Post Game Thread (Oct 8, 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	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	10	0	7
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7	0	6

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	2	0	0	0	.375
3B	Bregman	3	1	0	0	1	2	.167
LF	Alvarez, Y	4	1	1	2	0	2	.429
RF	Tucker	3	0	0	0	1	1	.143
1B	Abreu, J	4	0	0	0	0	0	.143
DH	Brantley	4	0	1	0	0	1	.286
CF	McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
SS	Peña	4	0	2	0	0	0	.375
C	Maldonado, M	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C	Diaz, Y	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	4.1	7	5	5	3	5	90-57	10.38
Maton, P	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	11-4	0.00
Stanek	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	24-13	6.75
Montero	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	25-13	0.00
Brown, H	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	15-9	0.00

MIN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
1B	Solano	3	1	1	0	0	0	.200
1B	Kirilloff	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2B	Polanco	3	1	0	0	1	0	.267
DH	Lewis	4	1	1	0	1	3	.267
SS	Correa	4	0	3	3	1	1	.533
C	Jeffers	3	0	0	0	0	2	.154
3B	Castro, W	3	1	1	0	1	1	.222
3B	Farmer, K	3	1	1	2	0	1	.250
PH	Julien	1	0	1	1	0	0	.273
LF	Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
RF	Kepler	4	0	1	0	0	2	.267
CF	Taylor, M	4	1	1	0	0	0	.182

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
López, P	7.0	6	0	0	1	7	105-69	0.71
Stewart	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	22-12	9.00
Duran, J	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Carlos Correa doubles (2) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Chas McCormick. Jorge Polanco scores.	0-1
T2	Kyle Farmer homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Willi Castro scores.	0-3
T5	Carlos Correa singles on a line drive to center fielder Chas McCormick. Michael A. Taylor scores. Donovan Solano scores. Royce Lewis to 3rd.	0-5
T7	Edouard Julien singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Royce Lewis scores. Carlos Correa out at home on the throw, right fielder Kyle Tucker to catcher Martin Maldonado. Ryan Jeffers to 2nd.	0-6
B8	Yordan Alvarez homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Alex Bregman scores.	2-6

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, October 8 vs Twins	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Minnesota, October 8 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Minnesota, October 8 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Minnesota, October 8 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Houston, October 8 vs Twins	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, October 8 vs Twins	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Twins at Astros – October 8, 2023	0:09	Video
Measuring the stats on Kyle Farmer's home run	0:16	Video
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:04	Video
Breaking down Pablo López's pitches	0:04	Video
Measuring the stats on Yordan Alvarez's home run	0:15	Video
Pablo López's outing against the Astros	0:25	Video
Carlos Correa drills an RBI double off the wall	0:29	Video
Kyle Farmer smacks a two-run home run in the 2nd	0:26	Video
Kyle Farmer pega jonrón de dos rayas en la 2da	0:26	Video
Carlos Correa hits a two-run single in the 5th inning	0:20	Video
Edouard Julien hits an RBI single in the 7th inning	0:22	Video
Kyle Tucker nabs Carlos Correa at home to end the 7th	0:26	Video
Yordan Alvarez hits a two-run home run in the 8th	0:26	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
López, P (2-0, 0.71 ERA)	Valdez, F (0-1, 10.38 ERA)

Game ended at 10:16 PM.