Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins

64-78, 30-43 Away

Final

63-79, 33-37 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. Merrifield2B	1-5	0	0	0	.275
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Merrifield singled to left. 3rd: Merrifield grounded out to third. 5th: Merrifield grounded out to second, Dozier to third. 7th: Merrifield lined out to first. 9th: Merrifield flied out to center.
N. LopezSS	2-4	1	0	0	.300
S. PerezC	1-3	0	0	0	.274
S. RiveroC	0-0	0	0	0	.130
A. BenintendiLF	2-4	0	0	1	.267
C. SantanaDH	0-4	0	0	0	.219
M. TaylorCF	0-3	0	0	0	.243
E. OlivaresRF	0-4	0	0	0	.217
H. Alberto3B	2-4	1	0	0	.259
H. Dozier1B	2-4	0	0	1	.206

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Singer	4.2	7	6	2	7	97-64	4.85
T. Zuber	1.0	1	0	0	1	23-14	5.87
W. Davis	1.0	3	3	2	0	35-17	6.75
K. Zimmer	1.1	1	0	0	1	12-11	4.63

According to ESPN Analytics

MIN

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Target Field

12:10 AM, 12 September 2021

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 19,532

Game Time:3:13

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Greg Gibson
First Base Umpire - Ben May
Second Base Umpire - Rob Drake
Third Base Umpire - Will Little

Polanco homers twice as Twins hit 5 in 9-2 win over Royals

— Jorge Polanco hit two of Minnesota’s five home runs, Michael Pineda pitched five strong innings in his return to the rotation and the Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 on Saturday night.

Sep 12, 2021, 04:26 am - AP


KC
MIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	0
2	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	-	9	12	0

M. Pineda6-8

5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 K, 0 BB

B. Singer4-10

4.2 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 7 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	MIN
1st	Buxton homered to center (444 feet).	0	1
1st	Polanco homered to right (387 feet).	0	2
2nd	Gordon homered to right center (432 feet).	0	3
4th	Benintendi singled to shallow center, Lopez scored, Perez to second.	1	3
4th	Kepler homered to right (382 feet).	1	4
5th	Polanco homered to right (406 feet), Buxton scored.	1	6
7th	Cave singled to right center, Donaldson scored and Kepler scored, Sanó to second.	1	8
7th	Rortvedt reached on infield single to shortstop, Sanó scored, Cave to second.	1	9
9th	Dozier doubled to shallow left, Alberto scored.	2	9

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
6
Twins
4

Game 1

11/9

Royals
2
Twins
9

Game 2

12/9

Royals
5
Twins
3

Game 3

12/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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