Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 5,
Minnesota 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Nick Mahrley, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 31315
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Nick Mahrley, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 31315
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .277 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .268 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .263 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .202 |
| Tyler Austin | PR-DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .234 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .224 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .246 |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 |
| Mitch Garver | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Robbie Grossman (20) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Polanco (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Logan Forsythe, Jorge Polanco 4, Robbie Grossman 3, Tyler Austin | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco (29), Robbie Grossman (38) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Robbie Grossman (22) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jake Cave (10), Chris Gimenez 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Trevor May (L 3-1) | 1.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.11 |
| Kohl Stewart | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.06 |
| Oliver Drake | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.90 |
| Tyler Duffey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.85 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Trevor May 26-18, Kohl Stewart 73-44, Oliver Drake 19-14, Tyler Duffey 9-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Trevor May 0-0, Kohl Stewart 8-1, Oliver Drake 1-1, Tyler Duffey 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Trevor May 8, Kohl Stewart 18, Oliver Drake 5, Tyler Duffey 3 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .318 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .245 |
| Tyler White | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .305 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .275 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .224 |
| Tony Kemp | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .279 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Bregman 3 (46) | |||||||||
| HR - Yuli Gurriel (10) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer 2, Alex Bregman 6, Tyler White, Yuli Gurriel 4, Josh Reddick 2, Tony Kemp | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Bregman 2 (91), Tyler White (30), Yuli Gurriel 2 (67) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Bregman (33), Tyler White (13), Yuli Gurriel 2 (26) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Correa (37), Tyler White (14) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jose Altuve (14) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 14-9) | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.84 |
| Chris Devenski | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.20 |
| Roberto Osuna (SV 13) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 |
| WP - Justin Verlander 2 | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 102-71, Ryan Pressly 12-9, Chris Devenski 11-5, Roberto Osuna 4-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 4-2, Ryan Pressly 0-0, Chris Devenski 0-0, Roberto Osuna 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 26, Ryan Pressly 3, Chris Devenski 2, Roberto Osuna 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Roberto Osuna 1-0 | ||||||||