Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 6,
Minnesota 4
When: 4:45 PM ET, Saturday, October 7, 2023
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Jansen Visconti, LF - John Tumpane, RF - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 43024
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Jansen Visconti, LF - John Tumpane, RF - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 43024
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Edouard Julien | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .250 |
| Jorge Polanco | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .400 |
| Royce Lewis | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Matt Wallner | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Willi Castro | PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Edouard Julien (1), Max Kepler (1), Carlos Correa (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Polanco (1), Royce Lewis (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Edouard Julien 2, Jorge Polanco 5, Royce Lewis 4, Max Kepler 2, Carlos Correa 3, Ryan Jeffers 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Polanco 3 (3), Royce Lewis (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco 3 (3), Royce Lewis (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Kirilloff 2 (2), Willi Castro (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Royce Lewis (1), Michael A. Taylor (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Matt Wallner (Abreu at 3rd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bailey Ober (L 0-1) | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9.00 |
| Kenta Maeda | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Chris Paddack | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13.50 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Kenta Maeda | ||||||||
| HBP - Alex Bregman (by Ober) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Bailey Ober 43-28, Kenta Maeda 43-25, Chris Paddack 19-12, Caleb Thielbar 18-9, Emilio Pagan 14-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bailey Ober 2-4, Kenta Maeda 2-0, Chris Paddack 0-1, Caleb Thielbar 0-0, Emilio Pagan 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bailey Ober 14, Kenta Maeda 11, Chris Paddack 4, Caleb Thielbar 3, Emilio Pagan 4 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Mauricio Dubon | PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chas McCormick | CF-LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 31 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kyle Tucker (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Jose Altuve (1), Yordan Alvarez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 4, Alex Bregman, Yordan Alvarez 8, Kyle Tucker 2, Jose Abreu, Michael Brantley, Chas McCormick, Jeremy Pena | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Altuve (1), Yordan Alvarez 3 (3), Jose Abreu (1), Chas McCormick (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Chas McCormick (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve 2 (2), Jose Abreu (1), Martin Maldonado (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Michael Brantley (1, 2nd off Pagan/Jeffers) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hector Neris | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 54.00 |
| Bryan Abreu (H 1) | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ryan Pressly (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Bryan Abreu | ||||||||
| HBP - Michael A. Taylor (by Verlander), Matt Wallner (by Neris) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 93-55, Hector Neris 18-11, Bryan Abreu 29-20, Ryan Pressly 16-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 5-3, Hector Neris 0-0, Bryan Abreu 1-0, Ryan Pressly 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 24, Hector Neris 6, Bryan Abreu 6, Ryan Pressly 3 | ||||||||