Championship Series, Game #7 - Houston 10, Minnesota 5
Championship Series, Game #7 - Houston 10, Minnesota 5. For the second time in three seasons, the Houston Astros (CM created by Curtis Milbourn) are champions. Game #7 was a tight ballgame, with the lead going back and forth - until a dramatic 8th inning grand slam homerun by Aledmys Diaz off Minnesota reliever Sam Dyson. Neither starting pitcher lasted very long. Minnesota starter Michael Pineda lasted only 2-2/3 innings and gave up 3 runs in the top of the 3rd as Diaz singled, Josh Reddick hit a 2-run homer, George Springer doubled, and Michael Brantley singled to score Springer. Houston's 3-0 lead didn't last very long, and neither did Houston starter Zack Greinke. With 1 out in the bottom of the 4th, Greinke walked Max Kepler, gave up a 2-run homer to Miguel Sano, and then was tagged sor a solo homer by Nelson Cruz that tied the game at 3-3. Next, Jake Cave singled. Then, Jorge Polanco hit a tough grounder that Houston shortstop Jose Altuve could not handle. Cave scored with Minnesota's 4th run, and Polanco wound up on thirdbase on a wild throw by Altuve. Mitch Garver's sacrifice fly scored Polanco and Minnesota led 5-3. Greinke finished the 4th inning, but he was replaced by Jose Urquidy, who would remain on the mound for the rest of the game. Urquidy would pitch 5 scoreless innings, giving up just 1 hit, walking none, and striking out 6. In the top of the 5th, Minnesota reliever Tyler Duffey gave up a homer by George Springer, and the Minnesota lead was cut to 5-4. In the top of the 6th, Brantley led off with a singled and then Duffey gave up a 2-run homer to Yordan Alvarez. Houston now led 6-5, and Sergio Romo replaced Duffey. There would be no further scoring until the 8th inning when, with 1 out, Romo gave up a double to Brantley, walked Alvarez, and Yuli Gurriel singled to load the bases. Romo was pulled and replaced by Dyson, and the first batter he faced was Diaz, whose grand slam homer made the score 10-5 in Houston's favor. That's the way the game (and the series) would end. Urquidy got the win, pitching the last 5 innings in relief, and Duffey was charged with the loss. Michael Brantley, who went 3-for-4, was named Post-Season MVP. Over the 4-game sweep of Chicago and the 7-game series against Minnesota, Brantley hit .370 (with a slugging average of .681 and an OPS of 1.061), leading all post-season players with 11 rbis, playing a key part in many Houston rallies, and leading Houston with 17 hits in 11 games. Previous Post-Season MVPs were Houston's Dallas Keuchel of Blue Sox Season #1 (2017 MLB rosters) and Max Muncy of Los Angeles in Blue Sox Season #2 (2018 MLB rosters). This is Houston's second league championship; they were the champions in Blue Sox Season #1, and have now recaptured the crown after being knocked out in the Semifinal Series in Blue Sox Season #2 by eventual champions Los Angeles. Congratulations to Curtis Milbourn, Michael Brantley, and all the Astros for a great victory. Kudos are also due Tom Perella, who created the Minnesota CM, guided them to a first place finish in the regular season, and (after falling behind Houston 3 games to 1) won Games #5 and #6 to force a 7th game. Blue Sox Season #3 is now in the books, but (after an off-season of a few weeks) stand by for news about Blue Sox Season #4 (2020 MLB rosters).
