Post Game Thread (May 31, 2023): Twins (29-27) @ Astros (32-23)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Dubón	3	0	0	0	1	0	.290
SS	Peña	3	0	2	0	0	0	.251
DH	Alvarez, Y	3	0	0	0	1	1	.278
3B	Bregman	4	0	2	0	0	1	.245
RF	Tucker	3	0	0	0	0	0	.267
LF	Julks	1	0	0	0	0	1	.268
1B	Abreu, J	3	0	0	0	0	1	.211
RF	McCormick	4	0	0	0	0	1	.209
CF	Meyers	4	1	1	1	0	2	.248
C	Maldonado, M	2	0	0	0	0	2	.203
C	Diaz, Y	2	1	1	1	0	0	.226

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Brown, H	4.2	6	5	5	2	8	102-70	3.61
Mushinski	1.1	3	2	2	1	2	38-24	5.40
Martinez, S	2.0	2	1	1	2	3	43-25	4.15
Stanek	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-6	3.26

MIN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Julien	5	0	0	0	1	3	.210
SS	Correa	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211
1B	Solano	4	0	2	4	1	1	.275
LF	Kirilloff	4	1	2	1	0	1	.314
2B	Farmer, K	5	1	1	0	0	1	.265
DH	Gallo	4	0	0	0	0	3	.194
C	Jeffers	4	0	2	2	0	2	.267
RF	Kepler	5	1	1	0	0	0	.195
3B	Castro, W	4	3	2	0	1	2	.274
CF	Taylor, M	3	2	1	1	2	1	.214

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Varland	7.0	4	0	0	1	5	86-66	3.51
López, Jo	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	16-9	4.30
Stewart	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	13-9	1.13
De León, J	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	16-9	3.12

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T3	Donovan Solano singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Max Kepler scores. Willi Castro scores. Michael A. Taylor to 3rd.	0-2
T3	Alex Kirilloff singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chas McCormick. Michael A. Taylor scores. Donovan Solano to 2nd.	0-3
T5	Ryan Jeffers hits a ground-rule double (4) on a fly ball to right-center field. Alex Kirilloff scores. Kyle Farmer scores. Joey Gallo to 3rd.	0-5
T6	Donovan Solano doubles (9) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Chas McCormick. Willi Castro scores. Michael A. Taylor scores.	0-7
T7	Michael A. Taylor doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Willi Castro scores.	0-8
B8	Jake Meyers homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-8
B8	Yainer Diaz homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.	2-8

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Minnesota, May 31 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, May 31 vs Twins	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, May 31 vs Twins	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Minnesota, May 31 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Twins at Astros – May 31, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down Hunter Brown's pitches	0:08	Video
Hunter Brown's outing against the Twins	0:23	Video
Louie Varland's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Measuring the stats on Yainer Diaz's home run	0:14	Video
Donovan Solano hits two-run single in the 3rd	0:26	Video
Twins double up the Astros in the 2nd inning	0:17	Video
Alex Kirilloff hits RBI single to left in the 3rd	0:14	Video
Kyle Tucker makes a sliding grab in right field	0:14	Video
Ryan Jeffers hits RBI double to center in the 5th	0:28	Video
Donovan Solano hits RBI double to left in the 6th	0:20	Video
Hunter Brown fans eight in start against the Twins	0:57	Video
Michael A. Taylor hits RBI double in the 7th	0:18	Video
Jake Meyers homers to right-center field in the 8th	0:27	Video
Yainer Diaz homers to left-center field in the 8th	0:26	Video
Louie Varland fans five in start against the Astros	0:40	Video
Jose De Leon In play, out(s) to Yainer Diaz	0:12	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Varland (3-1, 3.51 ERA)	Brown, H (5-2, 3.61 ERA)

Game ended at 10:02 PM.