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
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
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 | ||||||||