October 26, 2006: Astros 8 Twins 4 (Astros lead series, 3-2)
Saturday, December 01, 2007
| In game 5, the Astros reverse the score of the previous game and win 8-4 before the home crowd. The Twins certainly had the perceived advantage in this one with Johan Santana on the mound, but the Astros were able to get to him for 2 runs in both the 2nd and 4th innings. The walk was the killer for Santana, as he allowed 2 in each of those innings. The Twins would manage to tie it up at 4 n the top of the 6th, but the Astros would come back to strike in the bottom of the 7th against a tiring Santana for 4 more runs. The big hits in the 7th were back to back triples - a bases clearing job by Chris Burke, followed by Luke Scott to knock in Burke and finally knock Santana from the game. Roy Oswalt will take the hill and try to clinch the series for the Astros in game 6. Boof Bonser will try to get the Twins to game 7. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Minnesota Twins At 2006 Houston Astros 10/26/2006
Twins AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG
L.Castillo 2B 5 1 1 0 .313 C.Biggio 2B 5 1 0 0 .224
N.Punto 3B 4 0 2 2 .351 M.Ensberg 3B 4 0 1 0 .185
J.Mauer C 3 0 0 0 .294 L.Berkman 1B 2 1 0 0 .246
M.Cuddyer RF 3 2 1 0 .300 C.Burke CF 4 2 2 3 .319
J.Morneau 1B 3 0 2 0 .286 L.Scott LF 2 2 1 1 .349
T.Hunter CF 4 0 0 0 .246 J.Lane RF 2 1 0 0 .059
P.Nevin LF 4 0 1 1 .313 A.Everett SS 2 0 0 1 .210
J.Bartlett SS 3 0 0 0 .196 B.Ausmus C 3 0 1 3 .236
B-J.Tyner PH 1 0 0 0 .222 W.Rodriguez P 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Santana P 2 1 1 0 .500 C.Qualls P 0 0 0 0 ----
M.Guerrier P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-E.Bruntlett PH 1 1 1 0 .300
C-L.Rodriguez PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Wheeler P 1 0 1 01.000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 4 8 3 Totals 27 8 7 8
A-Pinch Hit For Qualls In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bartlett In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Guerrier In 9th Inning
Twins........... 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 8 1
Astros.......... 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 - 8 7 3
Twins (9-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Santana LOSS(3-2) 6 2/3 6 8 4 6 7 0 120 3.16
M.Guerrier 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 2.79
Totals 8 7 8 4 6 8 0
Astros (10-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
W.Rodriguez 5 1/3 6 4 2 2 3 0 104 8.64
C.Qualls WIN(1-0) 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 4.63
D.Wheeler 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 21 2.70
Totals 9 8 4 2 3 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 38,716 DATE- Thursday, October 26th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Charlie Reliford, Larry Vanover, Greg Gibson, Paul Nauert
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Twins: 6 Astros: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Twins: 2 Astros: 4
ERRORS- J.Bartlett, M.Ensberg, J.Lane, A.Everett
DOUBLES- L.Castillo(4th), N.Punto(4th), M.Cuddyer(5th)
TRIPLES- C.Burke(2nd), L.Scott(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Everett, W.Rodriguez
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Ausmus
WALKS- J.Mauer, J.Morneau, J.Santana, L.Berkman-2, L.Scott, J.Lane-2, A.Everett
HIT BY PITCH- M.Cuddyer, L.Scott
STRIKE OUTS- L.Castillo, N.Punto, T.Hunter, P.Nevin-2, J.Tyner, M.Ensberg-2,
L.Berkman, C.Burke-2, J.Lane, B.Ausmus, W.Rodriguez
GIDP- T.Hunter-2, J.Bartlett-2, L.Berkman
At Minute Maid Field the Houston Astros easily handled the Minnesota Twins by
the score of 8 to 4.
Chad Qualls(1-0) got the win with a steady relief outing. He surrendered 1
hit and 1 walk in 1 and 2/3 innings improving his ERA from 5.40 to 4.63.
Houston banged out 7 on the night.
Johan Santana(3-2) absorbed the loss. He was knocked around, surrendering 8
runs in 6 and 2/3 innings.
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