Saturday, May 1st, 2021 1:10PM CST
On Saturday, the Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins with a final score of 11 to 3. Key contributions to the Royals' victory included Andrew Benintendi hitting two home runs and Salvador Perez adding another homer while driving in three runs.
Date: Saturday, May 1st, 2021
Time: 1:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 9,993
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
KC |
2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

Home Runs: Cruz (8, 8th inning off Brentz 1 on, 1 Out); Kirilloff (3, 7th inning off Duffy 0 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Cruz 2 (21), Kirilloff (6)
Team Left On Base: 7
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-3 (Buxton 0-1, Cave 0-1, Garlick 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Buxton 1; Cave 2; Garlick 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Colomé 1/4; Shoemaker 12/19; Stashak 3/5; Dobnak 11/13
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Colomé-1-0-2-4; Shoemaker-8-10-14-17; Stashak-2-4-4-2; Dobnak-10-6-6-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Colomé 0-3; Shoemaker 6-3; Stashak 1-2; Dobnak 4-1
Game Scores: M Shoemaker 8

Double Plays: 1 (Simmons-Polanco-Kirilloff)
Errors: Buxton (1, throw); Rortvedt (1, catcher's interference)

Doubles: Perez (7, Shoemaker); Taylor (2, Shoemaker); Merrifield (5, Shoemaker)
Home Runs: Perez (6, 3rd inning off Shoemaker 1 on, 2 Out); Benintendi 2 (3, 6th inning off Dobnak 0 on, 0 Out, 8th inning off Dobnak 0 on, 0 Out); O'Hearn (2, 4th inning off Shoemaker 0 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: C. Santana (21), Perez 3 (16), Merrifield 3 (18), Soler (12), Benintendi 2 (10), O'Hearn (2)
2-out Runs Batted In: Perez 2
Sacrifice Flies: Soler
Ground Into Double Play: Merrifield
Team Left On Base: 3
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-4 (C. Santana 0-1, Merrifield 1-1, Dozier 0-1, O'Hearn 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Dozier 1

Balks: Brentz
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Duffy 14/27; Brentz 5/10
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Duffy-18-11-23-16; Brentz-7-2-7-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Duffy 8-7; Brentz 4-0
Game Scores: D Duffy 73

Errors: Lopez (3, throw)

Picked Off: Taylor (1st base, Shoemaker)
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