It didn’t take long before the Astros looked to be well on their way to yet another loss. After Twins starter Joe Ryan struck out the side in the first (getting Jose Altuve, Isaac Paredes and Yordan Alvarez), Matt Wallner opened the bottom of the frame with a triple, then scored on a Carlos Correa groundout. Byron Buxton singled, stole a base, and scored Minnesota’s second run on a Trevor Larnach single into left field.
Already trailing 2-0, Houston got it back pretty fast. They opened the second inning with back to back homers courtesy of Christian Walker (1).