Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 8,
Cleveland 5
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 23, 2021
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Jose Navas, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Adam Hamari
Attendance: 9805
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Jose Navas, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Adam Hamari
Attendance: 9805
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Luis Arraez | 2B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .277 |
| Josh Donaldson | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .241 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 |
| Kyle Garlick | RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Miguel Sano | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .183 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .218 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .210 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .186 |
| Rob Refsnyder | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .375 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .230 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Max Kepler (5), Kyle Garlick (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Luis Arraez, Josh Donaldson, Max Kepler 5, Kyle Garlick 4, Mitch Garver, Rob Refsnyder | |||||||||
| RBI - Max Kepler 3 (22), Kyle Garlick 3 (7), Rob Refsnyder (5), Andrelton Simmons (12) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Luis Arraez 2 (16) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Alex Kirilloff (1, 2nd by Stephan/Rivera) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| J.A. Happ | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5.44 |
| Caleb Thielbar (H 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.67 |
| Taylor Rogers (H 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.37 |
| Hansel Robles (W 1-1; BS 2) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.20 |
| Tyler Duffey (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.19 |
| Pitches-Strikes - J.A. Happ 103-77, Caleb Thielbar 18-11, Taylor Rogers 14-12, Hansel Robles 24-17, Tyler Duffey 15-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J.A. Happ 2-2, Caleb Thielbar 1-2, Taylor Rogers 1-0, Hansel Robles 0-2, Tyler Duffey 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - J.A. Happ 27, Caleb Thielbar 5, Taylor Rogers 4, Hansel Robles 6, Tyler Duffey 4 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Cesar Hernandez | 2B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .227 |
| Amed Rosario | SS | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .259 |
| Jordan Luplow | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .174 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .212 |
| Owen Miller | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 |
| Harold Ramirez | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .264 |
| Yu Chang | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .150 |
| Jake Bauers | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .183 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .136 |
| Josh Naylor | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .257 |
| Rene Rivera | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Totals | 42 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 27 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Cesar Hernandez (8), Amed Rosario (5), Jose Ramirez (9), Harold Ramirez (5), Yu Chang (4) | |||||||||
| 3B - Amed Rosario (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Cesar Hernandez 3, Amed Rosario 7, Jose Ramirez 2, Jordan Luplow, Eddie Rosario, Harold Ramirez 3, Yu Chang 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Amed Rosario 2 (11), Jose Ramirez (26), Jordan Luplow (18), Eddie Rosario (22) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Amed Rosario (5), Eddie Rosario (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Cesar Hernandez (14), Jose Ramirez (16), Eddie Rosario 2 (12), Owen Miller (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Cesar Hernandez (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Zach Plesac | 3.2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.14 |
| Kyle Nelson | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.07 |
| Nick Wittgren | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Bryan Shaw | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Cal Quantrill | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.90 |
| James Karinchak (L 2-1) | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.31 |
| Trevor Stephan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.94 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Zach Plesac 63-40, Kyle Nelson 19-14, Phil Maton 23-13, Nick Wittgren 12-9, Bryan Shaw 19-10, Cal Quantrill 10-8, James Karinchak 17-6, Trevor Stephan 9-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Zach Plesac 5-2, Kyle Nelson 2-0, Phil Maton 0-1, Nick Wittgren 0-0, Bryan Shaw 1-0, Cal Quantrill 1-0, James Karinchak 0-0, Trevor Stephan 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Zach Plesac 18, Kyle Nelson 5, Phil Maton 4, Nick Wittgren 3, Bryan Shaw 4, Cal Quantrill 3, James Karinchak 3, Trevor Stephan 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kyle Nelson 2-0, Trevor Stephan 1-0 | ||||||||