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Minnesota @ Houston Matchups, Results & Stats

Minute Maid Park

Team Table
Team W/L H/A $ RF RA Tot O/U
MIN 89-75 40-41 -307 4.77 4.02 8.80 80-78
HOU 90-72 39-42 -80 5.10 4.31 9.41 83-75

MIN vs HOUHead To Head

Win / Loss
6-4
Over / Under
5-5-0
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U MIN Starter (IP) HOU Starter (IP)
May 31, '23 HOU 8 - 2 MIN +158 o7.5 L. Varland (7.0) H. Brown (4.2)
May 30, '23 HOU 5 - 1 HOU +102 u8.0 J. Ryan (4.0) B. Bielak (5.2)
May 29, '23 HOU 7 - 5 MIN +113 o7.5 S. Gray (6.0) J. France (6.0)
Apr 09, '23 MIN 5 - 1 HOU -114 u8.0 T. Mahle (6.0) H. Brown (7.0)
Apr 08, '23 MIN 9 - 6 MIN -113 o7.5 J. Ryan (6.0) L. Garcia (4.0)
Apr 07, '23 MIN 3 - 2 MIN -123 u7.5 S. Gray (7.0) J. Urquidy (5.1)
Aug 25, '22 HOU 6 - 3 HOU -168 o8.5 C. Archer (4.0) L. Garcia (5.0)
Aug 24, '22 HOU 5 - 3 HOU -222 o7.5 D. Bundy (5.0) F. Valdez (7.0)
Aug 23, '22 HOU 4 - 2 HOU -289 u7.5 A. Sanchez (4.0) J. Verlander (6.0)
May 12, '22 MIN 5 - 0 HOU -115 u8.5 J. Winder (3.1) L. Garcia (5.0)

Minnesota Record Last 10

Win / Loss
7-3-0
Over / Under
5-5-0
ML
$111
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
Oct 04, '23 TOR W 2 - 0 W -139 u8.0 S. Gray (5.0) J. Berríos (3.0)
Oct 03, '23 TOR W 3 - 1 W -121 u7.5 P. López (5.2) K. Gausman (4.0)
Oct 01, '23 @ COL L 2 - 3 L -152 u13.0 B. Ober (6.2) B. Suter (1.0)
Sep 30, '23 @ COL W 14 - 6 W -136 o13.0 E. Pagán (1.0) M. Koch (1.0)
Sep 29, '23 @ COL W 7 - 6 W -182 o11.5 J. Ryan (5.0) T. Blach (5.0)
Sep 28, '23 ATH L 1 - 2 L -265 u8.0 S. Gray (4.0) L. Medina (6.0)
Sep 27, '23 ATH W 6 - 4 W -274 o7.5 P. López (4.1) J. Estes (5.1)
Sep 26, '23 ATH W 11 - 3 W -205 o8.0 B. Ober (5.0) P. Blackburn (3.0)
Sep 24, '23 LAA W 9 - 3 W -236 o8.0 J. Ryan (6.0) A. Wantz (2.0)
Sep 23, '23 LAA L 0 - 1 L -196 u7.5 S. Gray (6.0) K. Rosenberg (5.0)

Minnesota Next 3 Games

Houston Record Last 10

Win / Loss
6-4-0
Over / Under
3-6-1
ML
$131
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
Oct 01, '23 @ AZ W 8 - 1 W -219 u9.5 C. Javier (6.0) K. Nelson (0.1)
Sep 30, '23 @ AZ W 1 - 0 W -127 u9.0 J. Verlander (5.0) K. Kelly (7.0)
Sep 29, '23 @ AZ W 2 - 1 W +106 u9.5 J. Urquidy (6.0) Z. Gallen (6.1)
Sep 27, '23 @ SEA W 8 - 3 W -114 o8.0 F. Valdez (4.0) B. Miller (4.0)
Sep 26, '23 @ SEA L 2 - 6 L +104 P8.0 C. Javier (4.2) G. Kirby (6.0)
Sep 25, '23 @ SEA W 5 - 1 W +109 u7.5 J. Verlander (8.0) L. Castillo (6.0)
Sep 24, '23 KC L 5 - 6 L -279 o9.5 H. Brown (3.0) S. Cruz (1.0)
Sep 23, '23 KC L 2 - 3 L -261 u9.5 J. France (5.0) J. Lyles (5.0)
Sep 22, '23 KC L 5 - 7 L -222 o8.5 F. Valdez (5.1) C. Ragans (6.0)
Sep 20, '23 BAL W 2 - 1 W +103 u9.0 C. Javier (5.0) K. Bradish (6.0)

