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Ehire Adrianza gets start at third as Michael Pineda and Twins face Astros

Back to a fairly traditional lineup tonight, although Ehire Adrianza will play third base instead of Marwin Gonzalez, who gets the night off instead of moving to another position.

By La Velle E. Neal III

April 30, 2019 at 10:07PM

Minnesota Twins' Ehire Adrianza jogs home on a solo home run off Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander in the third inning of a baseball game Monday, April 29, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) (Ken Chia — AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Twins play the Astros tonight at 6:40 (FSN), with Michael Pineda (2-1, 5.64 ERA) facing Houston's Gerrit Cole, who is off to a rough start (1-4, 4.71).

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Back to a fairly traditional lineup tonight, although Ehire Adrianza will play third base instead of Marwin Gonzalez. Adrianza (pictured) was Monday night's hero; his home run off Justin Verlander accounted for the game's only run.

It's a little rainy at Target Field, but folks seem optimistic the game will be played. Remember Wednesday's third game of the series is back to a 7:10 p.m. start because it's on ESPN.

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UPDATE: The Twins have every intention of playng tonight, and the radar presents them a nice window to get the game in. Players from both teams came out on the field around 4:30 p.m. to get their arms loose. The rain is stopped. It's just cold....

Tonight's lineup:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)