Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 6,
Houston 2
When: 8:03 PM ET, Sunday, October 8, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - John Tumpane, LF - Roberto Ortiz, RF - Brian Knight
Attendance: 43017
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - John Tumpane, LF - Roberto Ortiz, RF - Brian Knight
Attendance: 43017
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Donovan Solano | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Alex Kirilloff | PH-1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Royce Lewis | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .222 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .625 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 |
| Willi Castro | LF-3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .200 |
| Kyle Farmer | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Edouard Julien | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Andrew Stevenson | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carlos Correa 2 (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Kyle Farmer (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Donovan Solano, Royce Lewis, Carlos Correa 5, Willi Castro, Kyle Farmer 4, Edouard Julien, Max Kepler, Michael A. Taylor | |||||||||
| RBI - Carlos Correa 3 (3), Kyle Farmer 2 (2), Edouard Julien (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Carlos Correa (1), Edouard Julien (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ryan Jeffers (1), Kyle Farmer 2 (2) | |||||||||
| S - Jorge Polanco (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Donovan Solano (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Pablo Lopez (W 1-0) | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brock Stewart | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18.00 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Pablo Lopez | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Pablo Lopez 105-69, Brock Stewart 22-12, Jhoan Duran 7-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Pablo Lopez 5-6, Brock Stewart 1-0, Jhoan Duran 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Pablo Lopez 27, Brock Stewart 5, Jhoan Duran 3 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .167 |
| Yordan Alvarez | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .429 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .143 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 |
| Michael Brantley | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Chas McCormick | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Yainer Diaz | PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeremy Pena (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Yordan Alvarez (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Yordan Alvarez 4, Michael Brantley, Chas McCormick, Jeremy Pena 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Yordan Alvarez 2 (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Bregman 2 (2), Chas McCormick (1), Yainer Diaz (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Martin Maldonado (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Kyle Tucker (Correa at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Framber Valdez (L 0-1) | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10.38 |
| Phil Maton | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hunter Brown | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| HBP - Ryan Jeffers (by Montero) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 90-57, Phil Maton 11-4, Ryne Stanek 24-13, Rafael Montero 25-13, Hunter Brown 15-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 7-0, Phil Maton 1-0, Ryne Stanek 2-1, Rafael Montero 1-0, Hunter Brown 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 22, Phil Maton 3, Ryne Stanek 6, Rafael Montero 6, Hunter Brown 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Phil Maton 2-0, Rafael Montero 2-1 | ||||||||