Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 9, Kansas City 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, April 30, 2021
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 59°
Umpires: Home - Erich Bacchus, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Cory Blaser
Attendance: 9982
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 01301004-970
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .274
Carlos Santana 1B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .247
     Ryan McBroom PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167
Salvador Perez C 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .268
     Cam Gallagher PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .077
Jorge Soler RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .205
     Hanser Alberto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224
Ryan O'Hearn DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .154
Hunter Dozier 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .134
Andrew Benintendi LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .225
Michael A. Taylor CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260
Nicky Lopez SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .246
Totals 29 1 4 1 3 7 10  
Batting
HR - Carlos Santana (6)
TB - Carlos Santana 4, Ryan McBroom, Salvador Perez, Andrew Benintendi
RBI - Carlos Santana (20)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (5), Ryan O'Hearn (4)
GIDP - Hunter Dozier (4)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
CS - Andrew Benintendi (3, 2nd by Pineda/Rortvedt)
PO - Andrew Benintendi (1st by Pineda)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Brady Singer (L 1-3) 2.0 2 1 1 3 1 0 3.09
Tyler Zuber 1.0 1 3 3 2 1 1 4.91
Ervin Santana 4.0 2 1 1 2 2 1 4.00
Wade Davis 1.0 2 4 4 3 0 0 8.31
WP - Wade Davis
HBP - Luis Arraez (by Singer)
Pitches-Strikes - Brady Singer 48-24, Tyler Zuber 28-14, Ervin Santana 60-36, Wade Davis 34-16
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brady Singer 1-1, Tyler Zuber 0-2, Ervin Santana 2-3, Wade Davis 0-1
Batters Faced - Brady Singer 11, Tyler Zuber 6, Ervin Santana 16, Wade Davis 8
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Luis Arraez LF 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 .273
Josh Donaldson 3B 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 .286
Byron Buxton CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 .426
     Jake Cave CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Nelson Cruz DH 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 .329
Alex Kirilloff 1B 4 2 2 4 1 0 3 .167
Jorge Polanco 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .207
Max Kepler RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .220
Andrelton Simmons SS 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .267
Ben Rortvedt C 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .333
Totals 29 9 7 8 10 4 14  
Batting
2B - Jorge Polanco (4), Andrelton Simmons (4)
HR - Alex Kirilloff 2 (2)
TB - Byron Buxton, Alex Kirilloff 8, Jorge Polanco 3, Andrelton Simmons 2, Ben Rortvedt
RBI - Luis Arraez (10), Nelson Cruz (19), Alex Kirilloff 4 (5), Andrelton Simmons (4), Ben Rortvedt (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Kirilloff 2 (2), Andrelton Simmons (4)
SF - Nelson Cruz (3)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
SB - Byron Buxton (3, 2nd off Singer/Perez)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Michael Pineda (W 2-1) 5.0 3 1 1 2 5 1 2.30
Tyler Duffey 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.38
Hansel Robles 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.82
Jorge Alcala 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.60
Pitches-Strikes - Michael Pineda 71-42, Tyler Duffey 14-10, Hansel Robles 15-8, Jorge Alcala 21-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Michael Pineda 3-3, Tyler Duffey 1-1, Hansel Robles 1-1, Jorge Alcala 3-2
Batters Faced - Michael Pineda 19, Tyler Duffey 3, Hansel Robles 3, Jorge Alcala 7