Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 7, Kansas City 3
Sunday, October 3, 2021 3:10 PM
When: 3:10 PM ET, Sunday, October 3, 2021
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Nick Mahrley, 2B - Daniel Bellino, 3B - Sean Barber
Attendance: 17158
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 500020000791
Kansas City 003000000390
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Luis Arraez 3B 4 2 3 0 0 0 .294
Byron Buxton CF 4 2 2 2 0 0 .306
Jorge Polanco 2B 4 1 1 3 0 0 .269
Josh Donaldson DH 3 1 0 0 1 2 .247
Max Kepler RF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .211
Miguel Sano 1B 4 0 1 1 0 2 .223
Brent Rooker LF 3 0 0 0 0 3 .201
(S)  Andrelton Simmons SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 .223
Nick Gordon SS-LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 .240
Ryan Jeffers C 4 0 0 0 0 3 .199
Totals 35 7 9 7 1 12  
Batting
2B - Byron Buxton (23)
HR - Byron Buxton (19), Jorge Polanco (33)
TB - Luis Arraez 3, Byron Buxton 6, Jorge Polanco 4, Max Kepler, Miguel Sano, Andrelton Simmons
RBI - Byron Buxton 2 (32), Jorge Polanco 3 (98), Miguel Sano (75), Nick Gordon (23)
GIDP - Ryan Jeffers (6)
Team LOB - 2
Fielding
E - Ryan Jeffers (4)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Charlie Barnes 2.2 7 3 2 1 3 0 5.92
Juan Minaya 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.48
Nick Vincent (W 1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.71
Kyle Barraclough 1.2 1 0 0 1 4 0 5.54
Jorge Alcala (SV 1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.92
WP - Juan Minaya
HBP - Salvador Perez (by Barnes)
Pitches-Strikes - Charlie Barnes 54-35, Juan Minaya 27-22, Nick Vincent 15-11, Kyle Barraclough 36-23, Jorge Alcala 19-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Charlie Barnes 1-3, Juan Minaya 1-0, Nick Vincent 1-2, Kyle Barraclough 0-0, Jorge Alcala 0-1
Batters Faced - Charlie Barnes 16, Juan Minaya 5, Nick Vincent 6, Kyle Barraclough 7, Jorge Alcala 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Juan Minaya 1-0, Jorge Alcala 2-0
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Whit Merrifield RF-2B 5 0 0 0 0 3 .277
Nicky Lopez SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 .300
(S)  Kyle Isbel PR-LF 3 1 1 0 0 2 .276
Salvador Perez DH 2 1 0 0 1 1 .273
Carlos Santana 1B 4 0 3 1 0 0 .214
Hunter Dozier LF-3B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .216
Adalberto Mondesi 3B-SS 4 1 0 0 0 2 .230
Michael A. Taylor CF 4 0 2 1 0 1 .244
Hanser Alberto 2B-SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .270
(S)  Ryan O'Hearn PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225
Cam Gallagher C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
(S)  Sebastian Rivero C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .175
(S)  Andrew Benintendi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276
Totals 35 3 9 2 2 14  
Batting
2B - Hanser Alberto (20)
TB - Nicky Lopez, Kyle Isbel, Carlos Santana 3, Michael A. Taylor 2, Hanser Alberto 2, Sebastian Rivero
RBI - Carlos Santana (69), Michael A. Taylor (54)
2-Out RBI - Michael A. Taylor (20)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (51), Hunter Dozier (54), Hanser Alberto (33), Ryan O'Hearn (34)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
CS - Michael A. Taylor (7, 2nd by Barnes/Jeffers)
SB - Adalberto Mondesi (15, 2nd off Barnes/Jeffers)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jackson Kowar (L 0-6) 4.0 5 5 5 1 6 1 11.27
Joel Payamps 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 3.40
Dylan Coleman 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1.42
Scott Barlow 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.42
Josh Staumont 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.88
Pitches-Strikes - Jackson Kowar 75-47, Joel Payamps 21-15, Dylan Coleman 26-17, Scott Barlow 12-9, Josh Staumont 11-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jackson Kowar 2-3, Joel Payamps 2-0, Dylan Coleman 1-1, Scott Barlow 0-0, Josh Staumont 1-0
Batters Faced - Jackson Kowar 18, Joel Payamps 5, Dylan Coleman 7, Scott Barlow 3, Josh Staumont 3