MIN 8, HOU 2 | May 31, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, June 1, 2023•Minute Maid Park•73°F, Roof Closed

MIN

Twins

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Louis Varland

LOSS

Hunter Brown

The Twins cruised past the Astros 8-2 in a dominant performance.

★Donovan Solano4 RBI

⚾Louis Varland7.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K

Key Moment

Bot 8: Jake Meyers homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.

Weather: 73°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 2:50Att: 37,127Venue: Minute Maid Park

Ump Audit

Adam Hamari

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91.9%C

12 missed calls

+7.1% HOU

+0.65 runs MIN

Win Probability

HOU WinMIN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	8	11	0
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game 717938 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Carlos CorreaSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211/.303/.378	-	-	-
Donovan Solano1B	4	0	2	4	1	1	.275/.356/.350	109.8	.665	.886
Alex KirilloffLF	4	1	2	1	0	1	.314/.448/.486	91.7	.276	.257
Kyle Farmer2B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.265/.321/.373	93.6	.328	.303
Joey GalloDH	4	0	0	0	0	3	.194/.329/.493	105.8	.003	.003
Ryan JeffersC	4	0	2	2	0	2	.267/.396/.467	101.9	.433	.672
Max KeplerRF	5	1	1	0	0	0	.195/.273/.398	100.8	.346	.338
Willi Castro3B	4	3	2	0	1	2	.274/.336/.443	99.3	.640	.621
Michael A. TaylorCF	3	2	1	1	2	1	.214/.272/.379	109.5	.422	.449
Bench
Edouard Julien2B	5	0	0	0	1	3	.226/.310/.452	96	.035	.042
Louis VarlandP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	38	8	11	8	5	14	-	-	-	-

2B:Solano; Jeffers; Taylor

TB:14

RBI:Solano 4; Jeffers 2; Kirilloff; Taylor

SB:Castro; Farmer

Team LOB:11

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mauricio Dubón2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.290/.324/.379	101.1	.126

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Louis VarlandW	7.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	86-66	89.9	3.51
Jorge López	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	2	16-9	94.4	4.30
Brock Stewart	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13-9	91.6	1.13
José De León	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16-9	86.4	3.12
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	2	9	2	131-93	-	-

HBP:Peña (by López); Abreu (by León)

Inherited runners-scored:Stewart 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Varland 86-66; López 16-9; Stewart 13-9; León 16-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Varland 11-4; López 0-0; Stewart 0-0; León 0-2

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Hunter BrownL	4.2	6	5	5	2	8	0	102-70	90.8	3.61

Top 3 • MIN

3-0

Alex Kirilloff singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chas McCormick. Michael A. Taylor scores. Donovan Solano to 2nd.

EV: 87.5 mph6 ftLA: -20°

2-0

Donovan Solano singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Max Kepler scores. Willi Castro scores. Michael A. Taylor to 3rd.

EV: 101.5 mph218 ftLA: 12°

Top 5 • MIN

5-0

Ryan Jeffers hits a ground-rule double (4) on a fly ball to right-center field. Alex Kirilloff scores. Kyle Farmer scores. Joey Gallo to 3rd.

EV: 101.9 mph376 ftLA: 25°

Top 6 • MIN

7-0

Donovan Solano doubles (9) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Chas McCormick. Willi Castro scores. Michael A. Taylor scores.

EV: 109.8 mph366 ftLA: 20°

Top 7 • MIN

8-0

Michael A. Taylor doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Willi Castro scores.

EV: 109.5 mph278 ftLA: 13°

Bot 8 • HOU

8-1

Jake Meyers homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 105.3 mph💣 403 ftLA: 27°

8-2

Yainer Diaz homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 101.1 mph💣 381 ftLA: 31°

HBP:Gallo (by Mushinski); Kirilloff (by Mushinski); Jeffers (by Martinez)

Inherited runners-scored:Mushinski 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Brown 102-70; Mushinski 38-24; Martinez 43-25; Stanek 10-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Brown 3-3; Mushinski 1-1; Martinez 1-2; Stanek 0-2

Bench
Kyle TuckerRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.267/.345/.429	88.5	.065	.062
Martín MaldonadoC	2	0	0	0	0	2	.203/.290/.309	77.1	-	-
Hunter BrownP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Parker MushinskiP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Seth MartinezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryne StanekP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-