Houston Astros @ Minnesota Twins

20-30, 8-16 Away

Final

22-27, 14-14 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. PenaSS	2-4	1	0	0	.260
I. Paredes3B	1-4	1	1	2	.250
Y. AlvarezDH	0-4	0	0	0	.309
C. Walker1B	0-4	0	0	0	.261
Z. DezenzoLF	1-3	0	0	0	.219
C. SmithRF	0-1	0	0	0	.197
Z. ColeRF-LF	0-3	0	0	0	.190
J. MeyersCF	1-3	0	0	0	.250
B. Shewmake2B	0-3	0	0	0	.291
N. Allen2B	0-0	0	0	0	.235
C. VazquezC	0-3	0	0	0	.241

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Alexander	6.0	4	1	4	80-50	7.30
S. Okert	1.0	0	0	3	17-11	3.43
E. De Los Santos	0.2	1	0	0	8-6	4.42
B. King	1.0	2	0	1	26-20	3.00
B. Abreu	0.1	0	0	0	9-5	7.63

According to ESPN Analytics

HOU

MIN

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Target Field

12:40 AM, 20 May 2026

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Attendance: 13,557

Game Time:2:17

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

Paredes' 2-run homer in the 1st inning powers Astros to a 2-1 win over the Twins

— Isaac Paredes hit a two-run homer in the first inning, Jason Alexander scattered four hits over six scoreless innings and the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Tuesday night.

May 20, 2026, 03:33 am - AP


HOU
MIN

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

Scoring Summary

Inning				HOU	MIN
		1st	Paredes homered to left (382 feet), Peña scored.	2	0
		8th	Buxton scored on error, Bell safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Shewmake.	2	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Astros
3
Twins
6

Game 1

19/5

Astros
2
Twins
1

Game 2

20/5

Astros
1
Twins
4

Game 3

20/5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	76	76	.500	-	L1
Texas	76	76	.500	-	W4
Seattle	71	82	.464	5.5	W1
Athletics	61	91	.401	15	L2
Los Angeles	58	94	.382	18	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	78	75	.510	-	W2
Chicago	77	75	.507	0.5	L2
Detroit	72	80	.474	5.5	L1
Minnesota	71	81	.467	6.5	W1
Kansas City	67	85	.441	10.5	W1

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Houston Astros @ Minnesota Twins

Paredes' 2-run homer in the 1st inning powers Astros to a 2-1 win over the Twins

J. Alexander1-0

Z. Matthews1-1

B. Abreu3

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