BOXSCORE: 2000 Houston Astros At 2000 Minnesota Twins 4/24/2001
Astros AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG
A.Martin LF 7 4 4 2 .439 E.Young 2B 2 2 1 1 .348
M.Meluskey C 4 2 2 0 .247 D.Young LF 5 1 1 0 .350
J.Kent 2B 5 3 2 1 .346 J.Dye RF 5 1 2 3 .385
P.O'Neill RF 5 4 4 4 .213 A.Rodriguez SS 5 0 1 0 .299
R.Aurilia SS 6 2 4 9 .329 P.Nevin 3B 4 1 2 1 .372
C.Paquette 3B 5 0 1 0 .274 P.Wilson CF 4 1 2 0 .299
E.Owens CF 5 1 2 0 .263 D.Ortiz DH 4 0 0 0 .231
J.Mabry 1B 6 2 3 1 .296 D.Lee 1B 4 0 0 0 .267
H.Perry DH 6 2 4 0 .323 S.Alomar Jr. C 4 1 1 2 .423
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Totals 49 20 26 17 Totals 37 7 10 7
Astros.......... 1 5 0 3 7 0 2 2 0 - 20 26 1
Twins........... 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 7 10 2
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
C.Finley WIN(3-2) 5 1/3 9 7 6 4 7 0 5.13
T.Worrell 2 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 13.50
P.Quantrill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.56
Totals 9 10 7 6 4 9 0
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
A.Lopez LOSS(2-3) 2 7 6 5 2 0 0 5.52
B.Groom 1 2/3 4 3 3 0 0 1 9.00
M.Trombley 0 2/3 3 3 3 0 1 0 4.32
M.Williams 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 8.31
M.Guthrie 0 2/3 3 1 1 1 1 1 4.76
R.White 4 9 4 4 1 1 1 2.73
Totals 9 26 20 19 7 3 3
ATTENDANCE- 20,216 DATE- Tuesday, April 24th 2001 TIME- Night
T- 4:03
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 9 Twins: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 1 Twins: 4
ERRORS- C.Finley, J.Dye, P.Nevin
DOUBLES- R.Aurilia(2nd), C.Paquette(8th), J.Mabry-2(8th), E.Young(11th),
D.Young(2nd), J.Dye-2(9th), P.Nevin(9th)
TRIPLES- E.Owens(3rd)
HOME RUNS- P.O'Neill(2nd), R.Aurilia-2(5th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Young(11th)
WALKS- M.Meluskey-3, J.Kent, P.O'Neill, C.Paquette, E.Owens, E.Young-3, P.Nevin
STRIKE OUTS- R.Aurilia, C.Paquette, J.Mabry, D.Young, A.Rodriguez-2, P.Wilson-2,
D.Ortiz-2, D.Lee-2
GIDP- J.Kent-2, R.Aurilia, H.Perry, D.Ortiz
WILD PITCHES- C.Finley
Shortstop Rich Aurilia launched 2 homeruns as the Houston Astros destroyed the
Minnesota Twins by a score of 20 to 7 at Metrodome.
Aurilia was unconscious out there. While Minnesota pitching was serving
softballs up there for him to hit, the Minnesota fans were serving up some
hardball barbs when he entered the batter's box. But he just used it as fuel
for the fire. He delivered a base-hit scoring a run in the 1st inning,
lofted a three-run 'big-fly' in the 4th inning, launched a Grand Slam homerun
(his 5th of the season) in the 5th inning and doubled resulting in a run in
the 8th inning. Houston provided plenty of action in the 2nd inning which
saw them plate 5 runs on 5 hits and the 5th inning when they had 7 runs on 6
hits. Houston dominated offensively as they scored in 6 different innings.
Chuck Finley(3-2) allowed 7 runs in 5 and 1/3 innings, and picked up the
victory. Albie Lopez(2-3) was tagged with the loss. He was touched for 7
hits and 2 walks in 2 innings.
'Aurilia led the way - we just jumped on his back and let him take us,' Finley
said. 'I'm glad I don't have to face him. I'm glad he's on my team.'