Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 5,
Cleveland 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, August 16, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - John Tumpane, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 15622
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - John Tumpane, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 15622
Final Scoring Summary
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Myles Straw | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 |
| Amed Rosario | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .253 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .251 |
| Bradley Zimmer | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .251 |
| Oscar Mercado | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .217 |
| Owen Miller | 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .150 |
| Andres Gimenez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .179 |
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Amed Rosario (20), Austin Hedges (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Bradley Zimmer (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Myles Straw, Amed Rosario 3, Jose Ramirez, Bradley Zimmer 5, Andres Gimenez, Austin Hedges 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Ramirez (73), Bradley Zimmer 2 (22), Austin Hedges (22) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Austin Hedges (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bradley Zimmer (14), Owen Miller (15), Austin Hedges 2 (26) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Franmil Reyes 2 (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Bradley Zimmer (9, 2nd off Minaya/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Andres Gimenez (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cal Quantrill | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.24 |
| Justin Garza (BS 1) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.86 |
| Blake Parker | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.42 |
| James Karinchak | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.83 |
| Nick Wittgren (L 2-6) | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.40 |
| HBP - Brent Rooker (by Quantrill), Ryan Jeffers (by Quantrill) | ||||||||
| IBB - Miguel Sano (by Wittgren), Max Kepler (by Wittgren) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Cal Quantrill 92-51, Justin Garza 22-14, Blake Parker 15-8, James Karinchak 19-10, Nick Wittgren 27-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cal Quantrill 6-2, Justin Garza 1-0, Blake Parker 1-0, James Karinchak 1-2, Nick Wittgren 4-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cal Quantrill 24, Justin Garza 7, Blake Parker 3, James Karinchak 4, Nick Wittgren 10 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Blake Parker 1-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .211 |
| Brent Rooker | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .202 |
| Rob Refsnyder | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .308 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B-SS | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .268 |
| Josh Donaldson | DH | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .252 |
| Kenta Maeda | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Luis Arraez | 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .317 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .215 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .179 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .215 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .215 |
| Mitch Garver | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Nick Gordon | PR-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Totals | 40 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 29 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Polanco (24), Jake Cave (6), Mitch Garver (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Max Kepler (16), Ryan Jeffers (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Max Kepler 4, Brent Rooker, Jorge Polanco 3, Josh Donaldson 3, Luis Arraez 2, Miguel Sano, Jake Cave 2, Ryan Jeffers 4, Mitch Garver 2, Nick Gordon | |||||||||
| RBI - Max Kepler 2 (45), Jorge Polanco (64), Josh Donaldson (49), Ryan Jeffers (29) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco (22), Josh Donaldson (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rob Refsnyder (8), Jorge Polanco (40), Miguel Sano (51), Jake Cave (11), Ryan Jeffers 2 (16) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Rob Refsnyder (3), Jorge Polanco (3), Miguel Sano (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 15 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jake Cave (2), Jorge Polanco (13), Andrelton Simmons (10), Griffin Jax (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Griffin Jax | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.11 |
| John Gant | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.15 |
| Juan Minaya | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.32 |
| Alex Colome | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.94 |
| Caleb Thielbar (W 5-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.74 |
| WP - Griffin Jax, Juan Minaya | ||||||||
| HBP - Owen Miller (by Jax) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Griffin Jax 87-54, John Gant 17-11, Juan Minaya 19-10, Alex Colome 10-8, Caleb Thielbar 19-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Griffin Jax 8-4, John Gant 0-1, Juan Minaya 2-0, Alex Colome 3-0, Caleb Thielbar 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Griffin Jax 27, John Gant 3, Juan Minaya 4, Alex Colome 4, Caleb Thielbar 3 | ||||||||