Minnesota Twins vs. Houston Astros - Aug 8, 2021

MIN

48-64

HOU

66-46

FINAL

Minute Maid Park

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	7	12	2
HOU	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	10	0

WIN

Kenta Maeda

5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 K, 3 BB

LOSS

Lance McCullers Jr.

4.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

SAVE

Alex Colomé

1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Box Score

MIN BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1M. KeplerRF	3-6	1	0	0	.211
2B. RookerDH	0-4	1	0	0	.176
3J. Polanco2B	2-4	2	2	4	.272
4M. GarverC	0-5	0	0	0	.220
5L. Arraez3B	2-4	1	0	0	.318
6M. Sanó1B	2-4	1	1	2	.211
7J. CaveCF	1-2	1	0	0	.186
↳ R. RefsnyderCF	0-1	0	0	0	.328
8T. LarnachLF	2-4	0	0	1	.229
9A. SimmonsSS	0-5	0	0	0	.216

MIN PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
K. Maeda(W, 5-4)	5.0	6	3	3	5	100-63	4.69
J. Minaya	1.0	1	0	0	1	12-7	3.78
T. Duffey	0.2	2	1	1	0	15-10	3.77
D. Coulombe(H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	7-4	2.89
J. Alcala(H, 5)	1.0	1	1	1	2	29-19	5.11
A. Colomé(S, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	1	18-10	4.32

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

MIN		HOU
12	HITS	10
3	HOME RUNS	1
23	TOTAL BASES	16
6	WALKS	5
11	STRIKEOUTS	9
19	RUNNERS LOB	15

Win Probability

MIN 100.0%

MINEVENHOU

10050100

BOT 9 · MIN 7-5 HOU · MIN 100.0%Aledmys Diaz grounds out, second baseman Jorge Polanco to first baseman Miguel Sano.

Scoring Summary

BOT 1Aledmys Diaz 1-run single on a pop up to second baseman Jorge Polanco, deflected by first baseman Miguel Sano. Chas McCormick scores. Michael Brantley to 2nd. Throwing error by second baseman Jorge Polanco.0-1
TOP 2Trevor Larnach 1-run single on a line drive to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Jake Cave scores.1-1
TOP 4Miguel Sano 2-run 405' no-doubter on a fly ball to left center field. Luis Arraez scores.3-1
BOT 4Astros challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Taylor Jones 1-run single on a ground ball to second baseman Jorge Polanco. Yordan Alvarez scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd. Throwing error by first baseman Miguel Sano.3-2
TOP 5Jorge Polanco solo 350' homer on a fly ball to left field.4-2
BOT 5Yordan Alvarez 1-run single on a sharp line drive to right fielder Max Kepler. Martin Maldonado scores. Aledmys Diaz to 2nd.4-3
TOP 6Jorge Polanco 3-run 388' no-doubter on a fly ball to right center field. Max Kepler scores. Brent Rooker scores.

Season Series

MIN LEADS 4-3

AL Central Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE