Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 4, Minnesota 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - John Bacon, 3B - Will Little
Attendance: 32639
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Luis Arraez 1B 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .324
Carlos Correa SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .269
Jorge Polanco 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .236
Jose Miranda DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .280
Nick Gordon CF 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .275
     Gilberto Celestino CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .255
Max Kepler RF 4 0 2 1 0 2 1 .230
Gio Urshela 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .266
Jake Cave LF 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 .158
Gary Sanchez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .215
Totals 33 2 6 2 2 16 15  
Batting
2B - Max Kepler (16)
TB - Carlos Correa, Jorge Polanco, Jose Miranda, Max Kepler 3, Gio Urshela
RBI - Jose Miranda (54), Max Kepler (42)
2-Out RBI - Max Kepler (13)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jake Cave 2 (5)
GIDP - Gary Sanchez (8)
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
E - Jorge Polanco (8)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Aaron Sanchez (L 0-1) 4.0 6 2 2 1 4 0 4.00
Cole Sands 2.0 4 1 1 0 3 0 6.56
Trevor Megill 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.31
Emilio Pagan 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.13
HBP - Jose Altuve (by Sanchez)
Pitches-Strikes - Aaron Sanchez 75-50, Cole Sands 38-24, Trevor Megill 8-6, Emilio Pagan 14-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Aaron Sanchez 4-1, Cole Sands 2-0, Trevor Megill 1-0, Emilio Pagan 2-0
Batters Faced - Aaron Sanchez 20, Cole Sands 9, Trevor Megill 3, Emilio Pagan 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Cole Sands 2-0, Trevor Megill 2-1
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .278
Yuli Gurriel 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .248
Yordan Alvarez LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .296
Alex Bregman 3B 4 2 3 2 0 1 1 .266
Kyle Tucker RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 .260
Trey Mancini DH 4 0 2 1 0 2 1 .263
Jeremy Pena SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .249
Mauricio Dubon CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .217
Martin Maldonado C 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .179
Totals 34 4 12 4 1 9 20  
Batting
2B - Jose Altuve (27), Kyle Tucker (21), Trey Mancini (18)
HR - Alex Bregman (19)
TB - Jose Altuve 2, Yuli Gurriel, Yordan Alvarez, Alex Bregman 6, Kyle Tucker 2, Trey Mancini 3, Jeremy Pena 2, Mauricio Dubon
RBI - Alex Bregman 2 (74), Trey Mancini (52), Mauricio Dubon (13)
2-Out RBI - Alex Bregman 2 (29), Mauricio Dubon (6)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Bregman (32), Martin Maldonado 2 (47)
GIDP - Yordan Alvarez (10), Kyle Tucker (6)
Team LOB - 8
Fielding
E - Mauricio Dubon (4)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Justin Verlander (W 16-3) 6.0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1.87
Ryne Stanek (H 13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.28
Will Smith 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.50
Hector Neris (H 20) 1.1 3 2 2 1 2 0 3.68
Bryan Abreu (SV 2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.27
WP - Justin Verlander
Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 91-62, Ryne Stanek 18-14, Will Smith 9-8, Hector Neris 28-17, Bryan Abreu 8-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 4-4, Ryne Stanek 0-0, Will Smith 0-0, Hector Neris 1-0, Bryan Abreu 0-0
Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 19, Ryne Stanek 4, Will Smith 3, Hector Neris 7, Bryan Abreu 2
Inherited Runners-Scored - Hector Neris 2-0, Bryan Abreu 2-0