The Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 9-6 on Apr 8, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Yordan Alvarez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Astros.
- Luis Garcia pitched 4.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Kyle Farmer went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 4 earned runs with 10 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Martin Maldonado | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Garcia | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronel Blanco | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Farmer | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Donovan Solano | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 6.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Jorge Lopez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jovani Moran | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jhoan Duran | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous Apr 7, 2023: HOU 2, MIN 3 · Next Apr 9, 2023: HOU 5, MIN 1
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