Houston Next 3 Games

Series Stats

Remaining Games - Series MIN @ HOU
Date MIN Starter HOU Starter
Sun, Oct 8 20:03 ET P. López R (2-0 .71) F. Valdez L (0-3 9)

Series Game Records

Minnesota - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 32-21 13-12 19-11
Game 2 32-21 21-11 12-11
Game 3 21-28 11-19 10-9
Game 4 4-5 1-2 3-3
Houston - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 26-26 16-19 15-8
Game 2 30-22 18-11 14-13
Game 3 31-19 18-12 14-8
Game 4 3-5 1-3 2-3

Next 3 Series

Minnesota
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Mon, Oct 9 - Mon, Oct 9 @ HOU 90-72 39-42 H
Tue, Oct 10 - Wed, Oct 11 vs HOU 90-72 51-30 A
Houston
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Mon, Oct 9 - Mon, Oct 9 vs MIN 87-75 40-41 A
Tue, Oct 10 - Wed, Oct 11 @ MIN 87-75 47-34 H
Mon, Oct 16 - Tue, Oct 24 vs TEX 90-72 40-41 A

MIN vs HOU Starters Recent Games

Win / Loss
4-1
ERA
3.51
Avg. IP
5.0
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Oct 01, '23 COL 3 - MIN 2
L -152 u13.0 6.2 2 1 1 9 0 1 96 14.4 1.2
Sep 26, '23 MIN 11 - OAK 3
W -205 o8.0 5.0 2 0 0 8 0 0 86 17.2 3.0
Sep 20, '23 CIN 3 - MIN 5
W +118 u8.5 5.0 3 2 2 3 3 1 97 19.4 2.0
Sep 15, '23 CHW 2 - MIN 10
W -170 o9.0 5.0 5 2 2 6 0 1 93 18.6 1.0
Aug 27, '23 MIN 7 - TEX 6
W +109 o8.5 4.0 5 5 5 4 1 2 73 18.3 0.8
Last 5 Avg. 5.0 3.4 2.0 2.0 6.0 0.8 1.0 89.0 17.6 1.6
Last Vs Houston
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Aug 06, '21 HOU 4 - MIN 5
W +201 p9.0 5.0 7 3 3 5 1 2 80 16.0 1.0
Jun 11, '21 MIN 4 - HOU 6
L +141 u10.5 5.0 7 2 2 7 1 1 73 14.6 0.7
Last 2 Avg. 5.0 7.0 2.5 2.5 6.0 1.0 1.5 76.5 15.3 0.8
Win / Loss
3-2
ERA
2.73
Avg. IP
6.1
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Sep 30, '23 AZ 0 - HOU 1
W -127 u9.0 5.0 2 0 0 5 3 0 94 18.8 1.3
Sep 25, '23 SEA 1 - HOU 5
W +109 u7.5 8.0 3 1 1 8 1 0 96 12.0 1.5
Sep 18, '23 HOU 7 - BAL 8
L -191 o8.5 6.0 8 3 3 5 1 0 89 14.8 1.3
Sep 12, '23 HOU 2 - OAK 6
L -326 u8.5 7.0 8 5 5 7 0 2 94 13.4 0.7
Sep 06, '23 TEX 3 - HOU 12
W +124 o8.5 7.0 4 2 1 6 1 1 100 14.3 0.4
Last 5 Avg. 6.1 5.0 2.2 2.0 6.2 1.2 0.6 94.6 14.7 1.0
Last Vs Minnesota
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Aug 23, '22 HOU 4 - MIN 2
W -289 u7.5 6.0 0 0 0 10 0 0 91 15.2 1.0
May 10, '22 MIN 0 - HOU 5
W -140 u7.0 8.0 1 0 0 5 2 0 89 11.1 2.7
Apr 29, '19 MIN 1 - HOU 0
L -159 u8.0 6.0 2 1 1 7 2 1 100 16.7 5.0
Last 3 Avg. 6.2 1.0 0.3 0.3 7.3 1.3 0.3 93.3 14.3 2.9

MIN vs HOU Stats Analysis

All Pitchers
Team ERA AVG. OBP WHIP IP HR BB K
Minnesota 3.83 .237 .298 1.18 8.2 1.2 2.6 9.6
Houston 3.94 .242 .316 1.28 8.2 1.2 3.3 9.0
Starters
Team Runs/9 ERA AVG. OBP WHIP IP HR BB K
Minnesota 3.91 3.79 .241 .293 1.16 5.1 0.8 1.4 6.0
Houston 4.52 4.17 .249 .318 1.29 5.1 0.8 1.9 5.3
Relievers
Team Runs/9 ERA AVG. OBP WHIP IP HR BB K
Minnesota 4.26 3.90 .229 .305 1.22 3.1 0.4 1.3 3.7
Houston 4.06 3.56 .230 .314 1.25 3.1 0.4 1.4 3.8

