The Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Aug 23, 2022 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Max Kepler went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Aaron Sanchez pitched 4.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Alex Bregman went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Justin Verlander pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 10 strikeouts.
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gary Sanchez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gio Urshela | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Arraez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Sanchez | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Megill | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Maldonado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trey Mancini | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Hector Neris | 1.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2022 season · Previous Aug 22, 2022: TEX 2, MIN 1 · Next Aug 24, 2022: MIN 3, HOU 5
- Astros · 2022 season · Previous Aug 21, 2022: HOU 5, ATL 4 · Next Aug 24, 2022: MIN 3, HOU 5