He was replaced by Phil Maton, who struck out Lewis to end the inning. Byron Buxton grounded into a double play before Bielak walked Alex Kirilloff to end his night. Christian Vázquez singled with two outs to score Lewis and cut the lead to 5-1.Įdouard Julien reached on an error by Altuve to start the sixth before a single by Carlos Correa. Ryan allowed four hits and five runs while walking three in a season-low four innings.īielak had walked two but hadn’t allowed a hit until Lewis doubled to start the fifth. Ryan walked Kyle Tucker to load the bases and a sacrifice fly by Abreu made it 5-0. The Astros extended the lead to 4-0 when Peña scored on a single by Bregman. Jeremy Peña walked after that before a single by Yordan Alvarez sent him to third.
Houston hitting coach Alex Cintrón was ejected in the third inning after yelling at plate umpire Jerry Layne after Jose Altuve struck out looking for the first out of the inning. He's been pitching great this year but we just come prepared and with good pitchers like that we come ready to play.” “Obviously, he has a good fastball but we're a good fastball hitting team,” McCormick said. McCormick connected on his soaring shot to left field with two outs to push the lead to 3-0. There was one out in the inning when Ryan walked José Abreu. It was the only extra-base hit for the Twins, who went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position.īregman led off Houston’s second with his seventh homer this season to make it 1-0. Minnesota rookie Royce Lewis doubled a night after homering with four RBI in his season debut after tearing the ACL in his right knee last May. “And he just attacked and pounded the strike zone early.”
“It's always good to get off to a good start and get the lead and the way Bielak was throwing the ball for us it was good to get him some run support early,” Bregman said.
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The Astros tacked on two runs in the third inning and that was plenty to give them their fourth win in five games.īrandon Bielak (2-2) allowed three hits and one run with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings, helping the Astros bounce back after losing the series opener 7-5 in 10 innings. “He probably made a couple of mistakes that we didn’t miss,” manager Dusty Baker said. HOUSTON - Minnesota's Joe Ryan hadn't allowed a home run since April 19 and had given up just four all season.Īlex Bregman and Chas McCormick ended that streak quickly Tuesday night for the Houston Astros.īregman and McCormick each homered in the second inning and had two RBI and the Astros built an early lead and beat the Twins 5-1.īregman and McCormick connected off Ryan (7-2) to put Houston up 3-0 - and snap Ryan's career-best streak of six starts without allowing a homer. Bregman, McCormick homer to help Astros beat Twins 5-1
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