Houston Astros at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

4-5, 2-1 Away

Final
9 - 7

Minnesota Twins

3-6, 1-2 Home

Altuve drives in winning run in 10th after Alvarez's homer in 9th ties it as Astros top Twins 9-7

Altuve's single off Twins reliever Louis Varland (1-1) scored automatic runner Brendan Rogers from third base. Jake Meyers then stole home on a double steal to make it 9-7.

Josh Hader (1-0) retired all six batters he faced to earn the victory.

The Twins led 7-1 after four innings, but the Astros came all the way back by scoring twice in the ninth off Twins reliever Griffin Jax to tie it at 7. Isaac Paredes led off with his fourth single of the game and Alvarez hit Jax's next pitch for his first home run of the season.

Matt Wallner had four hits and Trevor Larnach drove in three runs for Minnesota.

The Twins scored three runs in the first, a rally keyed by Ryan Jeffers' two-out, two-run double. They added three more in the fourth, with Byron Buxton and Larnach's back-to-back doubles driving in the runs as Minnesota took a 7-1 lead.

Key moment With two on and two outs in the sixth, Alvarez sliced a sinking liner to left field off reliever Danny Coulombe. Harrison Bader charged in and made a diving catch to preserve Minnesota’s 7-5 lead.

Key stat The Astros (.565) and Twins (.551) began the day ranked 29th and 30th in the league in OPS, but combined for 24 hits in the game.

Up next Astros: Begin a three-game series at Seattle on Monday with RHP Hayden Weseneski (0-1, 5.40) starting the opener.

Twins: Send RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (0-0, 4.50) to the mound Monday when they open a four-game series at Kansas City.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Vázquez struck out looking.
	10th Inning	Vázquez hit for Keirsey Jr.
	10th Inning	Bader struck out swinging.
	10th Inning	Miranda grounded out to third.
	10th Inning	Paredes struck out looking.
	10th Inning	Altuve caught stealing third, pitcher to third.

Statistics

HOU		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	7
9	Strikeouts	12
7	Runs Batted In	7
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	12
3	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
40	At Bats	40
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	25
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	4
20	Fly Balls	22
1	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	197
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	16
47	Plate Appearances	46
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
7.3	Runs Created	6.4
.325	Batting Average	.300
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.450	Slugging Percentage	.400
.275	Secondary Average	.225
.391	On Base Percentage	.370
.841	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.770
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
6.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.0
55.0	Batter Rating	48.0
40.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.75	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.43	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.28
.125	Isolated Power	.100
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.42
.085	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.109
-.050	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.075
16.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
99.3	MLB Rating	92.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0