Minnesota Twins vs. Kansas City Royals

Saturday, May 1st, 2021 1:10PM CST

Minnesota Twins

Twins

MIN

Home

3
vs.
Final

Royals

KC

Away

11
Kansas City Royals

Game Recap

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.

Game Details

Date: Saturday, May 1st, 2021

Time: 1:10PM CST

Stadium: Target Field

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 9,993

Line Score

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Minnesota TwinsMIN 000000120
Kansas City RoyalsKC 202501010

Game Stats


Minnesota Twins Batting

Twins Batting

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


Minnesota Twins Pitching

Twins Pitching

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


Minnesota Twins Fielding

Twins Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (Simmons-Polanco-Kirilloff)

Errors: Buxton (1, throw); Rortvedt (1, catcher's interference)



Kansas City Royals Batting

Royals Batting

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


Kansas City Royals Pitching

Royals Pitching

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


Kansas City Royals Fielding

Royals Fielding

Errors: Lopez (3, throw)


Kansas City Royals Baserunning

Royals Baserunning

Picked Off: Taylor (1st base, Shoemaker)


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