The Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on May 19, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Isaac Paredes went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Steven Okert pitched 1.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Byron Buxton went 2-for-5 for the Twins.
- Zebby Matthews pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Meyers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Victor Caratini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| James Outman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando Arcia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tristan Gray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Keaschall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zebby Matthews | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Travis Adams | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Banda | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous May 18, 2026: HOU 3, MIN 6 · Next May 20, 2026: HOU 1, MIN 4
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous May 18, 2026: HOU 3, MIN 6 · Next May 20, 2026: HOU 1, MIN 4