Minnesota @ Houston Game Overview

MIN vs HOURecords

MIN vs HOURecords

Team Table
Team W/L H/A $ RF RA Tot O/U
Minnesota logo MIN 63-73 24-44 -1129 4.44 4.88 9.32 65-67
Houston logo HOU 84-53 37-32 -458 4.94 3.33 8.27 60-70

MIN vs HOUHead To Head

Win / Loss
7-3
Over / Under
5-4-1
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U MIN Starter (IP) HOU Starter (IP)
Apr 11, '18 MIN Minnesota logo 9 - 8 MIN +140 o8.0 K. Gibson (4.1) L. McCullers Jr. (3.2)
Apr 10, '18 MIN Minnesota logo 4 - 1 MIN +144 u8.0 J. Odorizzi (6.0) D. Keuchel (4.0)
Apr 09, '18 MIN Houston logo 2 - 0 HOU -148 u8.0 L. Lynn (5.0) J. Verlander (7.0)
Jul 16, '17 HOU Houston logo 5 - 3 HOU -192 u9.5 K. Gibson (6.0) M. Fiers (7.0)
Jul 15, '17 HOU Minnesota logo 4 - 2 MIN +152 u9.5 E. Santana (6.0) J. Musgrove (5.0)
Jul 14, '17 HOU Houston logo 10 - 5 HOU -161 o9.0 J. Berrios (1.2) C. Morton (5.0)
May 31, '17 MIN Houston logo 17 - 6 HOU -137 o10.0 H. Santiago (6.0) D. Paulino (4.0)
May 30, '17 MIN Houston logo 7 - 2 HOU -101 P9.0 J. Berrios (5.0) M. Fiers (6.0)
May 29, '17 MIN Houston logo 16 - 8 HOU -114 o9.0 E. Santana (7.0) B. Peacock (4.2)
Aug 11, '16 MIN Houston logo 10 - 2 HOU -125 o9.0 T. Milone (3.0) C. Devenski (5.0)

Minnesota logo Minnesota Record Last 10

Win / Loss
3-7-0
Over / Under
4-5-1
ML
-$267
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
Sep 02, '18 @ Texas logo TEX L 4 - 18 L +101 o11.0 G. Moya (1.0) Y. Mendez (6.0)
Sep 01, '18 @ Texas logo TEX L 4 - 7 L -117 o10.0 J. Berrios (4.0) Y. Gallardo (5.0)
Aug 31, '18 @ Texas logo TEX W 10 - 7 W +110 o11.5 S. Gonsalves (3.2) D. Hutchison (4.0)
Aug 30, '18 @ Cleveland logo CLE L 3 - 5 L +182 u8.5 J. Odorizzi (5.1) M. Clevinger (6.2)
Aug 29, '18 @ Cleveland logo CLE W 4 - 3 W +165 u10.0 K. Stewart (4.2) A. Plutko (5.1)
Aug 28, '18 @ Cleveland logo CLE L 1 - 8 L +201 P9.0 K. Gibson (5.1) C. Carrasco (7.2)
Aug 26, '18 Athletics logo ATH L 2 - 6 L -120 u9.0 J. Berrios (5.0) C. Bassitt (4.2)
Aug 25, '18 Athletics logo ATH L 2 - 6 L +141 u9.5 S. Gonsalves (5.0) M. Fiers (5.2)
Aug 24, '18 Athletics logo ATH L 1 - 7 L +114 u9.0 J. Odorizzi (7.0) S. Manaea (5.0)
Aug 23, '18 Athletics logo ATH W 6 - 4 W +158 o9.5 K. Stewart (4.2) T. Cahill (5.0)

