Post Game Thread (Jul 5, 2024): Astros (46-42) @ Twins (49-39)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
HOU	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	3	3	13	16	0	11
MIN	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	7	12	17	1	9

Box Score

MIN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Castro, W	4	1	0	1	2	1	.266
SS	Correa	6	1	1	4	0	1	.307
LF	Larnach	2	0	0	0	0	1	.246
LF	Margot	3	1	0	0	1	2	.239
DH	Miranda	4	3	4	2	0	0	.324
PH	Martin	1	1	1	0	0	0	.265
1B	Santana	3	1	1	0	1	0	.247
PH	Farmer, K	1	0	0	0	0	1	.195
RF	Kepler	5	1	3	1	0	0	.252
CF	Buxton	4	1	2	1	0	2	.267
3B	Lee	5	1	3	2	0	1	.545
C	Vázquez	4	1	2	1	0	0	.196

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
López, P	5.0	8	6	6	2	6	91-62	5.18
Alcala	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	24-13	1.74
Winder	2.0	5	4	3	0	2	43-27	13.50
Funderburk	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	26-16	5.97

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	2	1	0	1	.310
2B	Dubón	1	2	1	0	0	0	.294
3B	Bregman	4	1	2	3	2	1	.251
LF	Alvarez, Y	5	1	1	1	0	0	.300
LF	McCormick	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211
DH	Diaz, Y	5	3	2	0	1	1	.278
1B	Singleton	5	2	2	0	1	2	.242
SS	Peña	5	3	3	3	0	0	.285
CF	Meyers	4	0	1	2	0	2	.246
RF	Loperfido, J	4	0	1	2	0	1	.268
C	Salazar	3	1	1	1	1	1	.368

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Dubin	2.2	5	3	3	1	2	51-27	5.40
Martinez, S	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	8-7	2.51
King, B	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	18-11	2.84
Montero	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	15-11	4.05
Abreu, B	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	23-16	2.98
Contreras, L	1.2	6	6	6	1	2	42-27	9.00
Hader	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	7-5	3.92

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T2	Jeremy Peña singles on a line drive to right fielder Max Kepler. Yainer Diaz scores. Jon Singleton to 3rd.	0-1
T2	César Salazar singles on a line drive to right fielder Max Kepler. Jon Singleton scores. Jeremy Peña to 3rd.	0-2
T2	Jose Altuve singles on a ground ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Jeremy Peña scores. César Salazar to 3rd.	0-3
B2	Brooks Lee singles on a line drive to right fielder Joey Loperfido. Jose Miranda scores. Carlos Santana to 3rd. Byron Buxton to 2nd.	1-3
B2	Willi Castro walks. Carlos Santana scores. Byron Buxton to 3rd. Brooks Lee to 2nd.	2-3
B3	Jose Miranda homers (9) on a fly ball to left field.	3-3
B5	Jose Miranda doubles (20) on a ground ball to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Manuel Margot scores. Jose Miranda to 3rd.	4-3
T6	Jeremy Peña singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Max Kepler. Yainer Diaz scores. Jon Singleton to 2nd.	4-4
T6	Joey Loperfido hits a ground-rule double (4) on a fly ball down the right-field line. Jon Singleton scores. Jeremy Peña scores.	4-6
T7	Jake Meyers doubles (12) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Byron Buxton. Jeremy Peña scores.	4-7
B7	Max Kepler singles on a ground ball to right fielder Joey Loperfido. Jose Miranda scores. Carlos Santana to 3rd.	5-7
T8	Yordan Alvarez singles on a fly ball to left fielder Manuel Margot. Mauricio Dubón scores. Alex Bregman to 2nd.	5-8
T8	Jeremy Peña hits a sacrifice fly. Fielding error by left fielder Manuel Margot. Yordan Alvarez scores. Yainer Diaz to 3rd. Jon Singleton to 2nd. Jeremy Peña to 1st.	5-9
T8	Jake Meyers out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Byron Buxton. Yainer Diaz scores. Jon Singleton to 3rd.	5-10
T9	Alex Bregman homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. César Salazar scores. Mauricio Dubón scores.	5-13
B9	Byron Buxton singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Chas McCormick. Austin Martin scores. Max Kepler to 2nd.	6-13
B9	Brooks Lee singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Joey Loperfido. Max Kepler scores. Byron Buxton to 2nd.	7-13
B9	Christian Vázquez hits a ground-rule double (6) on a fly ball down the left-field line. Byron Buxton scores. Brooks Lee to 3rd.	8-13
B9	Carlos Correa hits a grand slam (11) to left field. Brooks Lee scores. Christian Vázquez scores. Willi Castro scores.	12-13

Highlights

Description	Length
Fielding alignment for Minnesota, July 5 vs Astros	0:11
Bench availability for Minnesota, July 5 vs Astros	0:07
Bench availability for Houston, July 5 vs Twins	0:07
Starting lineups for Astros at Twins – July 5, 2024	0:09
The distance behind Jose Miranda's home run	0:13
Breaking down Pablo López's pitches	0:04
Pablo López's outing against the Astros	0:25
Measuring the stats on Alex Bregman's home run	0:13
An animated look at Alex Bregman's home run	0:11
Breaking down Shawn Dubin's pitches	0:04
Pablo López's first K	0:06
Shawn Dubin first K	0:06
Jeremy Peña's RBI single	0:19
Jose Altuve's RBI single	0:22
César Salazar's RBI single	0:18
Brooks Lee's RBI single	0:15
Willi Castro's bases-loaded walk	0:06
Jose Altuve's smooth grab against Correa	0:19
Jose Miranda's solo home run (9)	0:19
Carlos Correa's spinning play	0:22
Jose Miranda's RBI double	0:27
Lee doubles, parents interviewed on Twins' broadcast	2:33
Jeremy Peña's second RBI single	0:18
Joey Loperfido's two-run double	0:20
Bryan King throws out Miranda after a review	0:23
Pablo López K's six across five innings	0:27
Jake Meyers' RBI double	0:27
Max Kepler's RBI single	0:19
Jose Miranda's single	0:15
Yordan Alvarez's RBI single	0:16
Jose Altuve gets hit-by-pitch, leaves game	0:23
Jeremy Peña's sac fly	0:25
Jake Meyers' sac fly	0:16
Joey Loperfido's amazing catch	0:22
Alex Bregman's three-run home run (10)	0:31
Byron Buxton's RBI single	0:18
Brooks Lee's second RBI single	0:15
Christian Vázquez's RBI single	0:24
Carlos Correa hits a grand slam (11) to left field. Brooks Lee scores. Christian Vázquez scores. Willi Castro scores.	0:38
Manuel Margot strikes out swinging, catcher César Salazar to first baseman Jon Singleton.	0:06

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
King, B (1-0, 2.84 ERA)	López, P (8-7, 5.18 ERA)	Hader (15 SV, 3.92 ERA)

Game ended at 10:34 PM.