Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 6, Minnesota 4
When: 4:45 PM ET, Saturday, October 7, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Jansen Visconti, LF - John Tumpane, RF - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 43024
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 000000400490
Houston 10202010-690
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Edouard Julien 2B 4 0 1 0 1 2 3 .250
Jorge Polanco 3B 5 1 2 3 0 3 2 .400
Royce Lewis DH 5 1 1 1 0 1 3 .200
Max Kepler RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .333
Alex Kirilloff 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000
Carlos Correa SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500
Matt Wallner LF 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 .000
Ryan Jeffers C 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500
Michael A. Taylor CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
     Willi Castro PH-CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000
Totals 34 4 9 4 3 13 21  
Batting
2B - Edouard Julien (1), Max Kepler (1), Carlos Correa (1)
HR - Jorge Polanco (1), Royce Lewis (1)
TB - Edouard Julien 2, Jorge Polanco 5, Royce Lewis 4, Max Kepler 2, Carlos Correa 3, Ryan Jeffers 2
RBI - Jorge Polanco 3 (3), Royce Lewis (1)
2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco 3 (3), Royce Lewis (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Kirilloff 2 (2), Willi Castro (1)
GIDP - Royce Lewis (1), Michael A. Taylor (1)
Team LOB - 8
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Matt Wallner (Abreu at 3rd)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Bailey Ober (L 0-1) 3.0 4 3 3 0 2 2 9.00
Kenta Maeda 2.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 9.00
Chris Paddack 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Caleb Thielbar 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 13.50
Emilio Pagan 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
WP - Kenta Maeda
HBP - Alex Bregman (by Ober)
Pitches-Strikes - Bailey Ober 43-28, Kenta Maeda 43-25, Chris Paddack 19-12, Caleb Thielbar 18-9, Emilio Pagan 14-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bailey Ober 2-4, Kenta Maeda 2-0, Chris Paddack 0-1, Caleb Thielbar 0-0, Emilio Pagan 0-1
Batters Faced - Bailey Ober 14, Kenta Maeda 11, Chris Paddack 4, Caleb Thielbar 3, Emilio Pagan 4
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .250
Alex Bregman 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 .333
Yordan Alvarez DH 3 3 2 3 1 1 0 .667
Kyle Tucker RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .250
Jose Abreu 1B 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .333
Michael Brantley LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .333
     Mauricio Dubon PR-CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chas McCormick CF-LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .250
Jeremy Pena SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250
Martin Maldonado C 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000
Totals 31 6 9 6 4 7 13  
Batting
2B - Kyle Tucker (1)
HR - Jose Altuve (1), Yordan Alvarez 2 (2)
TB - Jose Altuve 4, Alex Bregman, Yordan Alvarez 8, Kyle Tucker 2, Jose Abreu, Michael Brantley, Chas McCormick, Jeremy Pena
RBI - Jose Altuve (1), Yordan Alvarez 3 (3), Jose Abreu (1), Chas McCormick (1)
2-Out RBI - Chas McCormick (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve 2 (2), Jose Abreu (1), Martin Maldonado (1)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
SB - Michael Brantley (1, 2nd off Pagan/Jeffers)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Justin Verlander (W 1-0) 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 0.00
Hector Neris 0.2 3 4 4 0 2 2 54.00
Bryan Abreu (H 1) 1.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
Ryan Pressly (SV 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
WP - Bryan Abreu
HBP - Michael A. Taylor (by Verlander), Matt Wallner (by Neris)
Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 93-55, Hector Neris 18-11, Bryan Abreu 29-20, Ryan Pressly 16-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 5-3, Hector Neris 0-0, Bryan Abreu 1-0, Ryan Pressly 1-0
Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 24, Hector Neris 6, Bryan Abreu 6, Ryan Pressly 3