Minnesota Next 3 Games

Houston logo Houston Record Last 10

Win / Loss
7-3-0
Over / Under
5-5-0
ML
$129
Team - Last 10
Date vs Result ML O/U Starter (IP) Opp Starter (IP)
Sep 02, '18 Los Angeles logo LAA W 4 - 2 W -214 u7.5 G. Cole (5.2) S. Ohtani (2.1)
Sep 01, '18 Los Angeles logo LAA W 7 - 3 W -185 o9.0 J. James (5.0) F. Pena (7.0)
Aug 31, '18 Los Angeles logo LAA L 0 - 3 L -190 u9.0 F. Valdez (5.0) J. Barria (6.0)
Aug 30, '18 Los Angeles logo LAA L 2 - 5 L -245 u8.0 J. Verlander (5.1) A. Heaney (6.0)
Aug 29, '18 Athletics logo ATH W 5 - 4 W -151 o8.5 D. Keuchel (6.0) T. Cahill (3.1)
Aug 28, '18 Athletics logo ATH L 3 - 4 L -222 u8.5 C. Morton (4.2) E. Jackson (4.2)
Aug 27, '18 Athletics logo ATH W 11 - 4 W -197 o8.0 G. Cole (6.0) B. Anderson (2.2)
Aug 26, '18 @ Los Angeles logo LAA W 3 - 1 W -119 u9.0 F. Valdez (5.0) F. Pena (6.0)
Aug 25, '18 @ Los Angeles logo LAA W 8 - 3 W -201 o7.5 J. Verlander (6.0) J. Barria (3.0)
Aug 24, '18 @ Los Angeles logo LAA W 9 - 3 W -130 o8.0 D. Keuchel (7.0) A. Heaney (6.0)

Houston Next 3 Games

Series Stats

Remaining Games - Series MIN @ HOU
Date MIN Starter HOU Starter
Tue, Sep 4 20:10 ET T. May R (4-1 3.2) J. Verlander R (16-9 2.52)
Wed, Sep 5 20:10 ET J. Odorizzi R (7-10 4.49) F. Valdez L (4-1 2.19)

Series Game Records

Minnesota - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 22-24 12-15 13-14
Game 2 21-22 12-12 13-14
Game 3 14-22 12-9 8-15
Game 4 6-5 4-1 4-4
Houston - series game records
Overall After Win After Loss
Game 1 27-17 21-14 15-6
Game 2 28-16 23-12 14-6
Game 3 24-14 22-9 7-9
Game 4 5-6 5-1 0-6

Next 3 Series

Minnesota
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Wed, Sep 5 - Thu, Sep 6 @ HOU logo HOU 103-59 46-35 H
Sat, Sep 8 - Sun, Sep 9 vs KC logo KC 58-104 26-55 A
Tue, Sep 11 - Thu, Sep 13 vs NYY logo NYY 100-62 47-34 A
Houston
Date vs W-L Home/Away
Wed, Sep 5 - Thu, Sep 6 vs MIN logo MIN 78-84 29-52 A
Fri, Sep 7 - Mon, Sep 10 @ BOS logo BOS 108-54 57-24 H
Mon, Sep 10 - Wed, Sep 12 @ DET logo DET 64-98 38-43 H

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MIN vs HOUInjury report

Minnesota logoMinnesota's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
No injuries to report.

Minnesota Starters Last Game

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Houston's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
No injuries to report.

Houston Starters Last Game

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MIN vs HOU Starters Recent Games

