The Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 4-1 on May 20, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Christian Vazquez went 1-for-2 with 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Mike Burrows pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 9 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brice Matthews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Burrows | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| James Outman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan Gray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrew Morris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous May 19, 2026: HOU 2, MIN 1 · Next May 22, 2026: HOU 4, CHC 2
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous May 19, 2026: HOU 2, MIN 1 · Next May 22, 2026: MIN 8, BOS 6