Minnesota Twins at Houston Astros
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Altuve and Melton each have 3 RBIs as Astros beat Twins 10-3
Paddack (2-6) tied career highs by allowing 12 hits and nine runs — eight earned — in just four innings for his third straight loss.
Houston rookie starter Colton Gordon (2-1) gave up six hits and two runs with five strikeouts in a career-high six innings.
Jeremy Peña tied a season-high with four hits and rookie Cam Smith had two hits and two RBI as the AL West-leading Astros won their third straight.
Willi Castro, Royce Lewis and Ty France all hit solo homers for the Twins, who were blown out for the third time in four games after losing to Texas 16-4 Tuesday and 16-3 Thursday.
Lewis, who missed the start of the season with a hamstring strain, pulled up as he was running to first base on a single in the ninth inning and was replaced by a pinch-runner.
Manager Rocco Baldelli said Lewis has a strained left hamstring but that they don't know how severe it is and expect to know more Saturday.
The Astros got to work early in this one. The bases were loaded with two outs in the first when Smith hit a two-run single to center field to make it 2-0. Melton followed with a single to right field to drive in another run.
There were runners on first and third with one out in the second when Altuve’s double scored two to make it 5-0.
The Twins loaded the bases with two outs in the third but Carlos Correa grounded out to end the threat.
Melton hit a two-run triple with no outs in the bottom of the inning to push the lead to 7-0. A sacrifice fly by Mauricio Dubón made it 8-0.
The Twins got on the board with Castro’s two-out homer in the fourth inning.
Altuve homered to left-center to start the bottom of the inning and make it 9-1.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Wallner popped out to third. |
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9th Inning | Castro grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Larnach out at second. |
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9th Inning | Larnach ran for Lewis |
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9th Inning | Lewis singled to left. |
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9th Inning | France homered to left center (389 feet). |
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9th Inning | Okert relieved Ort |
Statistics
 MIN |
 HOU |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 8 | Ground Balls | 11 |
| 8 | Strikeouts | 9 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 10 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 8 | Hits | 14 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 1 | Walks | 3 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 10 |
| 2 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 33 | At Bats | 36 |
| 3 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 9 | Runners Left On Base | 19 |
| 0 | Triples | 1 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 1 | Doubles | 4 |
| 17 | Fly Balls | 17 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 1 |
| 138 | Pitches | 137 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 18 | Total Bases | 23 |
| 34 | Plate Appearances | 40 |
| 486.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 4 | Extra Base Hits | 6 |
| 4.2 | Runs Created | 8.4 |
| .242 | Batting Average | .389 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .545 | Slugging Percentage | .639 |
| .333 | Secondary Average | .306 |
| .265 | On Base Percentage | .425 |
| .810 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.064 |
| 0.5 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.6 |
| 4.2 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 9.1 |
| 31.0 | Batter Rating | 67.5 |
| 11.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 36.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.06 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.43 |
| .303 | Isolated Power | .250 |
| 0.13 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.33 |
| .029 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .075 |
| .091 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.083 |
| 6.0 | Runs Produced | 20.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.6 | Patience Ratio | 0.7 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.5 |
| 83.0 | MLB Rating | 109.0 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
