Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 3,
Minnesota 2
When: 2:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 29, 2023
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 47°
Umpires: Home - Brock Ballou, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Nick Mahrley, 3B - Jerry Layne
Attendance: 22883
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 47°
Umpires: Home - Brock Ballou, 1B - Victor Carapazza, 2B - Nick Mahrley, 3B - Jerry Layne
Attendance: 22883
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .232 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | PR-RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| MJ Melendez | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .265 |
| Hunter Dozier | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .172 |
| Nick Pratto | RF-1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .188 |
| Edward Olivares | LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .291 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .167 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Edward Olivares 2 (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Salvador Perez, Nick Pratto 2, Edward Olivares 4, Nicky Lopez | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez (13), Nicky Lopez (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Vinnie Pasquantino (8), MJ Melendez (6), Kyle Isbel (12), Nicky Lopez 2 (6) | |||||||||
| S - Nicky Lopez (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Nick Pratto (1, 2nd by Thielbar/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| SB - Bobby Witt Jr. (7, 2nd off Jax/Jeffers), Hunter Dozier (2, 2nd off Lopez/Jeffers), Edward Olivares (2, 2nd off Duran/Jeffers), Nicky Lopez (2, 2nd off Ober/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brad Keller | 5.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3.56 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.85 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.54 |
| Aroldis Chapman (W 1-1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.74 |
| Scott Barlow (SV 4) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.10 |
| WP - Brad Keller 2 | ||||||||
| HBP - Max Kepler (by Cuas) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brad Keller 92-49, Jose Cuas 15-9, Taylor Clarke 14-10, Aroldis Chapman 10-7, Scott Barlow 15-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brad Keller 7-0, Jose Cuas 1-1, Taylor Clarke 2-1, Aroldis Chapman 0-0, Scott Barlow 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brad Keller 25, Jose Cuas 4, Taylor Clarke 4, Aroldis Chapman 3, Scott Barlow 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jose Cuas 1-0 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .209 |
| Willi Castro | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .161 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .371 |
| Byron Buxton | DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .247 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .239 |
| Jose Miranda | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .243 |
| Joey Gallo | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .245 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .244 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 25 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Trevor Larnach (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Byron Buxton (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Max Kepler 2, Carlos Correa 2, Jorge Polanco 2, Byron Buxton 4, Trevor Larnach 2, Jose Miranda, Michael A. Taylor | |||||||||
| RBI - Byron Buxton (14) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Correa 2 (12), Jorge Polanco (6), Trevor Larnach 2 (10), Joey Gallo (2), Michael A. Taylor 2 (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Carlos Correa (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Michael A. Taylor (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bailey Ober | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Griffin Jax (H 6) | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Jorge Lopez (BS 1) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jhoan Duran (L 0-1) | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.61 |
| WP - Jhoan Duran | ||||||||
| IBB - Vinnie Pasquantino (by Duran) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Bailey Ober 88-55, Caleb Thielbar 22-16, Griffin Jax 15-8, Jorge Lopez 16-9, Jhoan Duran 25-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bailey Ober 2-3, Caleb Thielbar 2-1, Griffin Jax 1-1, Jorge Lopez 0-0, Jhoan Duran 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bailey Ober 23, Caleb Thielbar 4, Griffin Jax 3, Jorge Lopez 3, Jhoan Duran 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Caleb Thielbar 1-0, Jorge Lopez 1-1 | ||||||||