Houston Astros at Minnesota Twins

HOU 3 — MIN 6

Final — 2026-05-18

Game MVP: Josh Bell — 3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI

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J.B.

Top Performer

3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI

3-for-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI.

The only 2-HR performance in the majors that day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	0
MIN	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	x	6	9	0

WP Eric Orze (2-1)

LP Tatsuya Imai (1-2)

SV Taylor Rogers (1)

Scoring Plays

Bot 2: Bell homered to center (429 feet). (1-0)

Bot 4: Bell homered to left (381 feet), Larnach scored. (3-0)

Bot 6: Bell singled to right, Larnach scored, Clemens to second, Jeffers to third. (4-0)

Bot 6: Keaschall singled to center, Clemens scored and Jeffers scored, Bell to second. (6-0)

Top 7: Vázquez singled to center, Matthews scored, Smith to third. (6-1)

Top 7: Peña hit sacrifice fly to right, Smith scored. (6-2)

Top 7: Walker singled to right, Vázquez scored, Alvarez to third. (6-3)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Tatsuya Imai	4.2	5	3	3	0	5	2	74-53	8.31	L, 1-2
Jayden Murray	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	25-12	7.15
AJ Blubaugh	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	32-19	4.71

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Kendry Rojas	4.0	2	0	0	1	3	46-31	1.59
Simeon Woods Richardson	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	18-10	7.53
Andrew Morris	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	16-8	4.50
Justin Topa	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	31-17	8.05
Eric Orze	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	19-11	3.63	W, 2-1
Yoendrys Gomez	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	11-3	5.23
Taylor Rogers	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	11-6	3.86	S, 1

Venue: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota (11,488)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Marvin Hudson, First Base Umpire: Doug Eddings, Second Base Umpire: Gabe Morales, Third Base Umpire: Emil Jimenez

Broadcast: TWTV | SCHN