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Royals
@ Twins
Target Field
May 2, 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 2, 2021 at Target Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 2, 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 2, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brad Keller |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jose Berrios |
| Ballpark | Target Field |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 9,997 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Phil Cuzzi 1B: Cory Blaser 2B: Erich Bacchus 3B: Tom Hallion |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | Second Baseman |
| Carlos Santana | First Baseman |
| Salvador Perez | DH |
| Jorge Soler | Right Fielder |
| Andrew Benintendi | Left Fielder |
| Hunter Dozier | Third Baseman |
| Michael Taylor | Center Fielder |
| Cam Gallagher | Catcher |
| Nicky Lopez | Shortstop |
| Mike Matheny | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Arraez | Second Baseman |
| Josh Donaldson | Third Baseman |
| Byron Buxton | Center Fielder |
| Nelson Cruz | DH |
| Alex Kirilloff | First Baseman |
| Mitch Garver | Catcher |
| Max Kepler | Right Fielder |
| Jake Cave | Left Fielder |
| Andrelton Simmons | Shortstop |
| Rocco Baldelli | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Twins
Target Field
May 2, 2021
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Berrios
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Berrios
Santana hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Berrios
Perez hits a line drive into left field. Cave settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Soler vs. Berrios
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Keller
Arraez is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Donaldson vs. Keller
Donaldson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Buxton vs. Keller
Buxton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Berrios
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Dozier vs. Berrios
Dozier strikes out. There goes Benintendi. The throw from Garver to second, and Benintendi is out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Berrios
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Keller
Cruz hits a popup towards first. Santana settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Keller
Kirilloff strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Keller
Garver hits a fly ball into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Berrios
Gallagher strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Berrios
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Berrios
Merrifield strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kepler vs. Keller
Kepler hits a line drive into right field. Soler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cave vs. Keller
Cave is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Keller
Simmons hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Keller
Arraez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Donaldson vs. Keller
Donaldson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dozier. Arraez moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Buxton vs. Keller
Buxton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Dozier. Arraez scores. Donaldson moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Cruz vs. Keller
There's a wild pitch. Buxton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Cruz vs. Keller
Cruz is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Kirilloff vs. Keller
Kirilloff hits a fly ball into right field. Soler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Donaldson tags and scores. Buxton tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Garver vs. Keller
Garver hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kepler vs. Keller
Kepler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Taylor. Kepler reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Cave vs. Keller
Cave strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Berrios
Santana hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Berrios
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Soler vs. Berrios
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arraez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Benintendi vs. Berrios
Benintendi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Soler moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Dozier vs. Berrios
Dozier hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Berrios
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Berrios fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 3 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Keller
Simmons hits a line drive into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Keller
Arraez hits a fly ball into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Keller
Donaldson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Taylor. Donaldson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Buxton vs. Keller
Buxton strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 3 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Berrios
Gallagher hits a line drive into right field. Kepler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Berrios
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Berrios
Merrifield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cave. Merrifield reaches second base with a double. Lopez goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Santana vs. Berrios
Santana hits a popup towards short. Simmons settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Berrios
Perez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Keller
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dozier fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Bubic
Kris Bubic now pitching.
Kirilloff strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Bubic
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kepler vs. Bubic
Kepler hits a popup towards third. Dozier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Berrios
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Simmons. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Benintendi vs. Berrios
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arraez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Dozier vs. Berrios
Dozier strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Berrios
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cave vs. Bubic
Cave hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Bubic
Simmons 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 -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Arraez vs. Bubic
Arraez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Taylor who is chasing the ball. Arraez reaches third base with a triple. Simmons goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Donaldson vs. Barlow
Scott Barlow now pitching.
Donaldson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Benintendi. Donaldson reaches second base with a double. Arraez scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buxton vs. Barlow
Buxton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Taylor. Buxton reaches second base with a double. Donaldson scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Barlow
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Kirilloff vs. Barlow
Kirilloff strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gallagher vs. Robles
Hansel Robles now pitching.
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Robles
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Robles
Merrifield hits a line drive into left field. Cave settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Santana vs. Robles
Santana hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Robles
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Holland
Ryan O'Hearn now playing first base. Greg Holland now pitching.
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kepler vs. Holland
Kepler hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Hearn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kepler for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cave vs. Holland
Cave takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Holland
Simmons strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Thielbar
Caleb Thielbar now pitching.
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Thielbar
Benintendi hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Arraez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Thielbar
Dozier hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cave. Dozier reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Thielbar
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Newberry
Hanser Alberto now playing shortstop. Jake Newberry now pitching.
Arraez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Donaldson vs. Newberry
Donaldson hits a line drive into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Buxton vs. Newberry
Buxton strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Newberry
Cruz hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Arraez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kirilloff vs. Newberry
Kirilloff hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Garver vs. Newberry
Garver hits a popup towards first. O'Hearn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 4 - Twins, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dyson vs. Alcala
Jorge Alcala now pitching. Jarrod Dyson pinch hits for Cam Gallagher.
Dyson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Alberto vs. Alcala
Alberto hits a fly ball into right field. Kepler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Alcala
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
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Box Score
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Game of 5/2/2021 -- KCA at MIN (D)
KCA AB R H RBI MIN AB R H RBI
Whit Merrifield, 2b 5 0 1 1 Luis Arraez, 2b 4 3 3 1
Carlos Santana, 1b 4 0 3 0 Josh Donaldson, 3b 5 2 2 1
Ryan O'Hearn, 1b 0 0 0 0 Byron Buxton, cf 5 1 2 1
Salvador Perez, dh 4 0 0 0 Nelson Cruz, dh 4 2 1 0
Jorge Soler, rf 4 1 0 0 Alex Kirilloff, 1b 4 1 1 4
Andrew Benintend, lf 4 1 2 0 Mitch Garver, c 5 1 2 3
Hunter Dozier, 3b 4 1 2 3 Max Kepler, rf 4 0 1 0
Michael A. Taylo, cf 4 0 0 0 Jake Cave, lf 2 1 0 0
Cam Gallagher, c 3 0 0 0 Andrelton Simmon, ss 4 2 2 2
Jarrod Dyson, ph 0 0 0 0
Nicky Lopez, ss 1 1 0 0
Hanser Alberto, ss 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 4 8 4 37 13 14 12
KCA 000 310 000 -- 4
MIN 007 003 03x -- 13
KCA IP H R ER BB SO
Brad Keller (L) 4.1 6 7 2 1 3
Kris Bubic 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Scott Barlow 0.2 2 1 1 0 2
Greg Holland 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Jake Newberry 1.0 3 3 3 0 1
MIN IP H R ER BB SO
Jose Berrios (W) 6.0 6 4 4 1 9
Hansel Robles 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Caleb Thielbar 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Jorge Alcala 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
E -- Hunter Dozier 2, Andrelton Simmons
DP -- KCA 1, MIN 2
LOB -- KCA 6, MIN 5
2B -- Max Kepler, Josh Donaldson 2, Whit Merrifield, Byron Buxton, Hunter Dozier
3B -- Luis Arraez
HR -- Andrelton Simmons, Mitch Garver, Hunter Dozier, Alex Kirilloff
CS -- Andrew Benintendi
SF -- Alex Kirilloff
HBP -- by Brad Keller (Luis Arraez), by Brad Keller (Jake Cave)
WP -- Brad Keller
T -- 3:02
A -- 9997
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