More Stats

Minnesota Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Emilio Pagán (R) 6 66 69.1 45 26 23 5 19 65 3.00 0.92 47:54
Last 3 3 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 0.67 0:3
Jorge Alcala (R) 6 11 17.1 14 13 12 5 10 16 6.35 1.38 15:14
Last 3 3 4.1 3 3 3 2 4 5 6.75 1.62 2:3
Caleb Thielbar (L) 3 38 32.1 24 12 11 7 6 36 3.09 0.93 26:15
Last 3 3 2.0 3 2 2 2 0 1 9.00 1.50 2:1
Brock Stewart (R) 3 29 28.2 19 2 2 1 8 41 0.64 0.94 16:14
Last 3 3 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 1.50 0:1
Griffin Jax (R) 3 73 67.1 59 30 28 5 18 70 3.76 1.14 85:21
Last 3 3 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0.00 1.00 4:0
Bullpen Total 21 217 215.0 161 83 76 23 61 228 3.18 1.03 189:118
Last 3 15 14.1 13 5 5 4 5 18 3.14 1.26 8:8
Available Bullpen 21 217 215.0 161 83 76 23 61 228 3.18 1.03 189:118


Houston Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Matthew Gage (L) 113 5 6.2 6 2 2 1 3 8 3.00 1.35 7:0
Last 3 3 4.2 4 2 2 1 1 6 4.50 1.07 4:0
Brandon Bielak (R) 44 15 80.0 86 43 34 12 36 62 3.83 1.53 90:39
Last 3 3 15.0 21 15 9 2 10 12 5.40 2.07 16:10
Joel Kuhnel (R) 20 9 13.0 16 8 8 2 4 3 5.54 1.54 21:5
Last 3 3 4.2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2.25 1.07 6:3
Ryne Stanek (R) 10 55 50.2 42 24 23 8 20 51 4.14 1.22 30:43
Last 3 3 2.0 3 2 2 2 0 2 9.00 1.50 1:2
Ryan Pressly (R) 7 65 65.1 54 33 26 8 16 74 3.60 1.07 73:30
Last 3 3 3.1 2 1 0 0 3 3 0.00 1.50 3:5
Rafael Montero (R) 6 68 67.1 74 40 38 11 29 79 5.10 1.53 54:34
Last 3 3 2.0 5 2 2 0 1 3 9.00 3.00 2:1
Héctor Neris (R) 6 71 68.1 41 16 13 7 31 77 1.72 1.05 46:43
Last 3 3 3.2 1 0 0 0 3 4 0.00 1.09 5:0
Kendall Graveman (R) 6 68 66.1 51 27 23 9 36 66 3.14 1.31 56:37
Last 3 3 2.1 3 0 0 0 2 2 0.00 2.14 3:0
Phillip Maton (R) 6 68 66.0 49 27 22 6 23 74 3.00 1.09 56:37
Last 3 3 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 0.33 2:1
Bryan Abreu (R) 6 72 72.0 44 17 14 6 31 100 1.75 1.04 44:38
Last 3 3 3.2 2 0 0 0 3 6 0.00 1.36 2:2
Cristian Javier (R) 6 31 162.0 143 85 82 25 62 159 4.56 1.27 80:143
Last 3 3 15.2 9 5 4 0 7 21 2.40 1.02 5:13
Hunter Brown (R) 6 31 155.2 157 94 88 26 55 178 5.11 1.36 159:55
Last 3 3 9.1 12 13 13 6 4 9 13.00 1.71 12:3
Bullpen Total 236 558 873.1 763 416 373 121 346 931 3.84 1.27 716:504
Last 3 36 69.1 66 41 33 12 36 73 4.28 1.47 61:40
Available Bullpen 236 558 873.1 763 416 373 121 346 931 3.84 1.27 716:504
Minnesota All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Simeon Woods Richardson (R) 168 1 4.2 7 5 5 1 3 5 11.25 2.14 5:1
Tyler Mahle (R) 162 5 25.2 22 11 9 5 5 28 3.24 1.05 18:12
Jordan Balazovic (R) 48 18 24.1 26 13 12 5 12 17 4.50 1.56 26:18
Brent Headrick (L) 22 14 25.2 27 18 18 7 10 30 6.48 1.44 8:22
Josh Winder (R) 14 19 34.2 35 16 16 3 14 28 4.24 1.41 31:24
Kenta Maeda (R) 9 21 104.1 94 50 49 17 28 117 4.24 1.17 68:69
Joe Ryan (R) 7 29 161.2 155 83 81 32 34 197 4.53 1.17 98:108
Dallas Keuchel (L) 6 10 37.2 45 25 25 3 18 25 6.08 1.67 56:15
Chris Paddack (R) 6 2 5.0 6 3 3 1 1 8 5.40 1.40 2:2
Kody Funderburk (L) 6 11 12.0 6 1 1 1 5 19 0.75 0.92 10:6
Pablo López (R) 4 33 199.2 181 82 80 24 49 237 3.62 1.15 173:98
Sonny Gray (R) 3 33 189.0 161 59 57 8 57 189 2.71 1.15 192:85
Jhoan Duran (R) 3 61 64.1 47 25 17 6 21 89 2.39 1.06 70:14
Louie Varland (R) 3 19 68.2 68 35 35 16 17 72 4.63 1.24 63:43


