Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 11,
Minnesota 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 1, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Tom Hallion, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Erich Bacchus
Attendance: 9993
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Tom Hallion, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Erich Bacchus
Attendance: 9993
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Hanser Alberto | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .258 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| Cam Gallagher | PH-C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .133 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .198 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .127 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| Totals | 36 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (5), Salvador Perez (7), Michael A. Taylor (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez (6), Ryan O'Hearn (2), Andrew Benintendi 2 (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Carlos Santana 2, Salvador Perez 6, Cam Gallagher, Ryan O'Hearn 4, Andrew Benintendi 9, Michael A. Taylor 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield 3 (18), Carlos Santana (21), Salvador Perez 3 (16), Jorge Soler (12), Ryan O'Hearn (2), Andrew Benintendi 2 (10) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hunter Dozier (5) | |||||||||
| SF - Jorge Soler (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Whit Merrifield (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Michael A. Taylor (1st by Shoemaker) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Nicky Lopez (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy (W 4-1) | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.60 |
| Jake Brentz | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.09 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 107-69, Jake Brentz 36-23 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 8-5, Jake Brentz 4-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 27, Jake Brentz 10 | ||||||||
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .408 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .176 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .273 |
| Willians Astudillo | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .325 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .209 |
| Kyle Garlick | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .241 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 |
| Ben Rortvedt | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .176 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Luis Arraez | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Nelson Cruz (8), Alex Kirilloff (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Willians Astudillo, Nelson Cruz 4, Jorge Polanco, Alex Kirilloff 4, Andrelton Simmons | |||||||||
| RBI - Nelson Cruz 2 (21), Alex Kirilloff (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Byron Buxton (4), Jake Cave 2 (7), Kyle Garlick (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Byron Buxton (1), Ben Rortvedt (1, Catcher interference) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Matt Shoemaker (L 1-3) | 3.1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7.83 |
| Cody Stashak | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8.22 |
| Randy Dobnak | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8.16 |
| Alex Colome | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.45 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Matt Shoemaker 68-49, Cody Stashak 21-13, Randy Dobnak 41-30, Alex Colome 11-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matt Shoemaker 6-1, Cody Stashak 1-0, Randy Dobnak 4-0, Alex Colome 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Matt Shoemaker 19, Cody Stashak 5, Randy Dobnak 13, Alex Colome 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Cody Stashak 1-1 | ||||||||