Post Game Thread (Aug 6, 2021): Twins (47-63) @ Astros (65-45)

Line Score – Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	8	1
HOU	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	0

Box Score

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	6	1	1	0	0	0	.272
DH	Brantley	5	0	2	0	0	1	.332
LF	Alvarez	5	0	3	1	0	1	.284
CF	Meyers	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
SS	Correa	5	0	1	0	0	1	.271
RF	Tucker	4	0	0	0	1	3	.273
3B	Díaz, A	5	0	0	0	0	2	.277
LF	McCormick	5	2	2	1	0	3	.247
1B	Jones	5	1	1	2	0	0	.177
C	Maldonado	2	0	0	0	1	2	.181
C	Castro, J	2	0	0	0	0	0	.192

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Greinke	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	82-52	3.69
Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	18-13	3.80
Graveman	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-7	0.74
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	9-7	2.00
Maton, P	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	14-9	4.17
Montero, R	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	19-11	6.61

	MIN	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Kepler	3	0	1	2	1	1	.208
LF	Rooker	5	0	0	0	0	1	.181
DH	Polanco, J	5	2	1	0	0	1	.272
3B	Donaldson	5	0	1	1	0	1	.245
PR	Cave	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175
C	Jeffers	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214
2B	Arraez	3	0	1	1	0	0	.313
2B	Astudillo	2	0	0	0	0	0	.272
1B	Garver	5	1	1	1	0	1	.227
3B	Sanó	5	1	1	0	0	4	.209
CF	Refsnyder	4	1	1	0	0	1	.333
SS	Simmons	4	0	1	0	0	0	.221

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ober	5.0	7	3	3	1	5	80-55	4.99
Gant	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	17-10	3.38
Duffey	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	20-12	3.61
Alcala, J	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	14-7	5.02
Colomé	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	17-10	4.43
Coulombe	0.2	1	1	0	1	0	14-6	2.95
Minaya	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	17-14	4.02

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B2	Taylor Jones homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Chas McCormick scores.	2-0
B4	Chas McCormick homers (11) on a line drive to left center field.	3-0
T5	Mitch Garver homers (13) on a fly ball to left field.	3-1
T5	Max Kepler grounds into a force out, second baseman Jose Altuve to shortstop Carlos Correa. Miguel Sano scores. Andrelton Simmons out at 2nd. Max Kepler to 1st.	3-2
T6	Luis Arraez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Jorge Polanco scores.	3-3
T10	Max Kepler out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Chas McCormick. Rob Refsnyder scores. Andrelton Simmons to 2nd.	3-4
B10	Yordan Alvarez singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Brent Rooker. Jose Altuve scores.	4-4
T11	Josh Donaldson singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Jorge Polanco scores.	4-5

Highlights

Description	Length	HD
Taylor Jones ropes a two-run home run to right field	0:34	HD
Carlos Correa makes a nice diving stop in the 2nd	0:18	HD
Chas McCormick connects for a solo homer in the 4th	0:37	HD
Mitch Garver arcs a solo homer in the 5th	0:28	HD
Kepler avoids double play, Sanó scampers home	0:37	HD
Luis Arraez ties it at 3 with a single to left-center	0:42	HD
Garver is safe at first base, call stands	1:11	HD
Bailey Ober fans five batters in outing	1:10	HD
Zack Greinke strikes out three vs. Twins	0:45	HD
Max Kepler drives home a run on a sac fly	0:40	HD
Alvarez chops a game-tying RBI single to left	0:37	HD
Arraez leaves the game following potential injury	1:24	HD
Josh Donaldson lines a clutch RBI single in the 11th	0:20	HD
Juan Minaya gets final out	0:11	HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Minaya (2-0, 4.02)	Montero, R (5-4, 6.61)

Game ended at 11:06 PM.