KC 11, MIN 3 | May 1, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, May 1, 2021•Target Field•78°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Danny Duffy

LOSS

Matt Shoemaker

The Royals cruised past the Twins 11-3 in a dominant performance.

★Salvador Perez3 RBI

★Whit Merrifield3 RBI

★Andrew Benintendi2 HR, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Alex Kirilloff homers (3) on a fly ball to center field.

Weather: 78°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 2:59Att: 9,993Venue: Target Field

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90.7%C

13 missed calls

+1.7% MIN

+0.18 runs KC

Win Probability

MIN WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	11	12	1
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Game 634329 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Hanser Alberto2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.220/.235/.380	103.8	.877	.904
Carlos Santana1B	4	2	2	1	1	1	.258/.374/.506	106.2	.431	.407
Cam GallagherC	2	0	1	0	0	0	.133/.125/.200	102.2	.503	.518
Jorge SolerRF	3	0	0	1	0	0	.198/.295/.358	84.9	.222	.189
Ryan O'HearnDH	5	1	1	1	0	2	.167/.286/.500	110.5	.489	.873
Hunter Dozier3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.127/.195/.254	81.1	.088	.079
Andrew BenintendiLF	4	3	3	2	0	0	.250/.330/.405	103.3	.583	.898
Jarrod DysonCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286/.333/.500	99.1	.105	.116
Nicky LopezSS	2	1	0	0	2	0	.239/.333/.328	95.8	.179	.199
Bench
Whit Merrifield2B	4	1	1	3	0	0	.273/.315/.414	100.8	.136	.138
Salvador PerezC	3	2	2	3	0	0	.280/.314/.530
Totals	36	11	12	11	3	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Perez (3rd off Shoemaker, 1 on, 2 out); O'Hearn (4th off Shoemaker, 0 on, 0 out); Benintendi (6th off Dobnak, 0 on, 0 out); Benintendi (8th off Dobnak, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Perez; Merrifield; Taylor

TB:27

RBI:Soler; Perez 3; Merrifield 3; Benintendi 2; O'Hearn; Santana

SF:Soler

GIDP:Merrifield

Team LOB:3

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jake CaveCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.176/.243/.279	72.4	.208

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Danny DuffyW	7.0	2	1	1	3	7	1	107-69	89.4	0.60
Jake Brentz	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	1	36-23	89.9	3.09
Totals	9.0	5	3	3	4	9	2	143-92	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Duffy 107-69; Brentz 36-23

Groundouts-flyouts:Duffy 8-7; Brentz 4-0

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Matt ShoemakerL	3.1	8	9	8	2	0	2	68-49	86.4	7.83

Top 1 • KC

2-0

Jorge Soler out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Luis Arraez. Salvador Perez scores.

EV: 84.9 mph317 ftLA: 27°

1-0

Salvador Perez doubles (7) on a line drive to left fielder Luis Arraez, deflected by center fielder Byron Buxton. Carlos Santana scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd.

EV: 99.3 mph297 ftLA: 17°

Top 3 • KC

4-0

Salvador Perez homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Carlos Santana scores.

EV: 108.9 mph💣 434 ftLA: 31°

Top 4 • KC

9-0

Carlos Santana grounds out to first baseman Alex Kirilloff. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 74.2 mph59 ftLA: 3°

8-0

Whit Merrifield doubles (5) on a ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton, deflected by second baseman Jorge Polanco. Andrew Benintendi scores. Michael A. Taylor scores. Nicky Lopez scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd. Whit Merrifield advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by center fielder Byron Buxton.

EV: 65.3 mph105 ftLA: 12°

5-0

Ryan O'Hearn homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 108.6 mph💣 426 ftLA: 27°

Top 6 • KC

10-0

Andrew Benintendi homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 103.3 mph💣 384 ftLA: 28°

Bot 7 • MIN

10-1

Alex Kirilloff homers (3) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 108.4 mph💣 432 ftLA: 25°

Top 8 • KC

11-1

Andrew Benintendi homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 97.9 mph💣 379 ftLA: 32°

Bot 8 • MIN

11-3

Nelson Cruz homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. Willians Astudillo scores.

EV: 107.9 mph💣 439 ftLA: 22°

Bench
Byron BuxtonCF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.408/.447/.859	91.9	.267	.249
Josh Donaldson3B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.273/.365/.432	74.5	.054	.076
Mitch GarverC	2	0	0	0	0	1	.167/.206/.417	105.7	.142	.193
Matt ShoemakerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Cody StashakP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Randy DobnakP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex ColoméP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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