SCORECARD

THIRD INNING

Twins: Eduardo Nunez homered to left off Houston starter Scott Kazmir.

Twins 1, Houston 0

FOURTH INNING

Twins: Eduardo Escobar doubled to left. Brian Dozier walked. Trevor Plouffe was hit by a pitch, loading the bases. Eddie Rosario struck out. Torii Hunter was hit by a pitch, scoring Escobar; Dozier went to third and Plouffe to second. Nunez grounded out to second, scoring Dozier.

Twins 3, Houston 0

HoustonABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Altuve 2b502001.310

Lowrie 3b400001.225

Gattis dh300010.241

Rasmus rf400002.227

Gomez cf401002.198

Valbuena 1b100030.212

Gonzalez ss401001.264

Castro c201000.220

Conger pr-c200002.215

Marisnick lf300001.227

Carter ph101000.182

Totals33060410

TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Buxton cf400001.213

Escobar ss311011.257

Dozier 2b310012.243

Plouffe 1b200001.245

Rosario rf300001.272

Hunter dh200100.233

Nunez 3b311200.269

Suzuki c300000.240

Robinson lf301001.261

Totals2633327

Houston000 000 000—060

Twins001 200 00x—331

E—Nunez (3). LOB—Houston 10, Twins 3. 2B—Castro (19), Escobar (22). HR—Nunez (3), off Kazmir. RBI—Hunter (64), Nunez 2 (17). DP—Houston 1.

HOUSTONIPHRERBBSONPERA

Kazmir L, 7-97333161002.45

Qualls100011163.67

TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA

Gibson W, 9-95 2/3400341113.82

Duensing H, 61/30000034.58

Perkins H, 1100002122.55

May H, 4100002153.92

Jepsen S, 9-13120012312.44

Inherited runners-scored—Duensing 2-0. HBP—by Kazmir (Plouffe, Tor.Hunter). Umpires—Home, Ben May; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Mark Ripperger; Third, Bill Miller. T—2:49. A—28,636 (39,021).