Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 3, Houston 0
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, August 28, 2015
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Ben May, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Mark Ripperger, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 28636
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 .310
Jed Lowrie 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .225
Evan Gattis DH 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .241
Colby Rasmus RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .227
Carlos Gomez CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .198
Luis Valbuena 1B 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 .212
Marwin Gonzalez SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .264
Jason Castro C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .220
     Hank Conger PR-C 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .215
Jake Marisnick LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .227
     Chris Carter PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .182
Totals 33 0 6 0 4 10 16  
Batting
2B - Jason Castro (19)
TB - Jose Altuve 2, Carlos Gomez, Marwin Gonzalez, Jason Castro 2, Chris Carter
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve 2 (47), Jed Lowrie (14), Luis Valbuena (32), Marwin Gonzalez (28)
Team LOB - 10
Baserunning
PO - Jose Altuve (1st by Gibson)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Scott Kazmir (L 7-9) 7.0 3 3 3 1 6 1 2.45
Chad Qualls 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.67
HBP - Trevor Plouffe (by Kazmir), Torii Hunter (by Kazmir)
Pitches-Strikes - Scott Kazmir 100-65, Chad Qualls 16-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Scott Kazmir 5-3, Chad Qualls 1-1
Batters Faced - Scott Kazmir 26, Chad Qualls 4
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Byron Buxton CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .213
Eduardo Escobar SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .257
Brian Dozier 2B 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 .243
Trevor Plouffe 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .245
Eddie Rosario RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .272
Torii Hunter DH 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .233
Eduardo Nunez 3B 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 .269
Kurt Suzuki C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .240
Shane Robinson LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .261
Totals 26 3 3 3 2 7 9  
Batting
2B - Eduardo Escobar (22)
HR - Eduardo Nunez (3)
TB - Eduardo Escobar 2, Eduardo Nunez 4, Shane Robinson
RBI - Torii Hunter (64), Eduardo Nunez 2 (17)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kurt Suzuki 2 (38)
Team LOB - 3
Fielding
E - Eduardo Nunez (3)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Kyle Gibson (W 9-9) 5.2 4 0 0 3 4 0 3.82
Brian Duensing (H 6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.58
Glen Perkins (H 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.55
Trevor May (H 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.92
Kevin Jepsen (SV 9) 1.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2.44
Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Gibson 111-69, Brian Duensing 3-2, Glen Perkins 12-8, Trevor May 15-11, Kevin Jepsen 31-17
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Gibson 8-4, Brian Duensing 1-0, Glen Perkins 0-0, Trevor May 1-0, Kevin Jepsen 0-1
Batters Faced - Kyle Gibson 24, Brian Duensing 1, Glen Perkins 3, Trevor May 3, Kevin Jepsen 6
Inherited Runners-Scored - Brian Duensing 2-0