The offensive breakout we’ve all been expecting finally happened yesterday and today in this game that was suspended last night due to rain and continued this afternoon. The Astros exploded with 11 runs, fifteen hits, five doubles, two homers, and 25 total bases giving the Astros their second-biggest run production of the year.
The Twins actually drew first blood in inning one with a run following Max Kepler and Jorge Polanco doubles off Astros starter Jose Urquidy.
But the Astros took the lead in the second inning starting with singles by Yordan Alvarez and Yuli Gurriel. A Gary Sanchez passed ball put the runners at second and a third, followed by Jeremy Pena’s sacrifice fly scoring Alvarez, and then a Jose Siri single to score Gurriel.