Houston All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Luis Garcia (R) 158 6 27.0 25 12 12 3 10 31 4.00 1.30 16:15
Shawn Dubin (R) 97 3 9.0 12 7 7 1 3 11 7.00 1.67 6:7
Seth Martinez (R) 44 35 43.0 45 29 25 5 17 45 5.23 1.44 37:21
Ronel Blanco (R) 41 17 52.0 49 29 26 12 28 52 4.50 1.48 39:38
Parker Mushinski (L) 24 14 14.2 19 9 9 5 4 15 5.79 1.57 17:8
J.P. France (R) 13 24 136.1 138 64 58 19 47 101 3.84 1.36 138:83
Framber Valdez (L) 9 31 198.0 166 86 76 19 57 200 3.45 1.13 243:74
José Urquidy (R) 7 16 63.0 65 37 37 11 25 45 5.29 1.43 58:39
Bennett Sousa (L) 6 7 9.0 6 4 4 1 2 10 4.00 0.89 7:4
Umpire G W-L AVG PIT STR B STR% STR BB K/BB HR O/U
Brian Knight 0 0-0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0-0




Vs Twins
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter
Sep 2, 2023 TEX 7 - MIN 9 L -182 O 9.0 Dallas Keuchel (L) Jordan Montgomery (L)
Apr 1, 2023 KC 0 - MIN 2 L +143 U 8.0 Sonny Gray (R) Jordan Lyles (R)
Mar 3, 2023 MIN 4 - BOS 9 L -114 O 10.5 James Paxton (L) Sonny Gray (R)


Vs Astros
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter
Jun 15, 2023 HOU 1 - WAS 4 L -200 U 8.5 MacKenzie Gore (L) Cristian Javier (R)
May 26, 2023 OAK 2 - HOU 5 L +228 U 8.0 Hunter Brown (R) James Kaprielian (R)


Vs John Ober (R)
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter


Vs Justin Verlander (R)
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter

Betting Terminology

  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds
  • O/U: Closing total and odds
  • IP: Innings pitched by the starter
  • H: Hits allowed by the starter
  • R: Runs allowed by the starter
  • ER: Earned runs allowed by the starter
  • SO: Strikeouts thrown by the starter
  • BB: Walks allowed by the starter
  • HR: Home runs allowed by the starter
  • PIT: Total pitches thrown by the starter
  • P/IP: Pitches thrown per inning by the starter
  • GB:FB: Groundball - flyball ratio by the starter

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win-loss record (last 10)
  • Net $: $ won/lost based on $100 bets (last 10)
  • O/U: Over under record (last 10)
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the game
  • O/U: Closing total and odds for the game
  • Away/Home Starter: Starting pitchers for the game
  • Last vs: The result last time the teams played
  • Schedule Starter: Expected starter for the upcoming game

Betting Terminology

Records below refer to the game # of all series across the season. Game 1, game 2 etc.

  • Overall: Team’s season record
  • After Win: Team’s record for the game immediately after a win
  • After Loss: Team’s record for the game immediately after a loss

Betting Terminology

  • Runs/9: Runs per nine innings
  • AVG: Batting average
  • Hits: Average hits per game
  • HR: Average home runs per game
  • BB: Average bases on balls (walks) per game
  • EB Hits: Average extra base hits per game
  • SB: Average stolen bases per game
  • OBP: On base percentage
  • R: Runs allowed
  • ER: Earned runs allowed
  • AVG: Batting average allowed
  • HR: Average home runs allowed
  • BB: Average bases on balls (walks) allowed
  • IP(S): Average innings pitched by starters
  • K(S): Average strikeouts by starters
  • K(B): Average strikeouts by bullpen
  • Rest(B): % of relievers that are available to pitch today
  • RF: Average team runs for. The run support pitchers are getting

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