KC 6, MIN 4 | Sep 10, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, September 11, 2021•Target Field•80°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Ervin Santana

LOSS

Juan Minaya

SAVE

Greg Holland

The Royals defeated the Twins 6-4.

★Andrew Benintendi2 HR, 5 RBI

★Josh Donaldson3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 11: Andrew Benintendi homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. Salvador Perez scores.

Weather: 80°F, Partly CloudyWind: 6 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:37Att: 20,803Venue: Target Field

Ump Audit

Will Little

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91.2%C

13 missed calls

+25.3% KC

+1.21 runs KC

Win Probability

MIN WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
KC	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	0
MIN	4	0	0

Game 632541 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.275/.318/.395	95.2	.086	.112
Nicky LopezSS	5	1	2	0	0	0	.298/.365/.377	88.2	.157	.165
Salvador PerezC	4	2	0	0	1	2	.274/.315/.542	105.3	.188	.192
Andrew BenintendiLF	5	3	4	5	0	0	.265/.310/.432	103.1	.346	.469
Carlos Santana1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.221/.323/.365	103.8	.205	.342
Adalberto Mondesi3B	4	0	0	0	1	3	.262/.284/.569	93.4	.197	.390
Michael A. TaylorCF	5	0	1	1	0	0	.245/.299/.354	108.4	.295	.392
Greg HollandP	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Edward OlivaresRF	0	0	0	0	1	0	.227/.289/.409	88.5	-	-
Bench
Hunter DozierRF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.203/.276/.353	83.9	.122	.112
Ryan O'HearnPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.221/.252/.378
Totals	41	6	8	6	3	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Benintendi (1st off Jax, 2 on, 1 out); Benintendi (11th off Minaya, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Lopez; Rivero; Taylor

TB:17

RBI:Benintendi 5; Taylor

Team LOB:7

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Byron BuxtonCF	5	1	1	1	0	1	.287/.325/.599	111.8	.276

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Daniel Lynch IV	6.0	7	4	4	0	4	2	98-64	88.6	5.37
Jake Brentz	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	89.1	3.22
Josh Staumont	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	19-12	90.1	3.38
Scott Barlow	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-9	83.3	2.41
Ervin SantanaW	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13-7	89	4.70
Greg HollandS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-5	87.8	5.66
Totals	11.0	7	4	4	2	9	2	162-102	-	-

Pitches-strikes:IV 98-64; Brentz 7-5; Staumont 19-12; Barlow 15-9; Santana 13-7; Holland 10-5

Groundouts-flyouts:IV 3-11; Brentz 2-0; Staumont 1-0; Barlow 1-1; Santana 0-3; Holland 0-2

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Griffin Jax	6.0	5	4	4	1	4	1	76-57	88.3	6.72

Bench
Ryan JeffersC	3	0	0	0	0	1	.197/.273/.393	70.1	.313	.326
Nick GordonPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.236/.290/.319	96.8	.428	.385
Andrelton SimmonsSS	3	0	2	0	0	1	.224/.287/.276	98.5	.576	.553
Griffin JaxP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler DuffeyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jorge AlcalaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex ColoméP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Juan MinayaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-