Win / Loss
2-3
ERA
5.28
Avg. IP
5.2
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Aug 28, '18 CLE 8 - MIN 1
L +201 p9.0 5.1 8 5 5 4 3 0 103 19.3 11.0
Aug 22, '18 CHW 7 - MIN 3
L +100 o8.5 4.2 7 7 4 5 3 3 105 22.5 0.0
Aug 17, '18 MIN 5 - DET 4
W -180 o8.5 7.0 8 3 3 5 2 0 102 14.6 2.7
Aug 11, '18 DET 3 - MIN 4
W -130 u8.5 7.0 7 1 1 4 2 0 111 15.9 9.0
Aug 06, '18 CLE 10 - MIN 0
L +180 o8.5 5.0 7 6 4 3 3 2 95 19.0 4.0
Last 5 Avg. 5.2 7.4 4.4 3.4 4.2 2.6 1.0 103.2 18.2 5.3
Last Vs Houston
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Apr 11, '18 MIN 9 - HOU 8
W +140 o8.0 4.1 7 5 5 4 4 0 90 20.8 0.8
Jul 16, '17 HOU 5 - MIN 3
L +176 u9.5 6.0 6 4 4 6 4 0 0 0.0 9.0
Aug 28, '15 MIN 3 - HOU 0
W +109 u7.5 5.2 4 0 0 4 3 0 0 0.0 2.0
Last 3 Avg. 5.1 5.7 3.0 3.0 4.7 3.7 0.0 30.0 6.9 3.9
Win / Loss
3-2
ERA
3.41
Avg. IP
6.1
Last 5
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Aug 29, '18 HOU 5 - ATH 4
W -151 o8.5 6.0 8 3 3 5 1 0 90 15.0 8.0
Aug 24, '18 LAA 3 - HOU 9
W -130 o8.0 7.0 5 2 2 6 2 1 107 15.3 4.0
Aug 18, '18 ATH 7 - HOU 1
L -103 p8.0 5.2 9 5 5 4 1 0 85 15.0 0.8
Aug 12, '18 HOU 3 - SEA 4
L -192 u8.5 7.0 7 2 1 5 1 1 112 16.0 0.0
Aug 07, '18 SF 1 - HOU 2
W +104 u7.0 6.0 3 1 1 5 2 0 87 14.5 9.0
Last 5 Avg. 6.1 6.4 2.6 2.4 5.0 1.4 0.4 96.2 15.2 4.4
Last Vs Minnesota
Date Score
Line O/U IP H R ER SO BB HR PIT P/IP GB:FB
Apr 10, '18 MIN 4 - HOU 1
L -156 u8.0 4.0 6 3 3 6 4 0 101 25.3 5.0
May 02, '16 HOU 2 - MIN 6
L -167 p8.0 4.1 7 5 5 3 5 0 0 0.0 3.0
Sep 06, '15 HOU 8 - MIN 5
W -233 o7.5 8.0 5 3 3 12 2 3 0 0.0 2.3
Last 3 Avg. 5.1 6.0 3.7 3.7 7.0 3.7 1.0 33.7 8.4 3.4

MIN vs HOUStats

MIN vs HOU Stats Analysis

All Pitchers
Team ERA AVG. OBP WHIP IP HR BB K
Minnesota logo Minnesota 4.61 .260 .330 1.37 8.2 1.3 3.2 8.6
Houston logo Houston 3.13 .217 .281 1.09 8.2 0.9 2.6 10.5

