Twins walk off against Astros on Christian Vazquez's HR | Sports

Christian Vazquez hit a house run to open the underside of the ninth inning for the Minnesota Twins over the Houston Astros 3-2 on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. Vazquez went 2-for-4 with three RBIs for Minnesota, which received the rubber match of the three-game sequence and has received six of its final eight video games. Byron Buxton and Brooks Lee every had two hits and scored a run. Cesar Salazar and Jose Altuve every had one RBI for Houston, which was held to 5 hits. Joey Loperfido hit a double, the Astros' solely extra-base hit. Twins right-hander Jhoan Duran (4-3) acquired the win after pitching a scoreless ninth. He was one in every of three relievers to observe Simeon Woods Richardson, who held Houston to 2 runs on three hits in six innings. Astros left-hander Josh Hader (3-5) allowed the game-winning residence run to the primary batter he confronted. He was one in every of 4 relievers to observe Spencer Arrighetti, who allowed two runs on seven hits in 5 innings. Vazquez labored laborious in opposition to Hader earlier than belting the seventh pitch 362 toes into left area. The blast was Vazquez's fourth of the season. The Astros jumped out to a 2-0 lead within the second. Salazar opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly to left area to drive in Jon Singleton. Altuve then singled to left to attain Jake Meyers from second base. The Twins pulled forward 2-1 within the backside of the inning. Buxton singled to proper, superior to second on Matt Wallner's stroll and scored on Vazquez's single to left. Within the fourth, Minnesota even pulled to 2:2. The Twins went to first and third with no one out when Vazquez hit a fielder's selection fielder to attain Lee. Twins shortstop Carlos Correa left the sport after being hit by Arrighetti's proper hand within the backside of the primary. The workforce stated the two-time All-Star had a bruised proper toe and that preliminary X-rays didn’t present a fracture. –Subject stage media