Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4, Kansas City 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, October 2, 2021
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Sean Barber, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Nick Mahrley, 3B - Daniel Bellino
Attendance: 22321
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Byron Buxton CF 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 .303
Mitch Garver C 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .256
Josh Donaldson 3B 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 .249
Miguel Sano DH 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .223
Brent Rooker LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .204
     Max Kepler RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211
Luis Arraez 2B 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 .290
Willians Astudillo 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .236
Andrelton Simmons SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221
Jake Cave RF-LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .189
Totals 35 4 9 4 1 7 11  
Batting
2B - Byron Buxton (22), Miguel Sano (24)
HR - Josh Donaldson (26)
TB - Byron Buxton 2, Mitch Garver, Josh Donaldson 4, Miguel Sano 3, Luis Arraez 2, Jake Cave 2
RBI - Mitch Garver (34), Josh Donaldson (72), Luis Arraez 2 (42)
2-Out RBI - Mitch Garver (10), Josh Donaldson (17), Luis Arraez (17)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Willians Astudillo 2 (31)
SF - Luis Arraez (6)
GIDP - Willians Astudillo (12)
Team LOB - 6
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Griffin Jax (W 4-5) 5.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 6.37
Caleb Thielbar (H 12) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.23
Tyler Duffey (H 22) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.18
Alex Colome 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
HBP - Andrew Benintendi (by Thielbar)
Pitches-Strikes - Griffin Jax 74-44, Caleb Thielbar 26-17, Tyler Duffey 15-11, Alex Colome 7-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Griffin Jax 2-7, Caleb Thielbar 1-2, Tyler Duffey 2-1, Alex Colome 1-0
Batters Faced - Griffin Jax 17, Caleb Thielbar 6, Tyler Duffey 4, Alex Colome 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Tyler Duffey 1-0
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .279
Nicky Lopez SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .299
Salvador Perez DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .273
Andrew Benintendi LF 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .276
Carlos Santana 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .210
Hunter Dozier RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .217
Adalberto Mondesi 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Michael A. Taylor CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242
Cam Gallagher C 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .250
Totals 27 0 3 0 2 4 10  
Batting
2B - Whit Merrifield (42), Cam Gallagher (6)
TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Cam Gallagher 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (52)
GIDP - Hunter Dozier (12)
Team LOB - 3
Baserunning
CS - Nicky Lopez (1, 2nd by Jax/Garver)
Fielding
E - Nicky Lopez (7)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Kris Bubic (L 6-7) 6.2 7 3 2 0 5 1 4.43
Domingo Tapia 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.67
Gabe Speier 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.17
Kyle Zimmer 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.83
Pitches-Strikes - Kris Bubic 92-61, Domingo Tapia 14-7, Gabe Speier 9-5, Kyle Zimmer 15-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kris Bubic 9-2, Domingo Tapia 0-1, Gabe Speier 0-0, Kyle Zimmer 0-1
Batters Faced - Kris Bubic 27, Domingo Tapia 4, Gabe Speier 3, Kyle Zimmer 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Domingo Tapia 1-0, Gabe Speier 2-1