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Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
July 2, 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 July 2, 2021 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 2, 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 | July 2, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | J.A. Happ |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Brady Singer |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 31,824 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 18 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Greg Gibson 1B: Will Little 2B: Rob Drake 3B: Dan Merzel |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Arraez | Second Baseman |
| Josh Donaldson | Third Baseman |
| Trevor Larnach | Left Fielder |
| Nelson Cruz | DH |
| Alex Kirilloff | First Baseman |
| Jorge Polanco | Shortstop |
| Max Kepler | Right Fielder |
| Nick Gordon | Center Fielder |
| Ben Rortvedt | Catcher |
| Rocco Baldelli | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | Right Fielder |
| Jorge Soler | DH |
| Carlos Santana | First Baseman |
| Salvador Perez | Catcher |
| Hanser Alberto | Second Baseman |
| Hunter Dozier | Third Baseman |
| Michael Taylor | Center Fielder |
| Edward Olivares | Left Fielder |
| Nicky Lopez | Shortstop |
| Mike Matheny | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Twins
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
July 2, 2021
Top 1
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Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Singer
Arraez hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Olivares. Arraez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Donaldson vs. Singer
Donaldson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Taylor. Donaldson reaches second base with a double. Arraez moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Larnach vs. Singer
Larnach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Singer picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Singer. Arraez scores. Donaldson scores. Larnach moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Singer
Cruz hits a line drive towards the mound. Singer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Kirilloff vs. Singer
Kirilloff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Larnach scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Polanco vs. Singer
Polanco strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kepler vs. Singer
Kepler strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Happ
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Happ
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Happ fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Happ
Santana hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kirilloff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Singer
Gordon hits a line drive towards short. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rortvedt vs. Singer
Rortvedt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Singer
Arraez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana scoops it up and throws to first, with Singer covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Happ
Perez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Alberto vs. Happ
Alberto hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Larnach. Alberto reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Dozier vs. Happ
Dozier hits a ball on the ground into left field. Larnach picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Larnach. Alberto scores. Dozier moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Happ
Taylor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gordon. Taylor reaches second base with a double. Dozier scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Olivares vs. Happ
Olivares strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Happ
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merrifield vs. Happ
There goes Taylor. The throw from Rortvedt and he is out, Donaldson applying the tag. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Merrifield vs. Happ
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Singer
Donaldson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Larnach vs. Singer
Larnach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Donaldson moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Singer
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Kirilloff vs. Singer
Kirilloff strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Polanco vs. Singer
Polanco takes first base on ball four. Donaldson moves to third. Larnach moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Kepler vs. Singer
Kepler strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Happ
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Happ
Santana hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Happ
Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Alberto vs. Happ
Alberto hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Happ
Dozier strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Lovelady
Richard Lovelady now pitching.
Gordon 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, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rortvedt vs. Lovelady
Rortvedt 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, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Lovelady
Arraez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Donaldson vs. Lovelady
Donaldson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lovelady fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Happ
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Olivares vs. Happ
Olivares hits a fly ball into center field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Happ
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arraez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Larnach vs. Lovelady
Larnach strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Lovelady
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Lovelady
Kirilloff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Polanco vs. Lovelady
Polanco hits a line drive into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Happ
Merrifield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Larnach. Merrifield reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Soler vs. Happ
Soler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Merrifield moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Santana vs. Happ
Santana hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Merrifield scores. Soler moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Happ
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alberto vs. Duffey
Tyler Duffey now pitching.
Alberto hits a line drive into right field. Kepler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Dozier vs. Duffey
Dozier takes first base on ball four. Soler moves to third. Santana moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Taylor vs. Duffey
Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Kepler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Twins, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kepler vs. Brentz
Jake Brentz now pitching.
Kepler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Brentz
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Kepler moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Rortvedt vs. Brentz
Rortvedt takes first base on ball four. Kepler moves to third. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 3 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Arraez vs. Brentz
Arraez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Kepler scores. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Donaldson vs. Zimmer
Kyle Zimmer now pitching.
Donaldson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Olivares vs. Colome
Alex Colome now pitching.
Olivares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Colome
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Colome
Merrifield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Soler vs. Colome
Soler hits a fly ball into center field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Larnach vs. Zimmer
Larnach hits a popup towards third. Dozier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Zimmer
Cruz 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, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Zimmer
Kirilloff strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Coulombe
Daniel Coulombe now pitching.
Santana hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Coulombe
Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Santana moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Alberto vs. Coulombe
Alberto hits a fly ball into left field. Larnach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Santana moves to third. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dozier vs. Coulombe
Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arraez fields it and throws to home to get Santana. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Taylor vs. Coulombe
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Holland
Jarrod Dyson now playing left field. Greg Holland now pitching.
Polanco hits a fly ball into left field. Dyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kepler vs. Holland
Kepler strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Holland
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dyson vs. Rogers
Taylor Rogers now pitching.
Dyson strikes out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Rogers
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Larnach. Lopez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Merrifield vs. Rogers
There's a wild pitch. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Merrifield vs. Rogers
Merrifield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Arraez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Soler vs. Rogers
There's a wild pitch. Lopez scores. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Rogers
Soler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Santana vs. Rogers
Santana strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Twins, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rortvedt vs. Barlow
Scott Barlow now pitching.
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, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Barlow
Arraez 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, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Barlow
Donaldson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alberto misplays the ball. That's an error on Alberto. View Play -
Twins, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Larnach vs. Barlow
Larnach strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/2/2021 -- MIN at KCA (N)
MIN AB R H RBI KCA AB R H RBI
Luis Arraez, 2b 4 1 1 0 Whit Merrifield, rf 5 1 2 0
Josh Donaldson, 3b 4 1 1 0 Jorge Soler, dh 4 0 1 0
Trevor Larnach, lf 5 1 2 1 Carlos Santana, 1b 5 0 2 1
Nelson Cruz, dh 4 0 0 0 Salvador Perez, c 4 2 3 1
Alex Kirilloff, 1b 4 0 2 1 Hanser Alberto, 2b 4 2 2 2
Jorge Polanco, ss 3 0 0 0 Hunter Dozier, 3b 3 1 1 0
Max Kepler, rf 4 1 1 0 Michael A. Taylo, cf 4 0 1 1
Nick Gordon, cf 4 0 1 0 Edward Olivares, lf 3 0 0 0
Ben Rortvedt, c 3 0 0 0 Jarrod Dyson, lf 1 0 0 0
Nicky Lopez, ss 3 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 4 8 2 36 7 13 5
MIN 300 001 000 -- 4
KCA 032 010 01x -- 7
MIN IP H R ER BB SO
J.A. Happ (L) 4.1 9 6 5 1 4
Tyler Duffey 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Alex Colome 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Danny Coulombe 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Taylor Rogers 1.0 1 1 1 1 2
KCA IP H R ER BB SO
Brady Singer 3.0 5 3 2 2 4
Richard Lovelady (W) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Jake Brentz 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Kyle Zimmer 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Greg Holland 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Scott Barlow (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Brady Singer, Trevor Larnach, Hanser Alberto
DP -- KCA 1
LOB -- MIN 8, KCA 8
2B -- Luis Arraez, Josh Donaldson, Hanser Alberto, Michael A. Taylor, Whit Merrifield, Nicky Lopez
HR -- Salvador Perez, Hanser Alberto
CS -- Michael A. Taylor
WP -- Taylor Rogers 2
T -- 3:18
A -- 31824
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