MIN 4, HOU 6 | Oct 7, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, October 7, 2023•Minute Maid Park•73°F, Roof Closed

MIN

Twins

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Justin Verlander

LOSS

Bailey Ober

SAVE

Ryan Pressly

The Astros defeated the Twins 6-4.

★Jorge Polanco3 RBI

★Yordan Alvarez2 HR, 3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Yordan Alvarez homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 73°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 8:45 PM UTCT: 2:58Att: 43,024Venue: Minute Maid Park

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93.3%B

10 missed calls

+19.0% MIN

+2.69 runs HOU

Win Probability

HOU WinMIN Win

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

Game 748568 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Minnesota Twins

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Edouard Julien2B	4	0	1	0	1	2	.200/.333/.300	103.2	.488	.792
Jorge Polanco3B	5	1	2	3	0	3	.333/.385/.583	109	.703	.1205
Royce LewisDH	5	1	1	1	0	1	.273/.385/1.091	108.5	.388	.622
Max KeplerRF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.273/.333/.364	97.7	.503	.468
Alex Kirilloff1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000/.286/.000	96.1	.256	.252
Carlos CorreaSS	4	0	2	0	0	1	.455/.500/.545	111.1	.510	.485
Matt WallnerLF	3	1	0	0	0	2	.000/.250/.000	78.1	.130	.137
Ryan JeffersC	4	1	2	0	0	1	.200/.333/.200	104.9	.425	.402
Willi CastroCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.167/.167/.167	102.9	.568	.524
Bench
Michael A. TaylorCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143/.250/.143	100.4	.273	.248
Bailey OberP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	34	4	9	4	3	13	-	-	-	-

HR:Polanco (7th off Neris, 2 on, 2 out); Lewis (7th off Neris, 0 on, 2 out)

2B:Julien; Correa; Kepler

TB:18

RBI:Lewis; Polanco 3

GIDP:Lewis; Taylor

Team LOB:8

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jose Altuve2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.250/.250/1.000	106.3	.363

Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Bailey OberL	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	2	43-28	87.3	9.00
Kenta Maeda	2.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	43-25	86.7	9.00
Chris Paddack	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	19-12	91.2	0.00
Caleb Thielbar	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	1	18-9	89.5	3.86
Emilio Pagán	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14-8	95.8	0.00
Totals	8.0	9	6	6	4	7	3	137-82	-	-

WP:Maeda

HBP:Bregman (by Ober)

Pitches-strikes:Ober 43-28; Maeda 43-25; Paddack 19-12; Thielbar 18-9; Pagán 14-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Ober 2-5; Maeda 2-1; Paddack 0-2; Thielbar 0-0; Pagán 0-3

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Justin VerlanderW	6.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	93-55	87.7	0.00

Bot 1 • HOU

0-1

Jose Altuve homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 106.3 mph💣 377 ftLA: 38°

Bot 3 • HOU

0-3

Yordan Alvarez homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Alex Bregman scores.

EV: 99.8 mph💣 379 ftLA: 30°

Bot 5 • HOU

0-4

Jose Abreu singles on a fly ball to left fielder Matt Wallner. Alex Bregman scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.

EV: 80.7 mph268 ftLA: 39°

0-5

Chas McCormick singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Matt Wallner. Yordan Alvarez scores. Jose Abreu out at 3rd on the throw, left fielder Matt Wallner to first baseman Alex Kirilloff to third baseman Jorge Polanco.

EV: 106.0 mph243 ftLA: 14°

Top 7 • MIN

4-5

Royce Lewis homers (3) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 108.5 mph💣 409 ftLA: 29°

3-5

Jorge Polanco homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Matt Wallner scores. Ryan Jeffers scores.

EV: 109.0 mph💣 399 ftLA: 34°

Bot 7 • HOU

4-6

Yordan Alvarez homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 104.6 mph💣 384 ftLA: 31°

Bench
Michael BrantleyLF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.333/.500/.333	93.6	.447	.413
Justin VerlanderP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Héctor NerisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bryan AbreuP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Ryan PresslyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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