Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 7,
Houston 5
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, August 8, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Victor Carapazza, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance: 26825
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Victor Carapazza, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance: 26825
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Max Kepler | RF | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Brent Rooker | DH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .176 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .272 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .220 |
| Luis Arraez | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| Miguel Sano | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .211 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
| Rob Refsnyder | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .328 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .229 |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .216 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Jake Cave (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Polanco 2 (20), Miguel Sano (18) | |||||||||
| TB - Max Kepler 3, Jorge Polanco 8, Luis Arraez 2, Miguel Sano 5, Jake Cave 3, Trevor Larnach 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco 4 (61), Miguel Sano 2 (44), Trevor Larnach (27) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Trevor Larnach (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brent Rooker (9), Mitch Garver (22), Andrelton Simmons 4 (36) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jorge Polanco (12), Miguel Sano (11) | |||||||||
| PB - Mitch Garver (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kenta Maeda (W 5-4) | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4.69 |
| Juan Minaya | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.78 |
| Tyler Duffey | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.77 |
| Danny Coulombe (H 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.89 |
| Jorge Alcala (H 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.11 |
| Alex Colome (SV 5) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.32 |
| IBB - Kyle Tucker (by Maeda) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Kenta Maeda 100-63, Juan Minaya 12-7, Tyler Duffey 15-10, Danny Coulombe 7-4, Jorge Alcala 29-19, Alex Colome 18-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kenta Maeda 6-2, Juan Minaya 1-0, Tyler Duffey 1-0, Danny Coulombe 1-0, Jorge Alcala 0-0, Alex Colome 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kenta Maeda 23, Juan Minaya 3, Tyler Duffey 4, Danny Coulombe 1, Jorge Alcala 5, Alex Colome 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Danny Coulombe 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Chas McCormick | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .251 |
| Michael Brantley | DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .329 |
| Jake Meyers | PH-DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Aledmys Diaz | 2B-3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .287 |
| Yordan Alvarez | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .268 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .276 |
| Taylor Jones | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Jacob Wilson | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 |
| Jose Altuve | PH-2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .184 |
| Jason Castro | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .185 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jake Meyers (1), Aledmys Diaz (13), Yordan Alvarez (19) | |||||||||
| HR - Carlos Correa (18) | |||||||||
| TB - Chas McCormick, Jake Meyers 2, Aledmys Diaz 3, Yordan Alvarez 3, Carlos Correa 4, Taylor Jones 2, Martin Maldonado | |||||||||
| RBI - Aledmys Diaz (29), Yordan Alvarez (74), Carlos Correa (60), Taylor Jones (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Aledmys Diaz (13), Yordan Alvarez (27), Taylor Jones (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yordan Alvarez (39), Carlos Correa 2 (49), Jacob Wilson (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Chas McCormick (4), Yordan Alvarez (13), Jacob Wilson (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Lance McCullers Jr. (L 9-3) | 4.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3.22 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.70 |
| Blake Taylor | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.54 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.39 |
| Yimi Garcia | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.45 |
| HBP - Jake Cave (by McCullers Jr.) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Lance McCullers Jr. 89-53, Phil Maton 23-16, Blake Taylor 20-10, Rafael Montero 24-16, Yimi Garcia 22-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Lance McCullers Jr. 7-1, Phil Maton 0-0, Blake Taylor 0-0, Rafael Montero 2-1, Yimi Garcia 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Lance McCullers Jr. 26, Phil Maton 5, Blake Taylor 5, Rafael Montero 6, Yimi Garcia 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Phil Maton 3-0, Yimi Garcia 1-0 | ||||||||