Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 4, Minnesota 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 29, 2015
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Doug Eddings, 1B - Mark Ripperger, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Ben May
Attendance: 38876
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Jose Altuve 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 .309
Marwin Gonzalez SS 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 .268
Evan Gattis DH 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 .241
Colby Rasmus RF 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .227
Carlos Gomez CF 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 .198
Jed Lowrie 3B 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 .218
Luis Valbuena 1B 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 .213
Hank Conger C 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .218
Jake Marisnick LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 .231
Totals 38 4 10 4 4 6 26  
Batting
2B - Luis Valbuena (14), Hank Conger (8)
TB - Jose Altuve, Marwin Gonzalez 2, Evan Gattis, Colby Rasmus, Carlos Gomez, Luis Valbuena 2, Hank Conger 2, Jake Marisnick 2
RBI - Evan Gattis (70), Luis Valbuena 2 (48), Jake Marisnick (25)
2-Out RBI - Evan Gattis (28), Jake Marisnick (11)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve 2 (49), Marwin Gonzalez 2 (30), Jed Lowrie (15)
Team LOB - 11
Baserunning
SB - Jose Altuve (34, 2nd off Boyer/Suzuki)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Mike Fiers (W 2-0) 6.0 3 1 1 3 5 0 2.25
Will Harris (H 8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.42
Pat Neshek (H 28) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.04
Luke Gregerson (SV 25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.82
HBP - Trevor Plouffe (by Fiers)
Pitches-Strikes - Mike Fiers 98-57, Will Harris 9-7, Pat Neshek 14-12, Luke Gregerson 15-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Fiers 6-2, Will Harris 0-1, Pat Neshek 1-0, Luke Gregerson 0-1
Batters Faced - Mike Fiers 24, Will Harris 3, Pat Neshek 5, Luke Gregerson 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Will Harris 2-0
Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Brian Dozier 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .245
Eduardo Escobar SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .254
Joe Mauer 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .271
Miguel Sano DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .284
Trevor Plouffe 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .244
Eddie Rosario LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .271
Torii Hunter RF 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 .232
Kurt Suzuki C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .237
Byron Buxton CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .205
Totals 31 1 5 0 3 10 20  
Batting
2B - Brian Dozier 2 (33)
TB - Brian Dozier 4, Joe Mauer 2, Eddie Rosario
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brian Dozier (36), Miguel Sano (18), Trevor Plouffe (43), Eddie Rosario (31), Byron Buxton (4)
GIDP - Trevor Plouffe (24)
Team LOB - 7
Fielding
E - Brian Dozier (6), Brian Duensing (1)
Outfield Assists - Eddie Rosario (Gattis at 2nd)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Mike Pelfrey (L 6-8) 3.2 7 4 4 2 2 0 3.85
Blaine Boyer 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.77
Neal Cotts 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.80
Casey Fien 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.18
Brian Duensing 2.0 0 0 0 2 3 0 4.35
Pitches-Strikes - Mike Pelfrey 78-47, Blaine Boyer 20-14, Neal Cotts 26-16, Casey Fien 15-10, Brian Duensing 41-23
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Pelfrey 2-4, Blaine Boyer 2-0, Neal Cotts 2-0, Casey Fien 2-0, Brian Duensing 3-1
Batters Faced - Mike Pelfrey 19, Blaine Boyer 4, Neal Cotts 5, Casey Fien 4, Brian Duensing 10
Inherited Runners-Scored - Blaine Boyer 2-0