Minnesota has won seven of its last 10 games behind the red-hot Brian Dozier, whose solo shot and two RBIs on Tuesday gave him six homers and 13 RBIs during the stretch.TV: 8:10 p.m. ET, ROOT (Houston), FSN North (Minnesota) PITCHING MATCHUP: Astros LH Dallas Keuchel (7-11, 4.56 ERA) vs. Twins RH Ervin Santana (5-9, 3.62) Keuchel has looked more like last year’s 20-game victor in recent outings as he has given up two or fewer earned runs in six of his last seven starts. “We lost because I gave up 11 hits, 10 hits, something like that”. “Unfortunate. Good for them”.
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Eddie Rosario had three hits for Minnesota, which has come around after a terrible first half of the season. But it cost Dozier his 24th home run of the year, as well as the Twins’ biggest second-inning rally – four runs, aided by a pair of Astros errors – of the season.
Tyler Duffey was in danger of being dropped from the Minnesota Twins rotation. “I think there’s a lot of energy, guys are having fun, a lot of joking going around, which is good as long as the focus is where it needs to be”.
The game was delayed 2 1/2 hours before Major League Baseball chose to cancel it, wiping out the Twins’ lead.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ The Houston-Minnesota game was postponed Wednesday by persistent rain that started in the third inning and was forecast to last throughout the night. Devenski has issued just one walk in 14 innings over his last six appearances.Milone will get another opportunity to start after recently being demoted to the bullpen. He’s eligible Friday to come off the DL, but Hinch said the decision has not yet been made. Houston has scored just four runs total in those games, however, and Fister doesn’t have a victory to show for it. “Felt strong, and stuff was going where I wanted it to”.
“He’s definitely graduated past A-ball, ” Hinch said. “He dominated that level”.
“Maybe one of the better games I’ve ever seen him play at short”, Molitor said of Polanco. “I think some of these guys, especially young guys, they might get caught up in that from time to time”. There’s no way to train for this game other than to play it every day. “The reports have been very favorable of how he moves around the field defensively”. He’s spent time at second base, third and shortstop.
Alex Bregman hit a one-out double for the Astros in the first frame, and Jose Altuve followed with a single up the middle.
Twins: Trevor Plouffe returned to the lineup after missing 32 games with a broken rib.
After a bumpy first inning, Santiago retired 12 of the next 13 men he faced into the sixth, as Minnesota took a 4-2 lead on back-to-back homers by Robbie Grossman and Brian Dozier in the fifth.
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After one of the worst starts of his 2016 season against the Yankees on 7/26 (4.2 IP, 6 ER), Fister rebounded nicely in his last two starts. Houston counters with RHP Mike Fiers (7-5, 4.34).
