MLB/Scores/MIN at HOU
September 4, 2018 · 2018 · Regular season

01/Line score

9 innings
Runs by inning
Club123456789R
MIN0010000012
HOU40000010X5
X marks a half-inning that was never played

02/Box score

17 lines
Both sides
MINNESOTA TWINS 2
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Jorge Polanco2B41111000.250
Max KeplerLF30000110.000
Mitch GarverC10000010.000
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Kohl Stewart5.03013180.000.80
Oliver Drake1.0210159.002.00
Trevor May1.05400836.005.00
Tyler Duffey1.0000130.000.00
HOUSTON ASTROS 5
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Justin VerlanderP241300280.125
Alex Bregman3B41302000.750
George SpringerRF41200000.500
Jose AltuveLF40000000.000
Carlos CorreaSS30000110.000
Martín MaldonadoC30000010.000
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Justin Verlander7.03128261.290.71
Roberto Osuna1.0100030.001.00
Ryan Pressly1.0000330.000.00
Chris Devenski0.011102

The line score is derived from the play log rather than read from a stored innings table, because the play log covers 2015 onward where that table starts in 2023. The two were compared on their overlap and agree on every inning-half except the ones the stored table marks unplayed, which is the case shown as X above: when the home club leads after the top of the last inning it does not bat, and printing a zero there would say it batted and failed to score. Games before 2015 have no play log and so no line score, only the final. Batting average in the hitting table is this game alone, not the season. Earned run average and WHIP in the pitching table are likewise this appearance, which is why a one-inning reliever who allowed a run reads 9.00. Innings come from the out count rather than the stored decimal: “6.1” means six innings and one out. No venue is shown because no MLB fixture in this database carries one.