SCORECARD
SECOND INNING
Twins: Oswaldo Arcia hit a two-out homer to right off Houston starter Collin McHugh.
Twins 1, Houston 0
THIRD INNING
Houston: Jake Marisnick homered to left off Twins starter Yohan Pino. Marwin Gonzalez struck out. Robbie Grossman grounded out to first. Jose Altuve singled to center. Chris Carter hit a two-run homer to left.
Houston 3, Twins 1
FIFTH INNING
Houston: Gonzalez hit a one-out single to right. Grossman singled to center, advancing Gonzalez ran to third. Altuve singled to left, scoring Gonzalez and advancing Grossman to second. Carter hit a three-run homer to left.
Houston 7, Twins 1
SIXTH INNING
Twins: With one out, Marisnick hit a ground-rule double to right off reliever Trevor May.Gonzalez singled to center, scoring Marisnick; Gonzalez advanced to second on center fielder Danny Santana's throwing error. Grossman struck out. Altuve singled to center, scoring Gonzalez.
Houston 9, Twins 1
EIGHTH INNING
Houston: Jon Singleton walked. Matt Dominguez walked, Singleton to second. Marisnick reached on a fielder's choice to short, Singleton to third, Dominguez was out at second. Anthony Swarzak relieved May. Gonzalez flied out to center. Grossman doubled to left-center, scoring Singleton.
Houston 10, Twins 1
NINTH INNING
Twins: Joe Mauer grounded to short off reliever Mike Foltynewicz. Kennys Vargas homered to right. Trevor Plouffe singled to center. Kurt Suzuki flied out to center. Arcia hit a two-run homer to left.
Houston 10, Twins 4
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Santana cf401000.320
Dozier 2b300001.239
Nunez 2b100000.250
Mauer 1b401000.273
Vargas dh411100.283
Plouffe 3b411000.249
Suzuki c401001.301
Arcia rf422301.231
Escobar ss400001.275
Schafer lf301001.273
Totals3548405
HoustonABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Grossman rf512102.203
Altuve 2b523200.339
Carter dh422501.230
Castro c400001.229
Krauss lf301012.191
Singleton 1b310010.191
Dominguez 3b300011.231
Marisnick cf422101.333
Gonzalez ss422101.268
Totals3510121039
Twins010 000 003—481
Houston003 042 01x—10120
E—Santana (4). LOB—Twins 4, Houston 4. 2B—Santana (15), Suzuki (23), Grossman (7), Marisnick (2). HR—Arcia (9), off McHugh; Vargas (2), off Foltynewicz; Arcia (10), off Foltynewicz; Marisnick (1), off Pino; Carter 2 (28), off Pino 2. RBI—Vargas (9), Arcia 3 (29), Grossman (24), Altuve 2 (37), Carter 5 (66), Marisnick (3), Gonzalez (17). SB—Schafer (6).
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Pino L, 1-54⅓77717895.37
Thielbar⅔10000113.08
May2⅓332224712.46
Swarzak⅔1000054.12
HOUSTONIPHRERBBSONPERA
McHugh W, 5-9641103933.08
Veras110001133.31
Sipp100000182.83
Foltynewicz133301209.64
Inherited runners-scored—Swarzak 2-1. Umpires—Home, Bill Welke; First, James Hoye; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Bob Davidson. T—3:08. A—17,490 (42,060).
The four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year pleaded for accountability, saying players need to be benched if they don’t give their all on defense.
