The Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 8-2 on May 31, 2023 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Donovan Solano went 2-for-4 with 4 RBI for the Twins.
- Louis Varland pitched 7.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Jake Meyers went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Hunter Brown pitched 4.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 5 earned runs with 8 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Kepler | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Farmer | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Edouard Julien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Donovan Solano | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Willi Castro | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Varland | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Brock Stewart | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jorge Lopez | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Abreu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Maldonado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yainer Diaz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Brown | 4.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 5.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous May 30, 2023: MIN 1, HOU 5 · Next Jun 1, 2023: CLE 6, MIN 7
- Astros · 2023 season · Previous May 30, 2023: MIN 1, HOU 5 · Next Jun 1, 2023: LAA 2, HOU 5