The Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 6-3 on May 18, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Christian Walker went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Tatsuya Imai pitched 4.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Josh Bell went 3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Twins.
- Kendry Rojas pitched 4.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Walker | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Vazquez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatsuya Imai | 4.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Bell | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| James Outman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tristan Gray | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brooks Lee | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendry Rojas | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Eric Orze | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Simeon Woods Richardson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Morris | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Topa | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: TEX 8, HOU 0 · Next May 19, 2026: HOU 2, MIN 1
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: MIL 4, MIN 5 · Next May 19, 2026: HOU 2, MIN 1