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Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
June 4, 2021
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins, played on June 4, 2021 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 4, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 4, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Matt Shoemaker |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Brad Keller |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 22,612 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 16 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Manny Gonzalez 1B: Mike Estabrook 2B: Jeff Nelson 3B: Ryan Wills |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jorge Polanco | Shortstop |
| Josh Donaldson | DH |
| Alex Kirilloff | Right Fielder |
| Willians Astudillo | Third Baseman |
| Trevor Larnach | Left Fielder |
| Miguel Sano | First Baseman |
| Nick Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Gilberto Celestino | Center Fielder |
| Ben Rortvedt | Catcher |
| Rocco Baldelli | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | Second Baseman |
| Carlos Santana | First Baseman |
| Andrew Benintendi | Left Fielder |
| Salvador Perez | Catcher |
| Hunter Dozier | Right Fielder |
| Kelvin Gutierrez | Third Baseman |
| Jorge Soler | DH |
| Michael Taylor | Center Fielder |
| Nicky Lopez | Shortstop |
| Mike Matheny | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
June 4, 2021
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Keller
Polanco hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Keller
Donaldson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kirilloff vs. Keller
Kirilloff hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Donaldson moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Astudillo vs. Keller
Astudillo hits a fly ball into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Larnach vs. Keller
Larnach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Larnach for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Shoemaker
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Santana vs. Shoemaker
There goes Merrifield. The throw from Rortvedt and he is safe. Merrifield steals second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Santana vs. Shoemaker
Santana takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Benintendi vs. Shoemaker
Benintendi hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Celestino. Benintendi reaches second base with a double. Merrifield scores. Santana moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Perez vs. Shoemaker
Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Santana scores. Benintendi scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Dozier vs. Shoemaker
Dozier takes first base on ball four. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Gutierrez vs. Shoemaker
Gutierrez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Soler vs. Shoemaker
Solerhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Rortvedt interferes with Soler who is awarded first base. Perez moves to third. Dozier moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Taylor vs. Shoemaker
Taylor hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Perez scores. Dozier scores. Soler moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Shoemaker
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Soler scores. Taylor moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Merrifield vs. Shoemaker
Merrifield hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Anderson
Shaun Anderson now pitching.
Santana takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benintendi vs. Anderson
Benintendi hits a fly ball into center field. Celestino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Anderson
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Polanco. Santana moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Dozier vs. Anderson
Dozier strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sano vs. Keller
Sano strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Keller
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Celestino vs. Keller
Celestino strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Rortvedt vs. Keller
Rortvedt hits a line drive towards short. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Anderson
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Soler vs. Anderson
Soler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gutierrez moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Taylor vs. Anderson
Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gutierrez scores. Soler moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Anderson
Lopez takes first base on ball four. Soler moves to third. Taylor moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Merrifield vs. Anderson
Merrifield hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sano settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Santana vs. Anderson
Santana hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Soler scores. Taylor scores. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Benintendi vs. Anderson
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out. Lopez scores. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Anderson
Perez strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Keller
Polanco hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Donaldson vs. Keller
Donaldson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Polanco moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Kirilloff vs. Keller
Kirilloff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out. Polanco scores. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Astudillo vs. Keller
Astudillo hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Larnach vs. Keller
Larnach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kirilloff moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Sano vs. Keller
Sano hits a fly ball into right field. Dozier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Anderson
Dozier hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Anderson
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Astudillo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Anderson
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Keller
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Celestino vs. Keller
Celestino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rortvedt vs. Keller
Rortvedt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Anderson
Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Celestino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Anderson
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Anderson
Merrifield hits a fly ball into left field. Larnach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 1 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Keller
Polanco hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Keller
Donaldson hits a line drive into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Keller
Kirilloff strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Astudillo vs. Keller
Astudillo hits a popup towards short. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Minaya
Juan Minaya now pitching.
Santana hits a line drive into center field. Celestino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Minaya
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Astudillo fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Astudillo. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Minaya
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sano scoops it up and throws to first, with Minaya covering, for the out. Benintendi moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dozier vs. Minaya
Dozier is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gutierrez vs. Minaya
Gutierrez strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Larnach vs. Bolanos
Cam Gallagher now catching. Ronald Bolanos now pitching.
