SCORECARD
THIRD INNING
Houston: Twins starter Mike Pelfrey walked Hank Conger. Jake Marisnick lined out to center. Jose Altuve grounded out to third, Conger advanced to second. Marwin Gonzalez walked. Evan Gattis singled to left, scoring Conger.
Houston 1, Twins 0
FOURTH INNING
Houston: Colby Rasmus singled to right. Carlos Gomez singled to right, Rasmus advanced to second. Jed Lowrie flied out to left. Luis Valbuena doubled to right, scoring Rasmus and Gomez. Conger flied out to center. Marisnick singled to center, scoring Valbuena.
Twins: Houston starter Mike Fiers walked Eduardo Escobar. Joe Mauer singled to right, Escobar went to third. Miguel Sano walked, Mauer went to second. Trevor Plouffe grounded into a double play, scoring Escobar.
Houston 4, Twins 1
HoustonABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Altuve 2b501001.309
Gonzalez ss402011.268
Gattis dh401110.241
Rasmus rf511001.227
Gomez cf511002.198
Lowrie 3b400010.218
Valbuena 1b411200.213
Conger c311010.218
Marisnick lf402101.231
Totals38410446
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Dozier 2b402000.245
Escobar ss310011.254
Mauer 1b402000.271
Sano dh300012.284
Plouffe 3b300000.244
Rosario lf401002.271
Hunter rf300013.232
Suzuki c400000.237
Buxton cf300002.205
Totals31150310
Houston001 300 000—4100
Twins000 100 000—152
E—Duensing (1), Dozier (6). LOB—Houston 11, Twins 7. 2B—Valbuena (14), Conger (8), Dozier 2 (33). RBI—Gattis (70), Valbuena 2 (48), Marisnick (25). SB—Altuve (34). DP—Houston 1.
HOUSTONIPHRERBBSONPERA
Fiers W, 2-0631135982.25
W.Harris H, 810000291.42
Neshek H, 28120001143.04
Gregerson S, 25-30100002152.82
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Pelfrey L, 6-83 2/374422783.85
Boyer1 1/300000202.77
Cotts120000261.80
Fien110001153.18
Duensing200023414.35
Inherited runners-scored—W.Harris 2-0, Boyer 2-0. HBP—by Fiers (Plouffe). Umpires—Home, Doug Eddings; First, Mark Ripperger; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Ben May. T—3:22. A—38,876 (39,021).