Sunday, August 30th, 2015 1:10PM CST
On Sunday, the Minnesota Twins defeated the Houston Astros 7-5. Ervin Santana delivered a strong performance on the mound, striking out ten hitters to claim his first win pitching at home. Eduardo Nunez and Miguel Sano provided power with home runs, and Minnesota successfully held off a ninth-inning comeback attempt by Houston to secure the victory.
Date: Sunday, August 30th, 2015
Time: 1:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 28,877
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - |
HOU |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

Doubles: Buxton (4, McCullers); Escobar (23, Qualls)
Triples: Dozier (4, Qualls)
Home Runs: Núñez (4, 6th inning off McCullers 1 on, 2 Out); Sanó (13, 7th inning off Pérez 1 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Rosario (33), Núñez 2 (19), Escobar (41), Mauer (55), Sanó 2 (40)
2-out Runs Batted In: Núñez 2
Sacrifice Flies: Rosario
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-7 (Núñez 0-1, Mauer 1-2, Dozier 0-1, Herrmann 0-1, Escobar 1-1, Robinson 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Núñez 1; Dozier 1; Herrmann 1

Hit By Pitch: Buxton (By Velasquez)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Santana 12-26; Fien 2-4; O'Rourke 5-6; May 2-2
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Santana 14-16-26-15; Fien 2-2-0-3; O'Rourke 5-2-4-5; May 1-1-2-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Santana 2-7; Fien 2-0; O'Rourke 1-1; May 0-0
Game Scores: E Santana 75

Double Plays: 1 (Dozier-Escobar-Mauer)

Stolen Bases: Rosario (10, 2nd base off McCullers/Conger)

Doubles: Gómez (4, Santana); Altuve (24, Fien)
Home Runs: Carter (18, 9th inning off O'Rourke 2 on, 1 Out); Altuve (11, 9th inning off May 1 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Carter 3 (52), Altuve 2 (54)
2-out Runs Batted In: Altuve 2
Ground Into Double Play: Stassi
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-9 (Conger 0-1, González 1-1, Stassi 0-1, Carter 1-3, Gattis 0-1, Rasmus 0-1, Valbuena 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Conger 1; Rasmus 1

Hit By Pitch: Carter (By Santana)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: McCullers 12-26; Qualls 3-3; Pérez 2-4; Velasquez 2-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: McCullers 15-13-20-16; Qualls 1-1-1-3; Pérez 3-2-1-3; Velasquez 4-0-3-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: McCullers 6-6; Qualls 0-1; Pérez 1-0; Velasquez 1-2
Game Scores: L McCullers Jr. 54

Caught Stealing: González (4, 2nd base by Santana/Herrmann)
Picked Off: Gómez (2nd base by Santana)
There are no baseball games today.
There are no baseball games tomorrow.
There were no baseball games yesterday.
All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not MLB-Schedules.com. All content on this website is for educational purposes.