The Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 8-3 on Jul 1, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Kody Clemens went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Taj Bradley pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 11 strikeouts.
- Nick Allen went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Astros.
- AJ Blubaugh pitched 2.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Larnach | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Tristan Gray | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Caratini | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Keaschall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Bradley | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Andrew Morris | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Allen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Loperfido | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor Trammell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brice Matthews | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Meyers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Blubaugh | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Tatsuya Imai | 1.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Jun 30, 2026: MIN 4, HOU 6 · Next Jul 3, 2026: MIN 2, NYY 5
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Jun 30, 2026: MIN 4, HOU 6 · Next Jul 3, 2026: TB 3, HOU 1