Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 8,
Minnesota 0
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, September 4, 2015
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 27807
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 27807
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Aaron Hicks | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .268 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .241 |
| Danny Santana | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .270 |
| Kennys Vargas | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Miguel Sano | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .293 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .242 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .268 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .228 |
| Shane Robinson | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .246 |
| Eric Fryer | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Eduardo Escobar | SS-2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .266 |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Joe Mauer (26), Trevor Plouffe (30) | |||||||||
| TB - Aaron Hicks, Joe Mauer 3, Miguel Sano, Trevor Plouffe 2, Kurt Suzuki, Eduardo Escobar | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Joe Mauer (34), Torii Hunter (38) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Brian Dozier (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Pelfrey (L 6-9) | 4.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4.17 |
| Blaine Boyer | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.68 |
| Ryan O'Rourke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Adam Achter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.48 |
| Michael Tonkin | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.39 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Pelfrey 70-42, Blaine Boyer 13-10, Ryan O'Rourke 11-6, Adam Achter 12-7, Michael Tonkin 25-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Pelfrey 5-1, Blaine Boyer 1-1, Ryan O'Rourke 2-0, Adam Achter 0-1, Michael Tonkin 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Pelfrey 19, Blaine Boyer 5, Ryan O'Rourke 4, Adam Achter 3, Michael Tonkin 6 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .264 |
| Preston Tucker | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .249 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .315 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .272 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .241 |
| Jed Lowrie | 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Jonathan Villar | PH-3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Carlos Gomez | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .220 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Colby Rasmus | LF-RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .230 |
| Luis Valbuena | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .208 |
| Chris Carter | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .182 |
| Hank Conger | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jed Lowrie (13) | |||||||||
| HR - Colby Rasmus (18), Hank Conger (10) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer, Jose Altuve, Evan Gattis 2, Jed Lowrie 4, Jonathan Villar, Carlos Gomez, Colby Rasmus 5, Hank Conger 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Carlos Correa (46), Colby Rasmus 2 (48), Hank Conger 5 (27) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Hank Conger 5 (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Preston Tucker (17), Carlos Gomez (10) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Evan Gattis (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Carlos Gomez (Mauer at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Collin McHugh (W 15-7) | 7.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Joe Thatcher | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.72 |
| Michael Feliz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Collin McHugh 106-66, Joe Thatcher 6-3, Michael Feliz 15-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Collin McHugh 9-4, Joe Thatcher 0-0, Michael Feliz 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Collin McHugh 29, Joe Thatcher 1, Michael Feliz 3 | ||||||||