Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 9,
Kansas City 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 21, 2022
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - James Hoye, 1B - Jeremy Riggs, 2B - D.J. Reyburn, 3B - Angel Hernandez
Attendance: 17893
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - James Hoye, 1B - Jeremy Riggs, 2B - D.J. Reyburn, 3B - Angel Hernandez
Attendance: 17893
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Luis Arraez | 1B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .324 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .252 |
| Gary Sanchez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .229 |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .211 |
| Gilberto Celestino | LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .355 |
| Totals | 31 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carlos Correa (7), Gary Sanchez (13), Gio Urshela (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Luis Arraez 2, Carlos Correa 3, Max Kepler, Gary Sanchez 2, Gio Urshela 2, Ryan Jeffers, Gilberto Celestino | |||||||||
| RBI - Byron Buxton (21), Luis Arraez 2 (11), Carlos Correa 2 (14), Jorge Polanco (23), Max Kepler (17), Gary Sanchez (19) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Luis Arraez (5), Max Kepler (7), Gary Sanchez (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Max Kepler (15), Gary Sanchez (11), Gio Urshela (13) | |||||||||
| S - Ryan Jeffers (1), Gilberto Celestino (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Byron Buxton (1), Jorge Polanco (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Gary Sanchez (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Max Kepler (2, 2nd off Speier/Melendez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Joe Ryan (W 5-2) | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.28 |
| Caleb Thielbar (H 4) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.46 |
| Joe Smith (H 8) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cody Stashak | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Joe Ryan 79-51, Caleb Thielbar 18-12, Joe Smith 21-14, Cody Stashak 18-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Joe Ryan 5-2, Caleb Thielbar 0-2, Joe Smith 2-1, Cody Stashak 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Joe Ryan 24, Caleb Thielbar 5, Joe Smith 5, Cody Stashak 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Caleb Thielbar 3-0, Joe Smith 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .208 |
| Dairon Blanco | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .317 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .215 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| MJ Melendez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .261 |
| Carlos Santana | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .135 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .280 |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (6), Andrew Benintendi (4), Carlos Santana (4), Kyle Isbel (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Emmanuel Rivera (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Andrew Benintendi 4, Carlos Santana 2, Kyle Isbel 2, Emmanuel Rivera 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Andrew Benintendi (17), Emmanuel Rivera (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kyle Isbel 3 (10), Emmanuel Rivera (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brad Keller (L 1-4) | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.20 |
| Gabe Speier | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.14 |
| Foster Griffin | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 |
| WP - Brad Keller, Gabe Speier | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brad Keller 97-61, Gabe Speier 21-11, Foster Griffin 22-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brad Keller 8-5, Gabe Speier 1-1, Foster Griffin 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brad Keller 28, Gabe Speier 5, Foster Griffin 8 | ||||||||