More Stats

Minnesota Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
David Hale (R) 128 4 13.2 16 7 7 3 5 8 4.85 1.54 14:7
Last 3 3 11.2 13 7 7 3 5 5 5.73 1.54 12:6
John Curtiss (R) 124 2 0.2 2 3 3 0 1 1 0.00 4.50 0:1
Last 3 2 0.2 2 3 3 0 1 1 0.00 4.50 0:1
Aaron Slegers (R) 54 3 12.2 16 8 8 3 2 5 6.00 1.42 14:9
Last 3 3 12.2 16 8 8 3 2 5 6.00 1.42 14:9
Fernando Romero (R) 50 11 55.2 60 31 29 6 18 45 4.75 1.40 61:31
Last 3 3 14.1 20 11 11 3 3 6 7.07 1.60 20:7
Adalberto Mejia (L) 26 5 22.1 17 5 5 1 9 13 2.05 1.16 21:15
Last 3 3 13.0 3 0 0 0 4 9 0.00 0.54 11:9
Fernando Rodney (R) 26 58 55.1 51 19 16 5 21 61 2.62 1.30 53:21
Last 3 3 2.2 5 1 1 0 1 3 4.50 2.25 4:0
Ervin Santana (R) 17 5 24.2 31 22 22 9 9 16 8.25 1.62 15:21
Last 3 3 14.1 18 15 15 6 6 10 9.64 1.67 11:14
Kohl Stewart (R) 4 4 16.1 24 12 12 1 9 11 6.75 2.02 25:5
Last 3 3 12.0 16 9 9 1 8 10 6.75 2.00 17:5
Stephen Gonsalves (L) 2 3 10.0 19 14 11 2 10 5 9.90 2.90 9:7
Last 3 3 10.0 19 14 11 2 10 5 9.90 2.90 9:7
Trevor Hildenberger (R) 2 62 64.2 60 32 31 11 15 59 4.36 1.16 80:27
Last 3 3 3.1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 0.60 7:1
Matt Magill (R) 2 32 48.0 51 21 21 10 15 46 3.94 1.38 35:29
Last 3 3 3.0 5 3 3 3 1 3 9.00 2.00 2:1
Trevor May (R) 2 13 14.1 10 3 3 1 3 22 1.93 0.91 12:5
Last 3 3 3.2 2 0 0 0 1 9 0.00 0.82 0:1
Taylor Rogers (L) 2 61 57.0 46 20 20 3 11 64 3.16 1.00 54:21
Last 3 3 4.1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 0.46 2:1
Andrew Vasquez (L) 1 1 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 2:1
Last 3 1 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 2:1
Oliver Drake (R) 1 36 40.2 46 27 27 4 14 43 6.08 1.48 42:17
Last 3 3 3.0 3 1 1 1 1 3 3.00 1.33 5:1
Matt Belisle (R) 0 28 30.1 43 27 27 6 8 23 8.10 1.68 31:18
Last 3 3 2.2 6 7 7 2 3 2 31.50 3.38 2:3
Alan Busenitz (R) 0 18 22.2 28 15 12 5 10 23 4.91 1.68 16:12
Last 3 3 2.2 3 3 3 2 0 4 13.50 1.13 1:1
Tyler Duffey (R) 0 12 17.1 20 18 16 6 2 13 8.47 1.27 17:11
Last 3 3 3.1 6 8 7 2 0 2 21.00 1.80 2:3
Gabriel Moya (L) 0 25 27.2 26 16 16 5 9 27 5.33 1.27 19:19
Last 3 3 3.0 1 2 2 1 1 3 6.00 0.67 4:1
Addison Reed (R) 0 51 52.2 61 30 28 11 11 40 4.85 1.37 32:50
Last 3 3 3.0 4 3 3 2 0 0 9.00 1.33 2:5
Bullpen Total 441 434 587.1 628 331 314 92 182 525 4.81 1.38 552:327
Last 3 57 124.0 145 97 91 31 49 85 6.60 1.56 127:77
Available Bullpen 439 263 395.1 403 197 188 55 128 356 4.28 1.34 393:199


