Post Game Thread (Oct 7, 2023): Twins (87-75) @ Astros (90-72)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	1	1	1	0	0	.250
3B	Bregman	3	2	1	0	0	1	.333
DH	Alvarez, Y	3	3	2	3	1	1	.667
RF	Tucker	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
1B	Abreu, J	3	0	1	1	1	0	.333
LF	Brantley	3	0	1	0	1	1	.333
CF	Dubón	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
LF	McCormick	4	0	1	1	0	0	.250
SS	Peña	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
C	Maldonado, M	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Verlander	6.0	4	0	0	3	6	93-55	0.00
Neris	0.2	3	4	4	0	2	18-11	54.00
Abreu, B	1.1	2	0	0	0	3	29-20	0.00
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	16-9	0.00

MIN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Julien	4	0	1	0	1	2	.200
3B	Polanco	5	1	2	3	0	3	.333
DH	Lewis	5	1	1	1	0	1	.273
RF	Kepler	3	0	1	0	1	1	.273
1B	Kirilloff	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000
SS	Correa	4	0	2	0	0	1	.455
LF	Wallner	3	1	0	0	0	2	.000
C	Jeffers	4	1	2	0	0	1	.200
CF	Taylor, M	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143
CF	Castro, W	2	0	0	0	0	1	.167

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ober	3.0	4	3	3	0	2	43-28	9.00
Maeda	2.0	4	2	2	2	2	43-25	9.00
Paddack	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	19-12	0.00
Thielbar	0.2	1	1	1	1	1	18-9	3.86
Pagán	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Jose Altuve homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.	1-0
B3	Yordan Alvarez homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Alex Bregman scores.	3-0
B5	Jose Abreu singles on a fly ball to left fielder Matt Wallner. Alex Bregman scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.	4-0
B5	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.	5-0
T7	Jorge Polanco homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Matt Wallner scores. Ryan Jeffers scores.	5-3
T7	Royce Lewis homers (3) on a fly ball to left field.	5-4
B7	Yordan Alvarez homers (2) on a fly ball to right field.	6-4

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Minnesota, October 7 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, October 7 vs Twins	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Minnesota, October 7 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Minnesota, October 7 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Houston, October 7 vs Twins	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, October 7 vs Twins	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Twins at Astros – October 7, 2023	0:09	Video
The distance behind Jose Altuve's home run	0:10	Video
The distance behind Yordan Alvarez's home run	0:11	Video
Breaking down Justin Verlander's pitches	0:04	Video
Jorge Polanco: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:11	Video
Justin Verlander's outing against the Twins	0:22	Video
Breaking down Royce Lewis' home run	0:11	Video
Yordan Alvarez: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:11	Video
Jose Altuve crushes solo home run to left in the 1st	0:22	Video
Yordan Alvarez cranks a two-run homer to right	0:24	Video
José Abreu dunks an RBI single into left for 4-0 lead	0:29	Video
McCormick lines an RBI single to left-center field	0:25	Video
Jorge Polanco powers a three-run homer to right	0:22	Video
Royce Lewis cracks a solo homer to left in the 7th	0:21	Video
Yordan Alvarez rips solo homer to right field	0:30	Video
Ryan Jeffers nabs José Abreu at second	0:07	Video
Verlander induces grounder to escape jam in the 1st	0:13	Video
Edouard Julien elevates to make a leaping catch	0:11	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Verlander (1-0, 0.00 ERA)	Ober (0-1, 9.00 ERA)	Pressly (1 SV, 0.00 ERA)

Game ended at 6:46 PM.