Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 3, Houston 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 5, 2015
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Schrieber, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Manny Gonzalez, 3B - Jim Reynolds
Attendance: 27643
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Aaron Hicks RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .268
Brian Dozier 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .241
Joe Mauer 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .269
Miguel Sano DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .287
Trevor Plouffe 3B 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .241
Eddie Rosario LF 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 .271
Eduardo Escobar SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .262
Kurt Suzuki C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Byron Buxton CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .194
Totals 31 3 5 2 2 10 9  
Batting
2B - Eddie Rosario (16), Byron Buxton (5)
3B - Eddie Rosario (11)
TB - Aaron Hicks, Brian Dozier, Eddie Rosario 5, Byron Buxton 2
RBI - Eddie Rosario 2 (39)
2-Out RBI - Eddie Rosario 2 (15)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Eduardo Escobar 2 (34), Kurt Suzuki (39)
GIDP - Brian Dozier (6)
Team LOB - 4
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Ervin Santana (W 4-4) 8.0 6 1 1 2 11 0 4.93
Kevin Jepsen (SV 11) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1 1 2.47
Pitches-Strikes - Ervin Santana 119-76, Kevin Jepsen 26-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ervin Santana 7-2, Kevin Jepsen 0-0
Batters Faced - Ervin Santana 31, Kevin Jepsen 7
Houston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
George Springer RF 4 0 0 0 1 4 2 .261
Jose Altuve 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .312
Carlos Correa SS 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .279
Evan Gattis DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .241
Jed Lowrie 3B 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .252
Carlos Gomez CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .213
Marwin Gonzalez 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .272
     Jonathan Villar PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Preston Tucker LF 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .250
     Jake Marisnick LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
     Colby Rasmus PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .230
Hank Conger C 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .216
Totals 34 2 8 2 4 12 14  
Batting
2B - Preston Tucker (18)
HR - Jed Lowrie (7)
TB - Carlos Correa 3, Evan Gattis, Jed Lowrie 4, Marwin Gonzalez 2, Preston Tucker 2
RBI - Jed Lowrie (20), Preston Tucker (32)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - George Springer (25), Jose Altuve 2 (54), Carlos Gomez (11)
GIDP - Jed Lowrie (2)
Team LOB - 9
Baserunning
SB - Jonathan Villar (5, 2nd off Jepsen/Suzuki)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Lance McCullers 7.0 3 1 1 2 8 0 3.07
Will Harris 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.34
Luke Gregerson (L 7-3) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 3.06
HBP - Trevor Plouffe (by Gregerson)
Pitches-Strikes - Lance McCullers 103-61, Will Harris 17-9, Luke Gregerson 25-17
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Lance McCullers 7-2, Will Harris 0-1, Luke Gregerson 2-0
Batters Faced - Lance McCullers 25, Will Harris 3, Luke Gregerson 6