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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 5, Houston 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 5, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Jansen Visconti, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Victor Carapazza
Attendance: 26208
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jorge Polanco 2B 4 0 1 1 1 2 2 .273
Brent Rooker LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .192
     Luis Arraez 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313
Josh Donaldson DH 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 .245
Mitch Garver C 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 .228
Rob Refsnyder CF 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 .339
Miguel Sano 1B 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .210
Willians Astudillo 3B 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .275
     Max Kepler PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .207
Trevor Larnach RF-LF 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 .227
Andrelton Simmons SS 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 .221
Totals 35 5 9 5 7 10 20  
Batting
2B - Brent Rooker (5), Rob Refsnyder (5), Trevor Larnach (12)
TB - Jorge Polanco, Brent Rooker 2, Luis Arraez, Rob Refsnyder 3, Miguel Sano, Willians Astudillo, Trevor Larnach 2, Andrelton Simmons
RBI - Jorge Polanco (57), Willians Astudillo (16), Trevor Larnach (26), Andrelton Simmons 2 (24)
2-Out RBI - Jorge Polanco (21), Andrelton Simmons (10)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jorge Polanco (37), Mitch Garver 2 (21), Miguel Sano (47)
GIDP - Mitch Garver (4), Willians Astudillo (7)
Team LOB - 10
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Griffin Jax (W 2-1) 5.1 3 1 1 1 0 1 5.62
Caleb Thielbar (H 7) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.73
Tyler Duffey (H 14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.70
Jorge Alcala 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.14
Danny Coulombe 0.2 2 2 2 1 1 1 3.06
Alex Colome (SV 4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.54
WP - Griffin Jax
Pitches-Strikes - Griffin Jax 75-49, Caleb Thielbar 8-5, Tyler Duffey 21-15, Jorge Alcala 14-9, Danny Coulombe 17-9, Alex Colome 7-5
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Griffin Jax 7-8, Caleb Thielbar 1-1, Tyler Duffey 1-0, Jorge Alcala 0-1, Danny Coulombe 0-1, Alex Colome 0-0
Batters Faced - Griffin Jax 20, Caleb Thielbar 2, Tyler Duffey 3, Jorge Alcala 3, Danny Coulombe 5, Alex Colome 1
Inherited Runners-Scored - Caleb Thielbar 1-0, Alex Colome 1-0
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Chas McCormick CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .243
Michael Brantley DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .331
Yordan Alvarez LF 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .280
Aledmys Diaz 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .287
Kyle Tucker RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .276
Martin Maldonado 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .183
Robel Garcia SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .151
Jason Castro C 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .196
Totals 32 3 5 3 2 5 6  
Batting
2B - Chas McCormick (8)
HR - Yordan Alvarez (21), Jason Castro (3)
TB - Chas McCormick 3, Michael Brantley, Yordan Alvarez 4, Jason Castro 4
RBI - Yordan Alvarez 2 (71), Jason Castro (10)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yordan Alvarez 2 (38), Martin Maldonado (36)
Team LOB - 4
Fielding
E - Aledmys Diaz (2)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Framber Valdez (L 7-3) 6.2 6 4 4 3 7 0 3.22
Yimi Garcia 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.86
Cristian Javier 2.0 3 1 1 3 2 0 2.90
WP - Framber Valdez
Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 107-66, Yimi Garcia 9-5, Cristian Javier 45-23
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 8-2, Yimi Garcia 0-0, Cristian Javier 3-0
Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 29, Yimi Garcia 2, Cristian Javier 11
Inherited Runners-Scored - Yimi Garcia 1-0