BOXSCORE: 2019 Houston Astros At 2019 Minnesota Twins 9/27/2020
Astros AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG
G.Springer CF 5 2 2 1 .229 L.Arraez 2B 4 0 0 0 .354
J.Altuve SS 4 0 0 0 .340 M.Kepler CF 3 1 0 0 .191
A.Bregman 3B 4 0 0 0 .190 M.Sano 3B 4 1 2 2 .156
M.Brantley LF 5 2 3 1 .370 N.Cruz DH 4 1 1 1 .244
Y.Alvarez DH 3 2 1 2 .457 J.Cave RF 3 1 1 0 .250
Y.Gurriel 1B 4 1 1 0 .341 J.Polanco SS 4 1 1 0 .286
A.Diaz 2B 4 2 2 4 .286 M.Garver 1B 3 0 0 1 .182
R.Chirinos C 4 0 0 0 .132 J.Castro C 3 0 0 0 .250
J.Reddick RF 3 1 1 2 .172 E.Rosario LF 3 0 0 0 .209
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Totals 36 10 10 10 Totals 31 5 5 4
Astros.......... 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 - 10 10 1
Twins........... 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 5 1
Astros (8-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
Z.Greinke 4 4 5 3 1 4 2 3.57 A1 B8
J.Urquidy WIN(1-0) 5 1 0 0 0 6 0 0.00 B9
Totals 9 5 5 3 1 10 2
Twins (7-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET
M.Pineda 2 2/3 4 3 3 0 3 1 7.11 A1 B4
T.Duffey LOSS(2-1) 2 1/3 3 3 3 0 6 2 2.70 B5 C5
S.Romo 2 1/3 2 3 3 1 2 0 7.07 C6 D6
S.Dyson 1 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 1 2.84 D7
Totals 9 10 10 10 2 11 4
ATTENDANCE- 37,823 DATE- Sunday, September 27th 2020 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Bill Miller, Mike Everitt, Chad Fairchild, Vic Carapazza
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 3 Twins: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 0 Twins: 1
ERRORS- J.Altuve, L.Arraez
DOUBLES- G.Springer(1st), M.Brantley(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Springer(4th), Y.Alvarez(2nd), A.Diaz(1st), J.Reddick(1st),
M.Sano(4th), N.Cruz(3rd)
RBIs- G.Springer(4th), M.Brantley(11th), Y.Alvarez-2(6th), A.Diaz-4(4th),
J.Reddick-2(3rd), M.Sano-2(9th), N.Cruz(10th), M.Garver(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Chirinos
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Garver
WALKS- Y.Alvarez, J.Reddick, M.Kepler
HIT BY PITCH- J.Altuve, A.Bregman, J.Cave
STRIKE OUTS- G.Springer, J.Altuve-2, A.Bregman-2, Y.Alvarez, Y.Gurriel, A.Diaz,
R.Chirinos-2, J.Reddick, M.Kepler-2, M.Sano-2, J.Cave, J.Polanco,
M.Garver-2, J.Castro-2
GIDP- A.Bregman
2-out RBI- M.Brantley
RLISP 2-out- Y.Alvarez
TEAM RISP- Astros: 4 for 6 Twins: 0 for 0
Jose Urquidy pitched 5 strong innings at Target Field where the Houston Astros
beat the Minnesota Twins by the score of 10 to 5.
Aledmys Diaz had a big day against Minnesota. He laced a single in the 3rd
inning and quieted the crowd by clouting a Grand Slam in the 8th inning.
Houston out-hit Minnesota for the game, 10 hits to 5.
Urquidy(1-0) went 5 innings allowing no runs for the win. Tyler Duffey(2-1)
took the loss in relief. He was not very effective, surrendering 3 runs in 2
and 1/3 innings.
SCORESHEET: 2019 Houston Astros at 2019 Minnesota Twins
G.Spring-A1 A1:K B1:Do C1:HR>b# D1:F/7 E1:F/7
J.Altuve-A1 A2:K B2:F/8 C2:K D2:F/7 *9*:HBP
A.Bregma-A1 A3:L/6 B3:HBP C3:K *8*:K E3:G-DP/6
43>1o
M.Brantl-A1 *2*:G/63 B4:Si>2# *6*:Si D4:Do E4:F/7
13
Y.Alvare-A1 A5:L/4 B5:K C5:HR>1# D5:W>b1
b#
Y.Gurrie-A1 A6:K *4*:G/63 C6:L/5 D6:Si>23
12
A.Diaz-A1 *3*:Si B7:K C7:G/63 D7:HR>3#
2# 1# b#
R.Chirin-A1 A8:G/3>12 B8:K C8:K D8:E/4
J.Reddic-A1 A9:HR>2# *5*:K *7*:G/43 D9:CS/26>
b# 1o W>b1
L.Arraez-A1 A1:G/43 *4*:G/43 C1:G/63 *8*:G/43
M.Kepler-A1 A2:K B2:W>b1 C2:F/7 D2:K
M.Sano-A1 A3:K B3:HR>1# *6*:K D3:Si
b#
N.Cruz-A1 *2*:G/53 B4:HR>b# C4:F/7 D4:G/63
J.Cave-A1 A5:G/31 B5:Si C5:HBP *9*:K
J.Polanc-A1 A6:L/4 B6:Si+E/6 C6:F/9 D6:K
>1#
M.Garver-A1 *3*:K B7:SF/7>3 *7*:K D7:L/6
#
J.Castro-A1 A8:K B8:F/7 C8:K
E.Rosari-A1 A9:G/43 *5*:G/31 C9:P/2
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 G.Springer 6-11 0 Strike Out b-0
