Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 3
Friday, September 3, 2021 7:10 PM
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 3, 2021
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Mike Muchlinski, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Junior Valentine
Attendance: 8864
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 100010010350
Tampa Bay 03200000-561
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Luis Arraez 3B 3 1 0 0 1 2 .298
Byron Buxton CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .308
Jorge Polanco 2B-SS 4 1 2 2 0 1 .276
Josh Donaldson DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251
Max Kepler RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .212
Miguel Sano 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .216
Nick Gordon LF-2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .227
Ryan Jeffers C 4 1 1 1 0 2 .198
Andrelton Simmons SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .219
(S)  Brent Rooker PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Totals 33 3 5 3 2 13  
Batting
2B - Jorge Polanco (28), Max Kepler (19)
HR - Jorge Polanco (25), Ryan Jeffers (12)
TB - Jorge Polanco 6, Max Kepler 2, Nick Gordon, Ryan Jeffers 4
RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (80), Ryan Jeffers (30)
2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco 2 (27), Ryan Jeffers (13)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Josh Donaldson (32), Ryan Jeffers 2 (21)
Team LOB - 5
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Randy Dobnak (L 1-7) 7.0 6 5 5 0 2 0 7.64
Ralph Garza 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.82
WP - Randy Dobnak
Pitches-Strikes - Randy Dobnak 88-53, Ralph Garza 8-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Randy Dobnak 16-2, Ralph Garza 1-1
Batters Faced - Randy Dobnak 28, Ralph Garza 3
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Brandon Lowe 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .228
Joey Wendle 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .275
Nelson Cruz DH 4 1 1 1 0 1 .267
Austin Meadows LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .237
(S)  Manuel Margot RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
Randy Arozarena RF-LF 3 1 0 1 0 1 .268
Kevin Kiermaier CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 .243
Yandy Diaz 1B 3 0 0 1 0 0 .254
Francisco Mejia C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .265
Taylor Walls SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .205
Totals 31 5 6 5 0 3  
Batting
2B - Nelson Cruz (19), Austin Meadows (28)
3B - Kevin Kiermaier (3)
TB - Joey Wendle, Nelson Cruz 2, Austin Meadows 3, Kevin Kiermaier 3, Francisco Mejia
RBI - Nelson Cruz (72), Austin Meadows (94), Randy Arozarena (60), Kevin Kiermaier (31), Yandy Diaz (45)
Team LOB - 2
Fielding
E - Taylor Walls (3)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Michael Wacha (W 3-4) 6.0 3 2 2 0 7 2 5.54
Peter Fairbanks (H 12) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.44
David Robertson (H 1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 4.50
Andrew Kittredge (SV 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.29
Pitches-Strikes - Michael Wacha 86-64, Peter Fairbanks 20-12, David Robertson 24-15, Andrew Kittredge 9-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Michael Wacha 4-5, Peter Fairbanks 0-1, David Robertson 1-0, Andrew Kittredge 1-1
Batters Faced - Michael Wacha 21, Peter Fairbanks 5, David Robertson 5, Andrew Kittredge 4