Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Houston 9,
Minnesota 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Lazaro Diaz, 3B - Nick Mahrley
Attendance: 31011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Lazaro Diaz, 3B - Nick Mahrley
Attendance: 31011
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .300 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .261 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| Tyler Austin | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .230 |
| Gregorio Petit | PH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .296 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B-1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .244 |
| Max Kepler | CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 |
| Willians Astudillo | DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 |
| Joe Mauer | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Chris Gimenez | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Johnny Field | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .192 |
| Jake Cave | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .261 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Willians Astudillo (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Polanco 2, Mitch Garver, Max Kepler 2, Willians Astudillo 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Willians Astudillo (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ehire Adrianza (36), Johnny Field 2 (20) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mitch Garver (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jorge Polanco (3, 2nd by Valdez/McCann) | |||||||||
| PO - Jorge Polanco (1st by Valdez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jake Odorizzi (L 5-10) | 4.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4.57 |
| Andrew Vasquez | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| John Curtiss | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21.60 |
| Oliver Drake | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.83 |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 |
| Matt Belisle | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8.62 |
| HBP - Brian McCann (by Odorizzi) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jake Odorizzi 94-52, Andrew Vasquez 8-3, John Curtiss 24-15, Oliver Drake 7-1, Taylor Rogers 6-3, Matt Belisle 29-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jake Odorizzi 1-5, Andrew Vasquez 1-0, John Curtiss 0-0, Oliver Drake 0-1, Taylor Rogers 1-0, Matt Belisle 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jake Odorizzi 23, Andrew Vasquez 2, John Curtiss 5, Oliver Drake 2, Taylor Rogers 2, Matt Belisle 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Andrew Vasquez 2-0, Taylor Rogers 1-0, Matt Belisle 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | CF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .258 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .318 |
| Alex Bregman | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| J.D. Davis | PR-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| Tyler White | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .295 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 3B-SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Brian McCann | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .204 |
| Max Stassi | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Josh Reddick | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .243 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .231 |
| Tony Kemp | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .275 |
| Totals | 31 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - George Springer (25), Jose Altuve (28), Alex Bregman (47) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Bregman (29), Evan Gattis (25) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer 4, Jose Altuve 2, Alex Bregman 6, Yuli Gurriel, Josh Reddick, Evan Gattis 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Altuve (52), Alex Bregman 5 (96), Yuli Gurriel (68), Evan Gattis 2 (73) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jose Altuve (17), Alex Bregman 5 (38), Yuli Gurriel (27), Evan Gattis 2 (27) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Bregman (39), Tyler White (15), Josh Reddick 2 (32) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Brian McCann (5), Evan Gattis (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Framber Valdez (W 3-1) | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1.37 |
| Will Harris (H 13) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.88 |
| Joe Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.10 |
| Brad Peacock | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.98 |
| Tony Sipp | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.18 |
| Dean Deetz | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Framber Valdez | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 88-45, Will Harris 7-6, Joe Smith 14-10, Brad Peacock 15-9, Tony Sipp 7-5, Dean Deetz 5-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 8-1, Will Harris 1-0, Joe Smith 0-2, Brad Peacock 0-1, Tony Sipp 0-1, Dean Deetz 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 22, Will Harris 2, Joe Smith 4, Brad Peacock 4, Tony Sipp 2, Dean Deetz 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Will Harris 2-0, Dean Deetz 1-0 | ||||||||