Friday's Twins-Kansas City game recap

June 5, 2021 at 5:14AM

GAME RECAP

IMPACT PLAYER

Whit Merrifield, Kansas City

The Royals' leadoff batter homered, singled and drove in three.

BY THE NUMBERS

9 Runs allowed by Twins starter Matt Shoemaker in one-third of an inning. He became one of six starters in MLB history to allow nine or more runs while recording zero or one outs.

141 Career home runs for the Twins' Miguel Sano, tied with Michael Cuddyer for 12th on the club's all-time list.

4 Twins errors, by Ben Rortvedt, Jorge Polanco, Willians Astudillo and Sano.

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