Twins Homers Hold Up as Astros Ninth-Inning Rally Falls Short

Minnesota beat Houston 5-4 on June 29.

The Twins opened the scoring in the fourth with back-to-back solo homers from Royce Lewis and Victor Caratini, giving Minnesota a 2-0 lead.

Houston answered in the fifth when Cam Smith hit a solo homer to cut the lead to 2-1.

Minnesota stretched it back out in the sixth. Josh Bell homered to right-center, scoring Brooks Lee and pushing the Twins ahead 4-1.

The Twins added another run in the seventh when Kody Clemens grounded out, bringing home Luke Keaschall to make it 5-1.

Houston made it tight in the ninth. Taylor Trammell hit a two-run homer, then Cam Smith followed with his second homer of the game to cut it to 5-4.

Zebby Matthews earned the win after allowing one run over seven innings. Peter Lambert took the loss after allowing four runs over 5.2 innings. Yoendrys Gómez recorded the save.

What It Means

The Twins improve to 41-45. The Astros fall to 42-45.

BaseChaser lists the Twins at 20.7% to make the playoffs and the Astros at 40.0%.

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