HOU 4 vs. MIN 2

BOXSCORE: 2011 Houston Astros At 2011 Minnesota Twins                4/9/2011
 
  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Twins              AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Bourgeois CF,LF   4  0  2  0 .444     D.Span CF           4  0  1  0 .111  
  J.Altuve 2B         3  1  2  0 .375     B.Revere LF         3  0  1  0 .200  
  J.Martinez LF       1  2  1  2 .625     M.Cuddyer 1B        4  0  0  0 .222  
A-B.Bogusevic PH,LF   1  0  0  0 .333     D.Valencia 3B       4  0  0  0 .250  
B-J.Schafer CF        0  0  0  0 .111     J.Kubel RF          2  0  0  0 .333  
  C.Lee 1B            4  0  0  0 .125     T.Plouffe DH        4  1  2  0 .429  
  M.Downs RF          4  1  2  2 .286     L.Hughes 2B         2  0  1  0 .500  
  A.Sanchez 3B        3  0  0  0 .286   C-J.Mauer PH          1  0  0  0 .400  
  C.Barmes SS         4  0  0  0 .250     A.Casilla SS        2  0  0  1 .000  
  C.Johnson DH        3  0  0  0 .286     D.Butera C          3  0  0  0 .000  
  H.Quintero C        3  0  0  0 .083                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  4  7  4                 Totals      29  1  5  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Bogusevic In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hughes In 9th Inning
 
Astros.......... 0 0 2  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  4  7  0
Twins........... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  5  1
 
Astros (2-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Happ WIN(1-0)           8       5   1   1   2   6   0 114   1.13
M.Melancon SAVE(1st)      1       0   0   0   1   0   0  13   0.00
Totals                    9       5   1   1   3   6   0
 
Twins (1-1)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Duensing LOSS(0-1)      7       6   4   4   3   6   2 107   5.14
M.Capps                   1       1   0   0   0   0   0   8   0.00
A.Swarzak                 1       0   0   0   0   0   0   8   0.00
Totals                    9       7   4   4   3   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,103 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Bruce Dreckman, Paul Emmel, Rob Drake, Gary Darling
T- 2:57
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 3  Twins: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 1  Twins: 2
ERRORS- B.Duensing
DOUBLES- T.Plouffe-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Martinez(1st), M.Downs(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Altuve, B.Revere
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Altuve, A.Casilla
WALKS- J.Martinez-2, A.Sanchez, B.Revere, J.Kubel, L.Hughes
HIT BY PITCH- J.Kubel
STRIKE OUTS- A.Sanchez, C.Barmes-2, C.Johnson, H.Quintero-2, D.Span, M.Cuddyer,
             D.Valencia, J.Kubel, L.Hughes, A.Casilla
GIDP- C.Lee, C.Barmes, J.Mauer
2-out RBI- J.Martinez-2, M.Downs-2
 
Matt Downs went yard and had 2 RBI as the Houston Astros bested the Minnesota
Twins 4 to 1 at Target Field.
 
Houston went ahead for good in the 3rd inning with 2 runs utilizing 2 base
hits.  After two outs Jose Altuve got things going when he smacked a single.
J.D. Martinez came next and he cleared the fences for a two-run home run.
That scoring would be all that was needed.  Houston finished with 7 hits in
the victory.  
 
J.A. Happ(1-0) went 8 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Mark Melancon
preserved the game for Happ, recording his his 1st.  Brian Duensing(0-1)
ended up with the loss.