1 J.Altuve 6-11 0 Strike Out b-0
2 A.Bregman 3- 8 10 0 Line Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 L.Arraez 5- 2 0 Ground Out b-0
1 M.Kepler 2- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 M.Sano 2- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 M.Brantley 3- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
1 Y.Alvarez 4- 2 16 0 Line Out b-0
2 Y.Gurriel 6- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 N.Cruz 1-11 0 Ground Out b-0
1 J.Cave 6- 5 0 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Polanco 1-10 0 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 A.Diaz 3- 7 15 0 Single b-1
0 1 R.Chirinos 2- 4 0 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
1 2 J.Reddick 5- 2 5 0 Home Run 2-H b-H
1 G.Springer 4- 5 2 0 Double b-2
1 2 J.Altuve 3- 7 20 0 Fly Out b-0
2 2 A.Bregman 1- 4 0 HBP b-1
2 12 M.Brantley 6- 8 18 0 Single 2-H 1-3 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Tyler Duffey
2 1 3 Y.Alvarez 5- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 M.Garver 4- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
1 J.Castro 2- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
2 E.Rosario 3- 7 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 Y.Gurriel 6- 9 0 Ground Out b-0
1 A.Diaz 5- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
2 R.Chirinos 1- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 L.Arraez 2-11 0 Ground Out b-0
1 M.Kepler 1- 8 0 Walk b-1
1 1 M.Sano 2- 4 0 Home Run 1-H b-H
1 N.Cruz 6- 2 1 0 Home Run b-H
1 J.Cave 2- 5 0 Single b-1
1 1 J.Polanco 6- 9 0 Single & Error - SS 1-H b-3
1 3 M.Garver 1- 2 0 Sac Fly 3-H b-0
2 J.Castro 5- 9 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 J.Reddick 5- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
1 G.Springer 3-10 6 0 Home Run b-H
1 J.Altuve 1- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
2 A.Bregman 6- 8 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Jose Urquidy
0 E.Rosario 3- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
1 L.Arraez 2- 8 0 Ground Out b-0
2 M.Kepler 6-10 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 M.Brantley 2- 7 11 0 Single b-1
0 1 Y.Alvarez 1- 6 3 0 Home Run 1-H b-H
SUBSTITUTE P - Sergio Romo
0 Y.Gurriel 3- 7 19 0 Line Out b-0
1 A.Diaz 6- 4 0 Ground Out b-0
2 R.Chirinos 1- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 M.Sano 2- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
1 N.Cruz 4-11 0 Fly Out b-0
2 J.Cave 2- 8 0 HBP b-1
2 1 J.Polanco 6- 9 20 0 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 J.Reddick 5- 6 0 Ground Out b-0
1 G.Springer 4- 2 14 0 Fly Out b-0
2 J.Altuve 6- 2 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 M.Garver 1- 9 0 Strike Out b-0
1 J.Castro 5- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
2 E.Rosario 4- 4 0 Pop Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 A.Bregman 4- 6 0 Strike Out b-0
1 M.Brantley 2- 6 0 Double b-2
1 2 Y.Alvarez 6- 7 0 Walk b-1
1 12 Y.Gurriel 4- 9 0 Single 2-3 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Sam Dyson
1 123 A.Diaz 6- 2 2 0 Home Run 3-H 2-H 1-H b-H
1 R.Chirinos 5- 8 0 1 Base Error - 2B b-1
1 1 0 Caught Stealing 1-o
2 J.Reddick 1- 6 0 Walk b-1
2 1 G.Springer 6- 2 14 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0 L.Arraez 2-11 0 Ground Out b-0
1 M.Kepler 6- 5 0 Strike Out b-0
2 M.Sano 4- 7 7 0 Single b-1
2 1 N.Cruz 1-10 0 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 J.Altuve 3- 2 0 HBP b-1
0 1 A.Bregman 3- 7 0 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
2 M.Brantley 6- 5 0 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
0 J.Cave 3- 8 0 Strike Out b-0
1 J.Polanco 5- 7 0 Strike Out b-0
2 M.Garver 1- 3 13 0 Line Out b-0
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