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Royals
@ Twins
Target Field
April 30, 2021
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on April 30, 2021 at Target Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 30, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 30, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brady Singer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Michael Pineda |
| Ballpark | Target Field |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 9,982 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 9 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Erich Bacchus 1B: Tom Hallion 2B: Phil Cuzzi 3B: Cory Blaser |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | Second Baseman |
| Carlos Santana | First Baseman |
| Salvador Perez | Catcher |
| Jorge Soler | Right Fielder |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH |
| Hunter Dozier | Third Baseman |
| Andrew Benintendi | Left Fielder |
| Michael Taylor | Center Fielder |
| Nicky Lopez | Shortstop |
| Mike Matheny | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Arraez | Left Fielder |
| Josh Donaldson | Third Baseman |
| Byron Buxton | Center Fielder |
| Nelson Cruz | DH |
| Alex Kirilloff | First Baseman |
| Jorge Polanco | Second Baseman |
| Max Kepler | Right Fielder |
| Andrelton Simmons | Shortstop |
| Ben Rortvedt | Catcher |
| Rocco Baldelli | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Twins
Target Field
April 30, 2021
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Pineda
Merrifield hits a fly ball into left field. Arraez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Pineda
Santana hits a line drive into right field. Kepler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Pineda
Perez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Singer
Arraez hits a line drive into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Singer
Donaldson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Singer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Buxton vs. Singer
Buxton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Singer
There goes Buxton. The throw from Perez and he is safe. Buxton steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Singer
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirilloff vs. Singer
Kirilloff hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Pineda
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
O'Hearn vs. Pineda
O'Hearn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Pineda
Dozier strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Singer
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Singer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Kepler vs. Singer
Kepler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Singer
Simmons takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
vs. Singer
takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to third. Simmons moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Arraez vs. Singer
Arraez is hit by the pitch. Polanco scores. Simmons moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Donaldson vs. Singer
Donaldson hits a line drive for a double play. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Pineda
Benintendi bunts towards third. Donaldson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Pineda
Pineda fires to first and has Benintendi trapped. There's the throw to Polanco who tags Benintendi for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Pineda
Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Pineda
Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Arraez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Buxton vs. Zuber
Tyler Zuber now pitching.
Buxton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Zuber
Cruz takes first base on ball four. Buxton moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Kirilloff vs. Zuber
Kirilloff hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Zuber
Polanco hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kepler vs. Zuber
Kepler hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Zuber
Simmons strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Pineda
Merrifield hits a fly ball into left field. Arraez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Pineda
Santana hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Pineda
Perez hits a line drive beyond second. Polanco can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Soler vs. Pineda
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
O'Hearn vs. Pineda
O'Hearn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
vs. Santana
Ervin Santana now pitching.
strikes out. Perez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Santana
Arraez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Santana
Donaldson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Buxton vs. Santana
Buxton hits a line drive into right field. Soler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Pineda
Dozier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Benintendi vs. Pineda
Benintendi hits a line drive into center field. Buxton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Pineda
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Pineda, and towards Polanco, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Dozier moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Pineda
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Merrifield vs. Pineda
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Santana
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Soler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Santana
Kirilloff hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Santana
Polanco hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Soler. Polanco reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Kepler vs. Santana
Kepler hits a popup towards short. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Simmons vs. Santana
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Duffey
Tyler Duffey now pitching.
Santana hits a popup towards third. Donaldson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Duffey
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Duffey
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
vs. Santana
hits a fly ball into right field. Soler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Arraez vs. Santana
Arraez hits a line drive into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Donaldson vs. Santana
Donaldson hits a line drive towards first. Santana reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
O'Hearn vs. Robles
Hansel Robles now pitching.
O'Hearn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Dozier vs. Robles
Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Robles
Benintendi hits a fly ball into center field. Buxton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Buxton vs. Santana
Buxton strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Santana
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Kirilloff vs. Santana
Kirilloff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Polanco vs. Santana
Polanco hits a line drive into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Alcala
Jorge Alcala now pitching.
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Alcala
Lopez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Alcala
Merrifield strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Kepler vs. Davis
Wade Davis now pitching.
Kepler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Davis
Simmons hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Taylor. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Kepler goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
vs. Davis
hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simmons scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Arraez vs. Davis
Arraez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Donaldson vs. Davis
Donaldson takes first base on ball four. Arraez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Buxton vs. Davis
Buxton hits a popup towards first. Santana settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cruz vs. Davis
There's a wild pitch. Arraez moves to third. Donaldson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Cruz vs. Davis
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Arraez tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Kirilloff vs. Davis
Kirilloff hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBroom vs. Alcala
Jake Cave now playing center field. Ryan McBroom pinch hits for Carlos Santana.
McBroom hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gallagher vs. Alcala
Cam Gallagher pinch hits for Salvador Perez.
Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. McBroom moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Alberto vs. Alcala
Hanser Alberto pinch hits for Jorge Soler.
Alberto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Simmons scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Hearn vs. Alcala
O'Hearn hits a fly ball into left field. Arraez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/30/2021 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Merrifield W, 2b 4 0 0 0 Arraez L, lf 3 1 0 1
Santana C, 1b 3 1 1 1 Donaldson J, 3b 3 0 0 0
McBroom R, ph 1 0 1 0 Buxton B, cf 4 1 1 0
Perez S, c 3 0 1 0 Cave J, cf 0 0 0 0
Gallagher C, ph 1 0 0 0 Cruz N, dh 2 1 0 1
Soler J, rf 3 0 0 0 Kirilloff A, 1b 4 2 2 4
Alberto H, ph 1 0 0 0 Polanco J, 2b 4 1 2 0
O'Hearn R, dh 3 0 0 0 Kepler M, rf 3 1 0 0
Dozier H, 3b 2 0 0 0 Simmons A, ss 3 1 1 1
Benintendi A, lf 3 0 1 0 Rortvedt B, c 3 1 1 1
Taylor M, cf 3 0 0 0
Lopez N, ss 2 0 0 0
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29 1 4 1 29 9 7 8
Kansas City 000 100 000 -- 1
Minnesota 013 010 04x -- 9
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Singer B (L) 2.0 2 1 1 3 1
Zuber T 1.0 1 3 3 2 1
Santana E 4.0 2 1 1 2 2
Davis W 1.0 2 4 4 3 0
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Pineda M (W) 5.0 3 1 1 2 5
Duffey T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Robles H 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Alcala J 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
DP -- Kansas City 1, Minnesota 1
LOB -- Kansas City 4, Minnesota 8
2B -- Polanco J, Simmons A
HR -- Kirilloff A 2, Santana C
SB -- Buxton B
CS -- Benintendi A
SF -- Cruz N
HBP -- by Singer B (Arraez L)
WP -- Davis W
T -- 3:09
A -- 9982
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