Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 4,
Kansas City 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, October 2, 2021
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Sean Barber, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Nick Mahrley, 3B - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 22321
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Sean Barber, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Nick Mahrley, 3B - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 22321
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .303 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .256 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .249 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .223 |
| Brent Rooker | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .204 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .211 |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .236 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 |
| Jake Cave | RF-LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .189 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Byron Buxton (22), Miguel Sano (24) | |||||||||
| HR - Josh Donaldson (26) | |||||||||
| TB - Byron Buxton 2, Mitch Garver, Josh Donaldson 4, Miguel Sano 3, Luis Arraez 2, Jake Cave 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Mitch Garver (34), Josh Donaldson (72), Luis Arraez 2 (42) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Mitch Garver (10), Josh Donaldson (17), Luis Arraez (17) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Willians Astudillo 2 (31) | |||||||||
| SF - Luis Arraez (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Willians Astudillo (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Griffin Jax (W 4-5) | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.37 |
| Caleb Thielbar (H 12) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.23 |
| Tyler Duffey (H 22) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Alex Colome | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 |
| HBP - Andrew Benintendi (by Thielbar) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Griffin Jax 74-44, Caleb Thielbar 26-17, Tyler Duffey 15-11, Alex Colome 7-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Griffin Jax 2-7, Caleb Thielbar 1-2, Tyler Duffey 2-1, Alex Colome 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Griffin Jax 17, Caleb Thielbar 6, Tyler Duffey 4, Alex Colome 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tyler Duffey 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .279 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .299 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .210 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .217 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .242 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (42), Cam Gallagher (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Cam Gallagher 3 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (52) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Hunter Dozier (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Nicky Lopez (1, 2nd by Jax/Garver) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Nicky Lopez (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kris Bubic (L 6-7) | 6.2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4.43 |
| Domingo Tapia | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Gabe Speier | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.83 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kris Bubic 92-61, Domingo Tapia 14-7, Gabe Speier 9-5, Kyle Zimmer 15-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kris Bubic 9-2, Domingo Tapia 0-1, Gabe Speier 0-0, Kyle Zimmer 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kris Bubic 27, Domingo Tapia 4, Gabe Speier 3, Kyle Zimmer 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Domingo Tapia 1-0, Gabe Speier 2-1 | ||||||||