Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 5, St. Louis 3
When: 7:45 PM ET, Thursday, August 3, 2023
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Chris Segal, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 36949
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 040001000570
St. Louis 010001001380
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Carlos Correa SS 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .223
Kyle Farmer 3B-2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .249
Donovan Solano 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .272
Jorge Polanco DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .239
Edouard Julien 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .286
     Joey Gallo LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179
Ryan Jeffers C 4 1 1 2 0 1 3 .281
Willi Castro LF-3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .246
Michael A. Taylor CF 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 .223
Matt Wallner RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .254
     Max Kepler RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Totals 34 5 7 5 4 4 13  
Batting
2B - Willi Castro (12)
HR - Ryan Jeffers (6), Michael A. Taylor (13)
TB - Donovan Solano 2, Jorge Polanco, Edouard Julien, Ryan Jeffers 4, Willi Castro 2, Michael A. Taylor 4
RBI - Ryan Jeffers 2 (18), Michael A. Taylor 3 (33)
2-Out RBI - Michael A. Taylor (13)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Edouard Julien (10), Willi Castro (17), Matt Wallner 2 (6)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
SB - Willi Castro (27, 3rd off Liberatore/Knizner)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Sonny Gray (W 5-4) 7.0 5 2 2 0 8 1 3.18
Griffin Jax (H 16) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.91
Jhoan Duran (SV 19) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.95
WP - Jhoan Duran
Pitches-Strikes - Sonny Gray 77-55, Griffin Jax 15-11, Jhoan Duran 13-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sonny Gray 9-2, Griffin Jax 1-0, Jhoan Duran 2-0
Batters Faced - Sonny Gray 26, Griffin Jax 4, Jhoan Duran 5
St. Louis
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Lars Nootbaar LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .275
Paul Goldschmidt DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .275
Jordan Walker RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265
Alec Burleson 1B 4 2 3 1 0 1 0 .249
Tommy Edman SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .235
Dylan Carlson CF 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .226
Andrew Knizner C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .246
Taylor Motter 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .174
Jose Fermin 2B 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .214
Totals 35 3 8 3 0 11 10  
Batting
2B - Dylan Carlson (7)
HR - Alec Burleson (8)
TB - Alec Burleson 6, Tommy Edman, Dylan Carlson 2, Andrew Knizner, Jose Fermin 2
RBI - Alec Burleson (25), Dylan Carlson 2 (26)
2-Out RBI - Alec Burleson (8)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Taylor Motter (7)
Team LOB - 5
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Matthew Liberatore (L 1-4) 5.2 6 5 5 2 1 2 6.93
Drew VerHagen 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 4.57
Zack Thompson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.76
James Naile 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.38
WP - Matthew Liberatore
Pitches-Strikes - Matthew Liberatore 93-56, Drew VerHagen 25-14, Zack Thompson 18-13, James Naile 16-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matthew Liberatore 8-3, Drew VerHagen 1-0, Zack Thompson 3-0, James Naile 1-1
Batters Faced - Matthew Liberatore 25, Drew VerHagen 5, Zack Thompson 4, James Naile 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Drew VerHagen 3-1