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Royals
@ Twins
Target Field
May 1, 2021
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 1, 2021 at Target Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 1, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 1, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Danny Duffy |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Matt Shoemaker |
| Ballpark | Target Field |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 9,993 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 59 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Hallion 1B: Phil Cuzzi 2B: Cory Blaser 3B: Erich Bacchus |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | Second Baseman |
| Carlos Santana | First Baseman |
| Salvador Perez | Catcher |
| Jorge Soler | Right Fielder |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH |
| Hunter Dozier | Third Baseman |
| Andrew Benintendi | Left Fielder |
| Michael Taylor | Center Fielder |
| Nicky Lopez | Shortstop |
| Mike Matheny | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | Center Fielder |
| Josh Donaldson | Third Baseman |
| Nelson Cruz | DH |
| Jorge Polanco | Second Baseman |
| Kyle Garlick | Right Fielder |
| Mitch Garver | Catcher |
| Alex Kirilloff | First Baseman |
| Andrelton Simmons | Shortstop |
| Luis Arraez | Left Fielder |
| Rocco Baldelli | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Twins
Target Field
May 1, 2021
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Shoemaker
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Shoemaker
Santana takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Shoemaker
Perez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Buxton. Perez reaches second base with a double. Santana goes all the way around to score. Perez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Soler vs. Shoemaker
Soler hits a line drive into left field. Arraez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perez tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
O'Hearn vs. Shoemaker
O'Hearn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kirilloff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Hearn for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Buxton vs. Duffy
Buxton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Duffy
Donaldson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Duffy
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Soler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Polanco vs. Duffy
Polanco hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Donaldson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Garlick vs. Duffy
Garlick hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Shoemaker
Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Shoemaker
Benintendi hits a fly ball into center field. Buxton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Shoemaker
Taylor hits a popup beyond short. Simmons can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Shoemaker
Shoemaker fires to first and picks off Taylor. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Duffy
Garver strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Duffy
Kirilloff strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Duffy
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Shoemaker
Lopez hits a line drive into center field. Buxton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Shoemaker
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Shoemaker
Santana hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Shoemaker
Perez hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Shoemaker
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Duffy
Arraez hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buxton vs. Duffy
Buxton hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Soler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Duffy
Donaldson strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
O'Hearn vs. Shoemaker
O'Hearn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Shoemaker
Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Shoemaker
Benintendi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Shoemaker
Taylor hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Arraez. Taylor reaches second base with a double. Benintendi moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Lopez vs. Shoemaker
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Merrifield vs. Shoemaker
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground for a double. There's an error on the play. Benintendi scores. Taylor scores. Lopez goes all the way around to score. Merrifield moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Santana vs. Stashak
Cody Stashak now pitching.
Santana hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kirilloff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Santana for the out. Merrifield scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Stashak
Perez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kirilloff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Duffy
Cruz hits a line drive into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Duffy
Polanco strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Garlick vs. Duffy
Garlick strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Stashak
Soler hits a popup towards third. Donaldson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
O'Hearn vs. Stashak
O'Hearn strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Stashak
Dozier strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Duffy
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Duffy
Kirilloff strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Duffy
Simmons takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Arraez vs. Duffy
Arraez takes first base on ball four. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Buxton vs. Duffy
Buxton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 9 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Dobnak
Randy Dobnak now pitching.
Benintendi hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Dobnak
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Dobnak
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Dobnak
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Duffy
Donaldson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Duffy
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Duffy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Duffy
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lopez. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Garlick vs. Duffy
Garlick strikes out. Perez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Garlick out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Dobnak
Jake Cave now playing center field. Willians Astudillo now playing third base. Ben Rortvedt now catching.
Santana strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Dobnak
Cam Gallagher pinch hits for Salvador Perez.
Gallagher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Soler vs. Dobnak
Solerhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Rortvedt interferes with Soler who is awarded first base. Gallagher moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
O'Hearn vs. Dobnak
O'Hearn strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Dozier vs. Dobnak
Dozier strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Rortvedt vs. Duffy
Hanser Alberto now playing second base. Cam Gallagher now catching. Jarrod Dyson now playing center field.
Rortvedt hits a fly ball into center field. Dyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Duffy
Kirilloff hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Duffy
Simmons hits a line drive into center field. Dyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Duffy
Arraez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Duffy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Dobnak
Benintendi hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dyson vs. Dobnak
Dyson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Dobnak
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Alberto vs. Dobnak
Alberto hits a line drive into left field. Arraez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 11 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cave vs. Brentz
Jake Brentz now pitching.
Cave strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Astudillo vs. Brentz
Astudillo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Brentz
Cruz hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Brentz
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Garlick vs. Brentz
Garlick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Colome
Alex Colome now pitching.
Santana hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gallagher vs. Colome
Gallagher hits a line drive into center field. Cave settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Soler vs. Colome
Soler hits a line drive towards short. Simmons reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
O'Hearn vs. Colome
O'Hearn hits a line drive into right field. Garlick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rortvedt vs. Brentz
Rortvedt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brentz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Brentz
Kirilloff strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Brentz
Simmons hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Arraez vs. Brentz
Arraez takes first base on ball four. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Cave vs. Brentz
The umpire calls a balk on Brentz Simmons moves to third. Arraez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 11 - Twins, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Cave vs. Brentz
Cave hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/1/2021 -- KCA at MIN (D)
KCA AB R H RBI MIN AB R H RBI
Whit Merrifield, 2b 4 1 1 3 Byron Buxton, cf 3 0 0 0
Hanser Alberto, 2b 1 0 0 0 Jake Cave, cf 2 0 0 0
Carlos Santana, 1b 4 2 2 1 Josh Donaldson, 3b 2 0 0 0
Salvador Perez, c 3 2 2 3 Willians Astudil, 3b 1 1 1 0
Cam Gallagher, ph-c 2 0 1 0 Nelson Cruz, dh 4 1 1 2
Jorge Soler, rf 3 0 0 1 Jorge Polanco, 2b 4 0 1 0
Ryan O'Hearn, dh 5 1 1 1 Kyle Garlick, rf 4 0 0 0
Hunter Dozier, 3b 4 0 0 0 Mitch Garver, c 2 0 0 0
Andrew Benintend, lf 4 3 3 2 Ben Rortvedt, c 2 0 0 0
Michael A. Taylo, cf 3 1 2 0 Alex Kirilloff, 1b 4 1 1 1
Jarrod Dyson, cf 1 0 0 0 Andrelton Simmon, ss 3 0 1 0
Nicky Lopez, ss 2 1 0 0 Luis Arraez, lf 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 11 12 11 33 3 5 3
KCA 202 501 010 -- 11
MIN 000 000 120 -- 3
KCA IP H R ER BB SO
Danny Duffy (W) 7.0 2 1 1 3 7
Jake Brentz 2.0 3 2 2 1 2
MIN IP H R ER BB SO
Matt Shoemaker (L) 3.1 8 9 8 2 0
Cody Stashak 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Randy Dobnak 3.0 3 2 2 1 3
Alex Colome 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Byron Buxton, Nicky Lopez, Ben Rortvedt
DP -- MIN 1
LOB -- KCA 3, MIN 7
2B -- Salvador Perez, Michael A. Taylor, Whit Merrifield
HR -- Salvador Perez, Ryan O'Hearn, Andrew Benintendi 2, Alex Kirilloff, Nelson Cruz
SF -- Jorge Soler
Balk -- Jake Brentz
T -- 2:59
A -- 9993
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