Minaya 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Caleb Thielbar 3-2 | ||||||||