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
Final Scoring Summary
 
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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