MIN 6, HOU 2 | Oct 8, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Monday, October 9, 2023•Minute Maid Park•73°F, Partly Cloudy

MIN

Twins

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Pablo López

LOSS

Framber Valdez

The Twins defeated the Astros 6-2.

★Carlos Correa3-for-4, 3 RBI

⚾Pablo López7.0 IP, 0 ER, 7 K

Key Moment

Bot 8: Yordan Alvarez homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Alex Bregman scores.

Weather: 73°F, Partly CloudyWind: 2 mph, In From CFFirst pitch: 12:03 AM UTCT: 3:09Att: 43,017Venue: Minute Maid Park

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89.8%C

17 missed calls

+31.7% HOU

+0.58 runs HOU

Win Probability

HOU WinMIN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	10	0
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game 748565 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Alex Kirilloff1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.222/.000	99.1	.395	.357
Jorge Polanco2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	.267/.353/.467	103.5	.477	.445
Royce LewisDH	4	1	1	0	1	3	.267/.389/.867	107.4	.521	.486
Carlos CorreaSS	4	0	3	3	1	1	.533/.588/.733	102.8	.481	.592
Ryan JeffersC	3	0	0	0	0	2	.154/.313/.154	89.9	.238	.218
Willi Castro3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	.222/.300/.222	105.2	.390	.376
Andrew StevensonLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Max KeplerRF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.267/.313/.333	103.6	.494	.450
Michael A. TaylorCF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.182/.250/.182	104.7	.223	.221
Bench
Donovan Solano1B	3	1	1	0	0	0	.200/.500/.200	94.2	.388	.365
Kyle Farmer3B	3	1	1	2	0	1	.250/.250/1.000
Totals	34	6	10	6	4	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Farmer (2nd off Valdez, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Correa 2

TB:15

RBI:Julien; Farmer 2; Correa 3

GIDP:Solano

Team LOB:7

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jose Altuve2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.375/.375/.750	103.7	.337

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Pablo LópezW	7.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	105-69	92.2	0.71
Brock Stewart	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	22-12	94.8	9.00
Jhoan Duran	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	97.4	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	2	2	2	8	1	134-86	-	-

WP:López

Pitches-strikes:López 105-69; Stewart 22-12; Duran 7-5

Groundouts-flyouts:López 5-8; Stewart 1-1; Duran 3-0

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Framber ValdezL	4.1	7	5	5	3	5	1	90-57	90.3	10.38

Top 1 • MIN

1-0

Carlos Correa doubles (2) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Chas McCormick. Jorge Polanco scores.

EV: 102.8 mph382 ftLA: 38°

Top 2 • MIN

3-0

Kyle Farmer homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Willi Castro scores.

EV: 100.3 mph💣 377 ftLA: 35°

Top 5 • MIN

5-0

Carlos Correa singles on a line drive to center fielder Chas McCormick. Michael A. Taylor scores. Donovan Solano scores. Royce Lewis to 3rd.

EV: 97.0 mph263 ftLA: 12°

Top 7 • MIN

6-0

Edouard Julien singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Royce Lewis scores. Carlos Correa out at home on the throw, right fielder Kyle Tucker to catcher Martin Maldonado. Ryan Jeffers to 2nd.

EV: 88.4 mph209 ftLA: 19°

Bot 8 • HOU

6-2

Yordan Alvarez homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Alex Bregman scores.

EV: 106.2 mph💣 378 ftLA: 34°

HBP:Jeffers (by Montero)

Inherited runners-scored:Maton 2-0; Montero 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Valdez 90-57; Maton 11-4; Stanek 24-13; Montero 25-13; Brown 15-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Valdez 7-0; Maton 1-0; Stanek 2-2; Montero 1-0; Brown 0-1

Bench
Martín MaldonadoC	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.167/.000	98.3	.233	.214
Framber ValdezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Phil MatonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryne StanekP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Rafael MonteroP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Hunter BrownP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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