Houston Bullpen REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
James Hoyt (R) 145 54 55.0 52 27 22 7 19 37 3.60 1.29 66:29
Last 3 3 3.1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3.00 1.20 3:3
Reymin Guduan (L) 81 1 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 3 4.50 0.50 1:2
Last 3 1 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 3 4.50 0.50 1:2
Ken Giles (R) 54 46 41.2 51 28 26 6 6 45 5.71 1.37 37:23
Last 3 3 2.1 5 3 1 0 1 2 4.50 2.57 3:1
Lance McCullers Jr. (R) 29 22 126.0 100 60 55 12 50 138 3.93 1.19 143:44
Last 3 3 13.2 14 9 8 1 7 19 5.54 1.54 11:5
Cionel Perez (L) 18 6 7.0 4 3 3 1 5 7 3.86 1.29 9:2
Last 3 3 3.0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3.00 1.00 3:2
Chris Devenski (R) 3 43 40.2 38 19 18 6 10 46 4.05 1.18 33:17
Last 3 3 2.0 10 9 8 3 2 2 36.00 6.00 2:0
Will Harris (R) 3 53 49.2 45 22 22 3 11 58 4.04 1.13 54:13
Last 3 3 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.50 4:3
Collin McHugh (R) 2 46 62.0 37 15 13 6 16 79 1.89 0.85 38:28
Last 3 3 3.2 5 3 3 1 1 5 9.00 1.64 0:2
Josh James (R) 1 1 5.0 3 3 3 1 3 9 5.40 1.20 3:2
Last 3 1 5.0 3 3 3 1 3 9 5.40 1.20 3:2
Ryan Pressly (R) 0 66 62.1 53 21 20 6 18 88 2.90 1.14 52:26
Last 3 3 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 0.33 2:0
Joe Smith (R) 0 48 39.2 27 14 14 5 8 42 3.23 0.88 38:17
Last 3 3 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.43 3:0
Roberto Osuna (R) 0 28 28.1 27 8 8 0 3 28 2.57 1.06 27:16
Last 3 3 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 0.33 2:1
Hector Rondon (R) 0 54 51.2 40 13 12 3 16 58 2.12 1.08 52:26
Last 3 3 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0.00 1.67 2:3
Tony Sipp (L) 0 45 32.2 25 8 8 1 11 35 2.25 1.10 26:15
Last 3 3 1.0 0 1 1 0 2 1 9.00 2.00 0:1
Bullpen Total 336 513 603.2 503 242 225 58 176 673 3.35 1.12 579:260
Last 3 38 51.1 49 31 27 9 22 61 4.73 1.38 39:25
Available Bullpen 335 271 384.0 328 175 160 42 117 413 3.75 1.16 381:158
Minnesota All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Aaron Slegers (R) 54 3 12.2 16 8 8 3 2 5 6.00 1.42 14:9
Lance Lynn (R) 37 27 137.2 148 81 78 13 69 144 5.12 1.58 151:57
Adalberto Mejia (L) 26 5 22.1 17 5 5 1 9 13 2.05 1.16 21:15
Ervin Santana (R) 17 5 24.2 31 22 22 9 9 16 8.25 1.62 15:21
Jake Odorizzi (R) 4 28 143.0 136 77 70 18 54 144 4.41 1.33 98:91
Kohl Stewart (R) 4 4 16.1 24 12 12 1 9 11 6.75 2.02 25:5
Stephen Gonsalves (L) 2 3 10.0 19 14 11 2 10 5 9.90 2.90 9:7
Jose Berrios (R) 1 28 167.2 144 74 73 24 48 171 3.93 1.15 151:81
Zack Littell (R) 0 3 7.1 13 10 9 2 7 5 11.57 2.73 10:1


Houston All Starters REST G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP GB:FB
Lance McCullers Jr. (R) 29 22 126.0 100 60 55 12 50 138 3.93 1.19 143:44
Charlie Morton (R) 5 26 152.0 118 58 53 16 61 185 3.14 1.18 143:51
Justin Verlander (R) 3 29 181.0 140 59 56 27 32 240 2.78 0.95 91:111
Framber Valdez (L) 2 3 14.1 6 3 2 0 7 10 1.29 0.91 23:6
Brad Peacock (R) 1 53 59.0 45 20 20 10 18 88 3.05 1.07 41:28
Gerrit Cole (R) 0 28 176.1 124 60 56 16 57 243 2.86 1.03 111:81
Umpire G W-L AVG PIT STR B STR% STR BB K/BB HR O/U
Laz Diaz 23 10-13 7.74 286.48 184.52 101.96 64.4 15.1 5.1 2.97 2.52 9-13




Vs Twins
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter
Aug 17, 2018 MIN 5 - DET 4 W -180 O 8.5 Matthew Boyd (L) Kyle Gibson (R)


Vs Astros
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter
Apr 20, 2018 CHW 0 - HOU 10 L +237 O 8.0 Justin Verlander (R) James Shields (R)


Vs Kyle Gibson (R)
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter
Aug 17, 2018 MIN 5 - DET 4 W -180 O 8.5 Matthew Boyd (L) Kyle Gibson (R)


Vs Dallas Keuchel (L)
Date Score Line O/U Road Starter Home Starter

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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
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Betting Terminology

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

  • Overall: Team’s season record
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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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