Larnach hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Sano vs. Bolanos
Sano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Bolanos
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Sano moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Celestino vs. Bolanos
Celestino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sano moves to third. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Rortvedt vs. Bolanos
Rortvedt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Minaya
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Minaya
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Minaya
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Zuber
Hanser Alberto now playing second base. Jarrod Dyson now playing left field. Tyler Zuber now pitching.
Polanco takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Donaldson vs. Zuber
Donaldson takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Kirilloff vs. Zuber
Kirilloff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out. Polanco moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Astudillo vs. Zuber
Astudillo hits a ball on the ground towards second. Alberto scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alberto vs. Minaya
Alberto hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Larnach. Alberto reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Santana vs. Minaya
Santana hits a fly ball into center field. Celestino settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Alberto moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Dyson vs. Minaya
Dyson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alberto scores. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gallagher vs. Alcala
Jorge Alcala now pitching.
Gallagher hits a popup towards short. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Dozier vs. Alcala
Dozier strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 2 - Royals, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Larnach vs. Davis
Wade Davis now pitching.
Larnach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Sano vs. Davis
Sano hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Davis
Gordon hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Celestino vs. Davis
Celestino hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alberto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rortvedt vs. Davis
Rortvedt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rortvedt for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Davis
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alberto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Astudillo
Kyle Garlick now playing right field. Alex Kirilloff now playing first base. Miguel Sano now playing third base. Willians Astudillo now pitching.
Gutierrez hits a popup towards first. Kirilloff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Astudillo
Soler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Astudillo
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sano juggles the ball. That's an error on Sano. Soler moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Astudillo
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Garlick vs. Santana
Ervin Santana now pitching.
Garlick hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Santana
Kirilloff hits a fly ball into left field. Dyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 5 - Royals, 14
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Astudillo vs. Santana
Astudillo hits a line drive into left field. Dyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/4/2021 -- MIN at KCA (N)
MIN AB R H RBI KCA AB R H RBI
Jorge Polanco, ss 4 2 2 1 Whit Merrifield, 2b 4 2 2 3
Josh Donaldson, dh 3 0 2 0 Hanser Alberto, 2b 1 1 1 0
Kyle Garlick, rf 1 0 0 0 Carlos Santana, 1b 3 1 1 2
Alex Kirillof, rf-1b 5 0 1 1 Andrew Benintend, lf 4 1 1 2
Willians Astud, 3b-p 5 0 0 0 Jarrod Dyson, lf 1 0 1 1
Trevor Larnach, lf 3 1 2 0 Salvador Perez, c 4 1 1 2
Miguel Sano, 1b-3b 4 1 1 2 Cam Gallagher, c 1 0 0 0
Nick Gordon, 2b 4 1 3 1 Hunter Dozier, rf 3 1 0 0
Gilberto Celesti, cf 4 0 0 0 Kelvin Gutierrez, 3b 5 1 1 0
Ben Rortvedt, c 4 0 0 0 Jorge Soler, dh 3 2 1 0
Michael A. Taylo, cf 5 2 2 3
Nicky Lopez, ss 4 2 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 5 11 5 38 14 12 14
MIN 001 010 030 -- 5
KCA 940 000 10x -- 14
MIN IP H R ER BB SO
Matt Shoemaker (L) 0.1 6 9 8 2 1
Shaun Anderson 3.2 4 4 4 2 2
Juan Minaya 2.1 2 1 1 0 3
Jorge Alcala 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Willians Astudillo 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
KCA IP H R ER BB SO
Brad Keller (W) 5.0 7 2 2 0 5
Ronald Bolanos 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Tyler Zuber 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Wade Davis 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
Ervin Santana 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Ben Rortvedt, Jorge Polanco, Willians Astudillo, Miguel Sano
DP -- MIN 1, KCA 1
LOB -- MIN 8, KCA 7
2B -- Andrew Benintendi, Hanser Alberto
HR -- Whit Merrifield, Jorge Polanco, Miguel Sano, Nick Gordon
SB -- Whit Merrifield
HBP -- by Juan Minaya (Hunter Dozier)
T -- 3:16
A -- 22612
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