October 25, 2006: Twins 8 Astros 4 (series tied, 2-2)
Saturday, December 01, 2007
| The World Series is all tied up at 2 games apiece after the Twins beat Andy Pettitte and the Astros by an 8-4 score. Torii Hunter was a big part of the Twins offense, going 3 for 5 with a double and 2 homers. Leadoff hitter Luis Castillo also had a 3 hit day. Twins starter Carlos Silva allowed just 5 hits and 2 runs over 7 innings, but was left in a little too long in the 8th and ended up with a 7 2/3 IP, 8 H, 4 ER line. Still, it was good enough for the win. Joe Nathan came in with the tying run on deck in the 8th and struck out pinch hitter Jason Lane to end the threat. The Astros would load the bases in the 9th, but Nathan struck out Chris Burke to end the game. Game 5 will be a rematch of game 1 starters, this time in Houston. That means Johan Santana for the Twins and Wandy Rodriguez for the Astros. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Minnesota Twins At 2006 Houston Astros 10/25/2006
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG
L.Castillo 2B 5 2 3 2 .322 C.Biggio 2B 5 0 1 1 .242
N.Punto 3B 3 1 1 0 .340 M.Lamb 3B 5 1 1 1 .377
M.Redmond C 5 0 1 1 .400 L.Berkman 1B 4 0 0 0 .254
M.Cuddyer RF 5 1 2 1 .298 L.Scott LF 4 1 1 0 .344
J.Morneau 1B 5 0 0 0 .264 C.Burke CF 4 1 1 0 .302
T.Hunter CF 5 3 3 3 .264 A.Huff RF 3 0 0 0 .241
P.Nevin LF 5 0 1 1 .333 A.Everett SS 4 0 2 2 .217
J.Bartlett SS 2 1 1 0 .208 B.Ausmus C 3 1 2 0 .231
C.Silva P 4 0 0 0 .000 C-J.Lane PH 1 0 0 0 .067
J.Nathan P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-E.Munson C 0 0 0 0 .200
A.Pettitte P 1 0 0 0 .000
A-M.Ensberg PH 1 0 0 0 .174
D.Borkowski P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-W.Taveras PH 1 0 0 0 .172
B.Lidge P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-E.Bruntlett PH 1 0 1 0 .263
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Totals 39 8 12 8 Totals 37 4 9 4
A-Pinch Hit For Pettitte In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Borkowski In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ausmus In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Lane In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Lidge In 9th Inning
Twins........... 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 - 8 12 2
Astros.......... 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 - 4 9 2
Twins (9-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Silva WIN(1-0) 7 2/3 8 4 4 2 4 1 105 2.79
J.Nathan SAVE(5th) 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 4 0 23 0.00
Totals 9 9 4 4 3 8 1
Astros (9-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Pettitte LOSS(0-2) 5 11 8 7 1 3 3 100 8.84
D.Borkowski 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 39 0.96
B.Lidge 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 4.82
Totals 9 12 8 7 2 8 3
ATTENDANCE- 39,596 DATE- Wednesday, October 25th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Andy Fletcher, Mike Reilly, Jeff Kellogg, Jerry Meals
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 8 Astros:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 1 Astros: 0
ERRORS- N.Punto, J.Bartlett, C.Burke, B.Lidge
DOUBLES- M.Redmond(2nd), M.Cuddyer-2(4th), T.Hunter(2nd), C.Biggio(2nd),
L.Scott(5th), B.Ausmus(3rd)
HOME RUNS- L.Castillo(1st), T.Hunter-2(4th), M.Lamb(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- N.Punto
WALKS- N.Punto, J.Bartlett, L.Berkman, L.Scott, C.Burke
HIT BY PITCH- J.Bartlett, A.Huff
STRIKE OUTS- J.Morneau, T.Hunter-2, P.Nevin-2, C.Silva-3, C.Biggio, M.Lamb,
L.Berkman-2, L.Scott, C.Burke-2, J.Lane
GIDP- W.Taveras
Center fielder Torii Hunter slammed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Minute Maid
Field as the Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros by the count of 8 to
4.
Hunter enjoyed a fine evening at the plate. He blasted a solo shot in the 2nd
inning, hit a bases-empty home run (his 4th of the season) in the 4th inning
and doubled scoring a run in the 5th inning. Overall Minnesota out-hit
Houston 12 to 9.
Carlos Silva(1-0) allowed 4 runs in 7 and 2/3 innings, and picked up the
victory. Silva got help from Joe Nathan who earned his 5th save. Andy
Pettitte(0-2) was the loser. He served up 3 homeruns in his 5 innings.
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