Royals

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
W. Merrifield 2B	2-5	5	2	2	3	0	0	16	.253	.321	.376
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Merrifield grounded out to first. 3rd: Merrifield grounded out to pitcher. 5th: Merrifield singled to left, Taylor scored, Merrifield to second. 7th: Merrifield doubled to left, Soler scored and Dozier scored, Taylor to third. 8th: Merrifield flied out to right.
C. Santana 1B	1-4	4	0	1	2	0	1	17	.247	.377	.452
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: C. Santana popped out to first. 3rd: C. Santana flied out to second. 5th: C. Santana singled to right, Merrifield scored. 7th: C. Santana hit sacrifice fly to center, Taylor scored. 9th: C. Santana struck out looking.
A. Benintendi LF	1-4	4	1	1	0	1	1	17	.284	.348	.385
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Benintendi reached on infield single to second. 4th: Benintendi lined out to left. 5th: Benintendi struck out swinging. 7th: Benintendi walked. 9th: Benintendi flied out to right.
S. Perez C	2-5	5	0	2	1	0	0	17	.277	.308	.476
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Perez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Benintendi out at second. 4th: Perez flied out to center. 6th: Perez fouled out to first. 7th: Perez singled to center, Merrifield scored, Benintendi to third. 9th: Perez doubled to left.
A. Mondesi SS	2-5	5	0	2	1	0	1	22	.357	.357	.571
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Mondesi flied out to right. 4th: Mondesi flied out to center. 6th: Mondesi doubled to deep left. 7th: Mondesi singled to shallow right, Benintendi scored, Perez to second. 9th: Mondesi struck out swinging.
K. Gutierrez 3B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	3	16	.244	.262	.268
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Gutiérrez grounded out to second. 5th: Gutiérrez struck out swinging. 6th: Gutiérrez struck out swinging. 7th: Gutiérrez struck out swinging.
J. Soler DH	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	0	14	.179	.258	.315
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Soler singled to center. 5th: Soler grounded out to third. 7th: Soler singled to center. 7th: Soler flied out to left.
H. Dozier RF	1-3	3	2	1	0	1	1	12	.144	.211	.339
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Dozier popped out to catcher. 5th: Dozier walked. 7th: Dozier singled to center, Soler to second. 8th: Dozier struck out looking.
M. Taylor CF	2-4	4	2	2	1	0	1	9	.253	.310	.384
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 3rd: Taylor grounded out to second. 5th: Taylor doubled to right center, Dozier scored. 7th: Taylor singled to right, Dozier to second, Soler to third. 8th: Taylor struck out swinging.

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
K. Bubic	6.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	98-59	1.52	98
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
T. Zuber	0.1	0	2	2	3	0	0	20-5	6.60	20
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
K. Zimmer	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	18-12	2.55	18
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
J. Brentz	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	27-17	2.28	27
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game

Twins

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
K. Garlick RF	0-2	2	0	0	0	1	0	11	.253	.278	.480
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Garlick walked. 3rd: Garlick lined out to center. 5th: Garlick grounded out to third.
T. Larnach PH-LF	1-1	1	0	1	1	1	0	14	.226	.359	.415
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 7th: Larnach singled to deep right, Polanco scored, Simmons to second, Refsnyder to third. 9th: Larnach walked.
J. Donaldson 3B	0-5	5	0	0	0	0	2	22	.227	.327	.398
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Donaldson grounded into double play, third to second to first, Garlick out at second. 3rd: Donaldson flied out to right. 5th: Donaldson fouled out to left. 7th: Donaldson struck out swinging. 9th: Donaldson struck out swinging.
N. Cruz DH	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	19	.285	.347	.523
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Cruz doubled to left. 3rd: Cruz grounded out to shortstop. 6th: Cruz flied out to right. 7th: Cruz grounded out to third.
M. Garver C	1-3	3	1	1	1	1	0	23	.227	.320	.509
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Garver walked. 4th: Garver homered to left (424 feet). 6th: Garver grounded out to third. 8th: Garver fouled out to first.
A. Kirilloff LF-RF	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	.229	.257	.471
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Kirilloff grounded out to first. 4th: Kirilloff grounded out to second. 6th: Kirilloff flied out to left. 8th: Kirilloff grounded out to shortstop.
M. Sano 1B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	2	16	.176	.295	.429
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Sanó struck out looking. 4th: Sanó struck out swinging. 7th: Sanó fouled out to first. 8th: Sanó lined out to third.
J. Polanco 2B	2-3	3	1	2	0	1	0	13	.235	.308	.383
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Polanco singled to center. 4th: Polanco fouled out to third. 7th: Polanco walked. 9th: Polanco doubled to deep left.
R. Refsnyder CF	0-3	3	1	0	0	1	2	17	.368	.419	.605
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Refsnyder struck out swinging. 5th: Refsnyder struck out swinging. 7th: Refsnyder walked, Polanco to second. 9th: Refsnyder lined out to left.
A. Simmons SS	1-3	3	0	1	0	1	2	17	.240	.331	.328
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Simmons struck out swinging. 5th: Simmons doubled to deep left. 7th: Simmons walked, Refsnyder to second, Polanco to third. 9th: Simmons struck out looking.

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
R. Dobnak	6.0	9	6	6	1	3	0	89-52	6.49	89
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
C. Stashak	2.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	34-23	6.89	34
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
L. Farrell	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	17-11	0.00	17
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game

Win Probability 100%

MIN

KC 100%

MIN

Bottom 9

Donaldson struck out swinging.

Game Stats

Walks Issued
- KC6
- 2MIN
Stolen Bases
- KC0
- 0MIN
Strikeouts Thrown
- KC8
- 8MIN
Total Bases
- KC17
- 12MIN

Game Information

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 14,260

37%

Capacity: 39,029

Game Time: 3:12

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire - Carlos Torres, First Base Umpire - Tim Timmons, Second Base Umpire - Lance Barrett, Third Base Umpire - Roberto Ortiz

Merrifield, Bubic lead Royals over Twins 8-3

— Whit Merrifield had two hits and three RBI, Kris Bubic had another strong start and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3 Friday night.

5/29/2021 AP

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	8	13	0
Twins MIN	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0

WINKris BubicK. Bubic(1-0)6.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 K, 2 BB

LOSSRandy DobnakR. Dobnak(1-4)6.0 IP, 6 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	MIN
4th	Garver homered to left (424 feet).	0	1
5th	Taylor doubled to right center, Dozier scored.	1	1
5th	Merrifield singled to left, Taylor scored, Merrifield to second.	2	1
5th	C. Santana singled to right, Merrifield scored.	3	1
7th	Merrifield doubled to left, Soler scored and Dozier scored, Taylor to third.	5	1
7th	C. Santana hit sacrifice fly to center, Taylor scored.	6	1
7th	Perez singled to center, Merrifield scored, Benintendi to third.	7	1
7th	Mondesi singled to shallow right, Benintendi scored, Perez to second.	8	1
7th	Larnach singled to deep right, Polanco scored, Simmons to second, Refsnyder to third.	8	2
7th	Refsnyder scored on Zimmer wild pitch, Larnach to second on wild pitch by Zimmer, Simmons to third on wild pitch by Zimmer.	8	3