Minnesota at Houston — MLB August 8, 2021

7 – 5

Final

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	7	12	2
HOU	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	10	0

Decisions

Win K. Maeda MIN

5.0 IP · 6 H · 3 ER · 5 K · 4.69 ERA

Loss L. McCullers Jr. HOU

4.2 IP · 8 H · 4 ER · 4 K · 3.22 ERA

Save A. Colome MIN

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 4.32 ERA

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	MIN	HOU
Bottom 1st Aledmys Díaz singled to shallow right, Chas McCormick to third, Michael Brantley to second. Chas McCormick scored on Jorge Polanco's throwing error	0	1
Top 2nd Trevor Larnach singled to left center, Jake Cave scored	1	1
Top 4th Miguel Sanó homered (412 ft.) to deep left center, Luis Arraez scored	3	1
Bottom 4th Taylor Jones reached on an infield single, Yordan Alvarez scored, Kyle Tucker to second. Kyle Tucker to third on Miguel Sanó's throwing error	3	2
Top 5th Jorge Polanco homered (325 ft.) to left	4	2
Bottom 5th Yordan Alvarez singled to right center, Martín Maldonado scored, Aledmys Díaz to second	4	3
Top 6th Jorge Polanco homered (375 ft.) to deep right, Max Kepler and Brent Rooker scored	7	3
Bottom 7th Aledmys Díaz doubled to right, Jake Meyers scored	7	4
Bottom 8th Carlos Correa homered (348 ft.) to left	7	5

Box score

Minnesota

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
M. Kepler RF	6	1	3	0	0	0	.211
B. Rooker DH	4	1	0	0	1	1	.176
J. Polanco 2B	4	2	2	4	1	2	.272
M. Garver C	5	0	0	0	0	1	.220
L. Arraez 3B	4	1	2	0	1	0	.318
M. Sano 1B	4	1	2	2	1	2	.211
J. Cave CF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.186
R. Refsnyder PH-CF	1	0	0	0	1	1	.328
T. Larnach LF	4	0	2	1	1	2	.229
A. Simmons SS	5	0	0	0	0	2	.216
Totals		7	12		6	11

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
K. Maeda W	5.0	6	3	3	3	5	100
J. Minaya	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	12
T. Duffey	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	15
D. Coulombe	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	7
J. Alcala	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	29
A. Colome S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	18

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
C. McCormick CF	5	1	1	0	0	2	.251
M. Brantley DH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.329
J. Meyers PH-DH	3	1	1	0	1	2	.167
A. Diaz 2B-3B	5	0	2	1	0	0	.287
Y. Alvarez LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	.286
C. Correa SS	4	1	1	1	0	2	.268
K. Tucker RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	.276
T. Jones 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	.188
J. Wilson 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.100
J. Altuve PH-2B	0	0	0	0	1	0	.274
M. Maldonado C	2	1	1	0	1	0	.184
J. Castro PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	1	.185
Totals		5	10		5	9