Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 5,
St. Louis 3
When: 7:45 PM ET, Thursday, August 3, 2023
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Chris Segal, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 36949
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Chris Segal, 1B - CB Bucknor, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 36949
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .223 |
| Kyle Farmer | 3B-2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .249 |
| Donovan Solano | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 |
| Jorge Polanco | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .239 |
| Edouard Julien | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 |
| Joey Gallo | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .281 |
| Willi Castro | LF-3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .223 |
| Matt Wallner | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .254 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Willi Castro (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Ryan Jeffers (6), Michael A. Taylor (13) | |||||||||
| TB - Donovan Solano 2, Jorge Polanco, Edouard Julien, Ryan Jeffers 4, Willi Castro 2, Michael A. Taylor 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Ryan Jeffers 2 (18), Michael A. Taylor 3 (33) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Michael A. Taylor (13) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Edouard Julien (10), Willi Castro (17), Matt Wallner 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Willi Castro (27, 3rd off Liberatore/Knizner) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Sonny Gray (W 5-4) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.18 |
| Griffin Jax (H 16) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.91 |
| Jhoan Duran (SV 19) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.95 |
| WP - Jhoan Duran | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Sonny Gray 77-55, Griffin Jax 15-11, Jhoan Duran 13-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sonny Gray 9-2, Griffin Jax 1-0, Jhoan Duran 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Sonny Gray 26, Griffin Jax 4, Jhoan Duran 5 | ||||||||
St. Louis
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Lars Nootbaar | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .275 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .275 |
| Jordan Walker | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| Alec Burleson | 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| Tommy Edman | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 |
| Dylan Carlson | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Taylor Motter | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .174 |
| Jose Fermin | 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Dylan Carlson (7) | |||||||||
| HR - Alec Burleson (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Alec Burleson 6, Tommy Edman, Dylan Carlson 2, Andrew Knizner, Jose Fermin 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alec Burleson (25), Dylan Carlson 2 (26) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alec Burleson (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Taylor Motter (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Matthew Liberatore (L 1-4) | 5.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6.93 |
| Drew VerHagen | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.57 |
| Zack Thompson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 |
| James Naile | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.38 |
| WP - Matthew Liberatore | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Matthew Liberatore 93-56, Drew VerHagen 25-14, Zack Thompson 18-13, James Naile 16-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matthew Liberatore 8-3, Drew VerHagen 1-0, Zack Thompson 3-0, James Naile 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Matthew Liberatore 25, Drew VerHagen 5, Zack Thompson 4, James Naile 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Drew VerHagen 3-1 | ||||||||