1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Minnesota	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	x	7	8	0

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Biggio 2b Vizcaino ss Bagwell 1b L Berkman lf Alou rf Hidalgo cf D Ward dh Castilla 3b Ausmus c Totals	4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 31	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 7	0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 7	.300 .268 .277 .326 .355 .291 .258 .258 .214

BATTING
2B: Bagwell (12, B Radke).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Alou 2.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
DP: 1 (Bagwell).

MINNESOTA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Mccracken dh C Guzman ss Lawton rf Koskie 3b D Hocking 3b Mientkiewicz 1b T Hunter cf J Jones lf Rivas 2b Pierzynski c Totals	3 3 4 2 0 3 4 3 4 4 30	0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 7	0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 8	0 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 7	0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4	2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 8	1 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 10	.250 .300 .294 .245 .263 .312 .268 .263 .212 .271

BATTING
HR: T Hunter (10, 2nd inning off Elarton 0 on, 2 out); C Guzman (6, 5th inning off Elarton 0 on, 0 out); Mientkiewicz (10, 7th inning off N Cruz 2 on, 2 out).
S: Mccracken.
Rbi -: T Hunter (37), C Guzman 2 (20), Lawton (29), Mientkiewicz 3 (42).
2-out rbi: T Hunter, Mientkiewicz 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: T Hunter 2.
Team LOB: 5.


Pitching

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Elarton (L, 4-6) N Cruz Slusarski	6 1/3 2/3 1	7 1 0	5 2 0	5 2 0	4 0 0	8 0 0	2 1 0	6.53 4.76 10.22

MINNESOTA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
B Radke (W, 8-2)	9	4	0	0	0	7	0	3.28

HBP: Koskie (by N Cruz).
Pitches-strikes: B Radke 90-68; Elarton 117-72; N Cruz 12-7; Slusarski 8-7.
Ground balls- fly balls: B Radke 8-12; Elarton 6-4; N Cruz 2-0; Slusarski 3-0.
Batters faced: B Radke 31; Elarton 29; N Cruz 4; Slusarski 3.
Umpires: HP: Gary Cederstrom. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Marvin Hudson. 3B--Tim Welke.
Ejections: Houston Manager Dierker by Iassogna (3rd).
T: 2:22.
Att: 12,280.