The Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 5-4 on Jun 29, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Josh Bell went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Zebby Matthews pitched 7.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts.
- Cam Smith went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Peter Lambert pitched 5.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kody Clemens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Trevor Larnach | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brooks Lee | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Keaschall | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Gray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 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 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Travis Adams | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Loperfido | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor Trammell | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Allen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lambert | 5.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Jun 28, 2026: COL 2, MIN 3 · Next Jun 30, 2026: MIN 4, HOU 6
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Jun 28, 2026: HOU 7, DET 5 · Next Jun 30, 2026: MIN 4, HOU 6