Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 2,
Kansas City 0
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 1, 2023
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Alex Tosi, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 16633
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Alex Tosi, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 16633
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .125 |
| Byron Buxton | DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .444 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Jose Miranda | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| Nick Gordon | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Kyle Farmer | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Joey Gallo | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .167 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .571 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Byron Buxton (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Byron Buxton 3, Jose Miranda, Christian Vazquez 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Miranda (1), Kyle Farmer (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jose Miranda (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nick Gordon (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Kyle Farmer (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jose Miranda (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Sonny Gray (W 1-0) | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jorge Alcala (H 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Griffin Jax (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Caleb Thielbar (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jorge Lopez (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Sonny Gray 83-52, Jorge Alcala 12-7, Griffin Jax 11-7, Caleb Thielbar 18-14, Jorge Lopez 8-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sonny Gray 6-3, Jorge Alcala 1-1, Griffin Jax 3-0, Caleb Thielbar 0-0, Jorge Lopez 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Sonny Gray 22, Jorge Alcala 3, Griffin Jax 3, Caleb Thielbar 4, Jorge Lopez 3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| MJ Melendez | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .167 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .000 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Nate Eaton | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| Michael Massey | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Salvador Perez 3, Vinnie Pasquantino, Kyle Isbel | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Vinnie Pasquantino (1), Franmil Reyes 2 (2), Nate Eaton 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Kyle Isbel (1), Nicky Lopez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jordan Lyles (L 0-1) | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Lyles 86-51, Ryan Yarbrough 12-9, Taylor Clarke 16-10, Aroldis Chapman 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Lyles 3-6, Ryan Yarbrough 3-1, Taylor Clarke 0-0, Aroldis Chapman 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jordan Lyles 23, Ryan Yarbrough 5, Taylor Clarke 3, Aroldis Chapman 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Yarbrough 2-1 | ||||||||