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Houston Astros @ Minnesota Twins

2020-09-30 · 2020 Wild Card · Game 2 of 2 ◀ Game 1 · Day game · Target Field · 61°F, cloudy · Wind 19 mph R to L · 3:32

Houston Astros defeated Minnesota Twins 3–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 4th — Kyle Tucker singles on a ground ball to left fielder Eddie Rosario. Michael Brantley scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Carlos Correa homers (1) on a fly ball to center field — worth 22% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Eddie Rosario (P): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	5
MIN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3

W: Cristian Javier L: Cody Stashak SV: Ryan Pressly

Umpires — HP: Manny Gonzalez · 1B: Tim Timmons · 2B: Ron Kulpa · 3B: Laz Diaz · LF: Todd Tichenor · RF: D.J. Reyburn

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Brantley	2	2	0	0	2	1
Alex Bregman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Kyle Tucker	4	0	2	2	0	1
Yuli Gurriel	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Correa	4	1	2	1	0	0
Josh Reddick	4	0	0	0	0	2
Martin Maldonado	3	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Arraez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Max Kepler	3	0	0	0	1	1
Nelson Cruz	3	0	1	1	1	0
Eddie Rosario	3	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel Sano	3	0	0	0	1	1
Alex Kirilloff	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jorge Polanco	3	0	0	0	1	1
Marwin Gonzalez	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ryan Jeffers	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jake Cave	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Urquidy	4.1	2	2	3
Brooks Raley	0.2	1	1	1
Cristian Javier	3.0	0	2	2
Ryan Pressly	1.0	0	0	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Berrios	5.0	2	2	4
Cody Stashak	2.0	1	0	1
Trevor May	1.0	0	0	0
Taylor Rogers	0.0	2	1	0
Tyler Duffey	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Springer: 8/F89XD+
Jose Altuve: 43/G4MD
Michael Brantley: K.BX1(23)

Bot 1

Luis Arraez: K
Max Kepler: W
Nelson Cruz: 9/F9LF/FL
Eddie Rosario: E4/TH/G4.1-2;B-1
Miguel Sano: W.2-3;1-2
Alex Kirilloff: 8/L78D

Top 2

Alex Bregman: 9/F9S
Kyle Tucker: 13/BG56S
Yuli Gurriel: 63/G6

Bot 2

Jorge Polanco: 7/F7LSF/FL
Marwin Gonzalez: 7/F7
Ryan Jeffers: K

Top 3

Carlos Correa: 8/F89XD+
Josh Reddick: K
Martin Maldonado: 8/F8D

Bot 3

Luis Arraez: 43/G34D
Max Kepler: 8/F78D
Nelson Cruz: 43/G4M

Top 4

George Springer: K
Jose Altuve: 63/G6+
Michael Brantley: W
Alex Bregman: W.1-2
Kyle Tucker: S7/G6.2-H;1-3
Yuli Gurriel: 53/G56

Bot 4

Eddie Rosario: 8/F89D+
Miguel Sano: 4/P34D
Alex Kirilloff: S9/L9D+
Jorge Polanco: 13/G15-

Top 5

Carlos Correa: S5/G56S
Josh Reddick: 9/F89D
Martin Maldonado: K
George Springer: 64(1)/FO/G6D+.B-1

Bot 5

Marwin Gonzalez: S4/L9LS
Ryan Jeffers: K
Luis Arraez: W.1-2
Max Kepler: K
Nelson Cruz: D7/L7D+.2-H;1XH(762)

Top 6

Jose Altuve: 63/G6
Michael Brantley: 3/G3
Alex Bregman: 7/L7

Bot 6

Eddie Rosario: K
Miguel Sano: 9/F9+
Alex Kirilloff: 9/F9

Top 7

Kyle Tucker: K
Yuli Gurriel: 8/F8XD
Carlos Correa: HR/F8XD
Josh Reddick: 9/L9D+

Bot 7

Jorge Polanco: W
Marwin Gonzalez: 7/F7
Ryan Jeffers: 9/F9LF/FL
Luis Arraez: 8/F78D

Top 8

Martin Maldonado: 7/F78
George Springer: 53/G5
Jose Altuve: 43/G6M

Bot 8

Max Kepler: 5/P56S
Nelson Cruz: W
Jake Cave: K
Miguel Sano: POCS2(1341)

Top 9

Michael Brantley: W
Alex Bregman: S8/G4.1-3
Kyle Tucker: S9/G34+.3-H;1-2
Yuli Gurriel: WP.2-3;1-2
Yuli Gurriel: 9/F9LS
Carlos Correa: FC/G5.3XH(52);2-3;B-1
Josh Reddick: K

Bot 9

Miguel Sano: K
Alex Kirilloff: 5/L6
Jorge Polanco: K

Notes & reviews

Twins challenged call that Arraez was out at home; call upheld - out trying to score on double
Rosario ejected by HP umpire Gonzalez for arguing 5th pitch was ball 4 before striking out
Twins challenged call that Springer was safe at 1st; call overturned - ground out
Twins challenged call that Altuve was out at 1st; clal overturned - ground out

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