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Astros

Polanco flied out to center fielder Springer.

Buxton grounded out, third baseman Bregman to first baseman Gurriel.

Grounded out, third baseman Bregman to first baseman Gurriel.

Kepler grounded out, first baseman Gurriel unassisted, Cruz to third.

Grounded out, first baseman Gurriel unassisted, Cruz to third.

Twins

Adrianza homered to right on a full count.

Twins third.  Adrianza homered to right on a full count.  Buxton lined out to center fielder Marisnick.  Kepler grounded out, first baseman Gurriel unassisted.  Polanco flied out to left fielder Brantley.

The Astros split a four-game set against the Indians in their most recent series, losing the first two games of the series, then bouncing back to win the next two. Houston is 11-5 this season following a team win, compared to 5-6 when following a team loss.

The Twins have hit 49 home runs this season in 25 games, tied with the 1997 Indians for the fourth most all-time by any team through 25 games. Only three teams have hit more through 25 games in a season: 2019 Mariners (56), 2000 Cardinals (55) and 2019 Brewers (50).

Max Kepler has hit four home runs in his past three games. Kepler (7) and Eddie Rosario (11) have combined to hit 18 home runs this season, tied for the most of any American League teammate duo with the Athletics' Khris Davis (10) and Matt Chapman (8).

The Twins are one of four teams that Justin Verlander has 20+ career wins against (also KC, CWS and Cle). The only other active pitcher to have at least 20 wins against four different teams is CC Sabathia (KC, Det, Min and Bal).

In six career starts against the Astros, Jake Odorizzi is 4-1 with a 2.29 ERA. Odorizzi allowed two runs and scattered eight hits in 5.2 innings against the Astros on April 22 of this season, picking up Minnesota's lone win of the three-game series against Houston.

The Astros are 16-6 against the Twins since 2016, their second-best record against any AL team over that time (17-3 vs. Orioles). Houston won two of three games when these teams met earlier this month, batting .320 in the series with six home runs and six doubles.

HP - Johnson, 1B - Miller, 2B - Segal, 3B - Eddings

The Minnesota Twins will host the Houston Astros in a four-game series after belting 12 homers in a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles over the weekend. Minnesota will look for more offensive success against the Astros when their series starts Monday night, although Houston is certainly a much tougher team.
Still, the Twins crushed Baltimore's pitching in a six-game season sweep of the Orioles. They hit 23 homers during that time, including two in Sunday's 4-1 victory over Baltimore -- solo homers by Max Kepler and Byron Buxton.

Hard-hitting Twins hope to keep swinging vs. Astros

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)  Jake Odorizzi punched out Yuli Gurriel looking, and the usually stoic right-hander couldn't help but clench his fist and let out a yell.
Odorizzi and the Minnesota Twins made another early season statement.

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HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X

Houston Astros @ Minnesota Twins on April 29, 2019

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