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).
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.
