Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals, September 10, 2021
September 10, 2021, 8:10 PM ET | Target Field
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City Royals
Recorded starter
Minnesota Twins
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2021Kansas City RoyalsMinnesota Twins
.702
OPS.737
163
HR228
686
Runs729
4.64
ERA4.83
1.39
WHIP1.32
1344
Strikeouts by pitchers1317
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Minnesota Twins, MLBDB pick
Minnesota Twins, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Andrew Benintendi led Kansas City Royals with 4 hits and 2 home runs and 5 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nicky LopezSS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador PerezDH/C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew BenintendiLF | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Santana1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adalberto Mondesi3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael A. TaylorCF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter DozierRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan O'HearnPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ervin SantanaP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hanser AlbertoPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg HollandP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastián RiveroC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward OlivaresPH/RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
Andrelton Simmons led Minnesota Twins with 2 hits.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron BuxtonCF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jorge Polanco2B/SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob RefsnyderLF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Donaldson3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Miguel Sanó1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brent RookerDH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Max KeplerRF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan JeffersC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick GordonPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben RortvedtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrelton SimmonsSS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luis ArraezPH/2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Pitching
Daniel Lynch IV went 6.0 innings for Kansas City Royals (4 SO, 4 ER); Griffin Jax went 6.0 innings for Minnesota Twins (4 SO, 4 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Daniel Lynch IV | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Jake Brentz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ervin Santana | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Holland | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Twins | |||||||
| Griffin Jax | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Tyler Duffey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Alcala | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Colomé | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Juan Minaya | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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- at-bats
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- H
- hits
- RBI
- runs batted in
- BB
- walks
- SO
- strikeouts
- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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