Post Game Thread (Apr 3, 2025): Astros (3-4) @ Twins (2-5)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

MIN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Wallner	4	1	1	0	0	2	.143
SS	Correa	4	0	0	1	0	1	.080
CF	Buxton	4	1	2	0	0	1	.240
DH	Larnach	4	0	1	1	0	1	.238
1B	France, T	4	0	0	0	0	0	.192
2B	Castro, W	3	0	1	0	0	1	.261
2B	Julien	2	0	0	0	0	1	.167
3B	Miranda	1	0	0	0	0	0	.158
C	Jeffers	3	0	0	0	0	2	.222
LF	Bader	3	0	0	0	0	2	.211

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ryan	5.0	5	4	4	0	6	83-49	4.50
Varland	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	20-13	4.50
Alcala	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-7	13.50
McCaughan	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	32-23	0.00

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Altuve	5	0	0	0	0	5	.321
CF	Meyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
3B	Paredes	3	0	0	0	0	1	.130
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	0	0	0	2	.125
1B	Walker, C	3	2	2	1	0	0	.185
SS	Peña	4	1	1	1	0	0	.130
C	Caratini	4	2	2	0	0	0	.375
2B	Rodgers	4	0	3	3	0	1	.313
RF	Smith	3	0	0	0	0	2	.143
RF	McCormick	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250
LF	Dubón	4	0	1	0	0	0	.111

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Brown, H	6.0	5	2	2	0	8	91-61	3.00
King, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	0.00
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	17-11	0.00
Hader	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13-9	3.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Carlos Correa grounds out softly, shortstop Jeremy Peña to first baseman Christian Walker. Matt Wallner scores.	1-0
B1	Trevor Larnach singles on a line drive to left fielder Jose Altuve. Byron Buxton scores.	2-0
T2	Christian Walker homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.	2-1
T2	Jeremy Peña homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.	2-2
T4	Brendan Rodgers singles on a ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Christian Walker scores. Victor Caratini scores.	2-4
T6	Brendan Rodgers doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Harrison Bader. Victor Caratini scores.	2-5

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Astros at Twins – April 3, 2025	0:06
Joe Ryan against the Astros	0:09
Hunter Brown against the Twins	0:09
Bullpen availability for Houston, April 3 vs Twins	0:08
Bullpen availability for Minnesota, April 3 vs Astros	0:08
Bench availability for Minnesota, April 3 vs Astros	0:08
Bench availability for Houston, April 3 vs Twins	0:08
Starting lineups for Astros at Twins – April 3, 2025	0:10
Christian Walker: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
A deep dive into Christian Walker's home run	0:11
Breaking down Jeremy Peña's home run	0:13
Jeremy Peña's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Breaking down Joe Ryan's pitches	0:04
Joe Ryan's outing against the Astros	0:22
Breaking down Hunter Brown's pitches	0:04
Hunter Brown's outing against the Twins	0:25
Nelson Cruz throws out the first pitch	0:41
Carlos Correa's RBI groundout	0:14
Trevor Larnach's RBI single	0:16
Christian Walker's first Astros home run	0:26
Jeremy Peña's solo homer (2)	0:29
Joe Ryan strikes out the side in the 1st	0:45
Christian Walker, Jeremy Peña go back to back	0:56
Brendan Rodgers' two-run single	0:30
Joe Ryan, Ryan Jeffers complete double play	0:26
Twins introduced prior to home opener	6:38
Pablo López on his early season success	7:31
Nelson Cruz on the Twins' home opener, more	6:35
Hunter Brown strikes out Ryan Jeffers	0:07
Brendan Rodgers' RBI double	0:29
Joe Ryan strikes out six	1:31
Kent Hrbek on the start of the season	3:59
Derek Falvey on the home opener, first week of season	10:37
Victor Caratini's nifty grab	0:22
Ty France pops out to first baseman Christian Walker in foul territory.	0:15

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Brown, H (1-1, 3.00 ERA)	Ryan (0-1, 4.50 ERA)	Hader (3 SV, 3.00 ERA)

Game ended at 5:50 PM.