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Houston Astros @ Minnesota Twins

2026-05-18 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 11488 · 61°F, Overcast · Wind 2 mph, Calm · 2:38

Minnesota Twins defeated Houston Astros 6–3. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 2nd — Josh Bell homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Josh Bell homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Trevor Larnach scores — worth 17% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	7
MIN	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	6	9

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	3	0	0	1	0	0
Isaac Paredes 3B	4	0	1	0	1	2
Yordan Alvarez DH	3	0	1	0	2	1
Christian Walker 1B	5	0	2	1	0	0
Zach Cole LF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Dezenzo LF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Braden Shewmake 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brice Matthews CF	3	1	1	0	1	1
Cam Smith RF	3	1	1	0	0	1
Christian Vazquez C	2	1	1	1	2	0

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Austin Martin RF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Trevor Larnach LF	3	2	1	0	1	1
Victor Caratini C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan Jeffers C	3	1	1	0	0	0
Kody Clemens 1B	3	1	0	0	1	1
Josh Bell DH	4	2	3	4	0	0
Luke Keaschall 2B	4	0	1	2	0	2
Brooks Lee SS	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tristan Gray 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1
James Outman CF	3	0	1	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
AJ Blubaugh	2.0	0	0	0	1	1
Tatsuya Imai	4.2	5	3	3	0	5
Jayden Murray	1.1	4	3	3	2	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching