MINNESOTA TWINS (26-21) VS. HOUSTON ASTROS (36-16) MONDAY, MAY 29, 2017 – TARGET FIELD – MINNEAPOLIS, MN FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB WINNING PITCHER: Jankowski (1-0, 16.20) LOSING PITCHER: Breslow (1-1, 2.89) Houston Astros 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 3 16 18 0 7 SAVE: - - Minnesota Twins 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 8 11 1 5 FIRST PITCH: 1:10 p.m. GAME TIME TEMP: 60 degrees, wind from W at 14 mph TIME OF GAME: 3:44 ATTENDANCE: 24,472 HOME RUNS: Correa (8th, 4th inning off Santana, 2-0 pitch, none on, two out, 430 feet to center) Sano (12th, 5th inning off Jankowski, 2-2 pitch, one on, two out, 417 feet to center) Grossman (5th, 7th inning off Jankowski, 1-0 pitch, none on, one out, 409 feet to right) Beltran (6th, 8th inning off Belisle, 2-2 pitch, two on, two out, 375 feet to left) Bregman (4th, 9th inning off Rucinski, 1-1 pitch, one on, none out, 420 feet to left) PITCHING LINES: TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR WP PITCHES/K Ervin Santana 7.0 5 2 1 2 6 1 1 114/67 NEXT GAME: Ryan Pressly 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 18/10 Astros at Twins Craig Breslow (L, 1-1) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 13/7 Tuesday, May 30 – 7:10 pm (CT) Matt Belisle 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 17/9 --------------------------------------------- Drew Rucinski 1.0 5 3 3 1 0 1 0 31/19 RHP José Berríos (3-0, 1.66) vs. ASTROS IP H R ER BB SO HR WP PITCHES/K RHP Mike Fiers (1-2, 5.21) Brad Peacock 4.2 4 4 4 1 8 0 0 78/54 Jordan Jankowski (W, 1-0) 2.1 5 4 4 1 1 2 0 46/29 Luke Gregerson 2.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 31/17 TWINS NOTES: • THE TWINS fell to Houston this afternoon for their third loss in their last four games…was Minnesota’s largest blown lead of the season and largest since surrendering a six-run lead on May 10, 2013 vs. Baltimore…the Twins have lost four-straight games to Houston…Minnesota has lost just four of its last 11 games overall. • ERVIN SANTANA allowed two runs (1 earned) runs in 7.0 innings with six strikeouts…saw his scoreless streak end at 15.0 innings in the fourth, has posted a 1.24 ERA (29.0 IP, 4 ER) in his last four starts vs. Houston…allowed five-plus hits for just the third time in 11 starts this season…has allowed two runs or fewer in nine of his 11 starts this season…has pitched 6.0-plus innings in each of his starts this season, and 7.0-plus innings in seven of his 11 starts. • TWINS BATTERS scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, matching their largest inning of the season (7 runs in the top of the 5th inning on April 25 at Texas)…Minnesota hitters recorded six-plus hits in an inning for the fourth time this season (8 hits on April 25 at Texas is the season-high)…the Twins hit for the cycle as a team in the inning, marking the first time they’ve done so since September 17, 2015 vs. Los Angeles-AL (1st inning)…Minnesota has scored eight-plus runs in seven games this season…it wasn’t until July 7 of last season that the Twins recorded their seventh eight-plus run game. • TWINS PITCHERS allowed 11-plus runs in an inning for the first time since July 25, 2007 (11 runs in the bottom of the 6th)…Twins relievers allowed 14 runs this afternoon, a franchise record (previous: 12 runs on April 26, 2017 at Texas)…Minnesota allowed 16 runs for the second time this season (also: May 7 vs. Boston) and allowed 18 hits for a second-straight game…Baltimore was the last team to allow 18-plus hits in consecutive games from August 26-27, 2016. • ROBBIE GROSSMAN (2-for-4) is hitting .414 (12-for-29) over his last nine games with three home runs…was his first game with multiple extra- base hits this season (last: 2 on September 7, 2016 vs. Kansas City)…recorded his first double since April 18 vs. Cleveland…has reached base safely in 29 of his 31 starts this season. • JOE MAUER (2-for-5) has reached base nine times in his last two games…recorded multiple hits in back-to-back games for the first time this season (4 hits yesterday)…was his eighth multi-hit game this season. • MIGUEL SANÓ (1-for-4) homered at Target Field for the first time since May 2 vs. Oakland…leads Minnesota with 11 multi-RBI games. • JORGE POLANCO (2-for-4) recorded his first triple of the season and first since August 25, 2016 vs. Detroit. • BRIAN DOZIER (1-for-5) extended his hitting streak to a season-long 10 games…he’s hitting .311 (14-for-45) during the streak. • BYRON BUXTON was removed with a lacerated ring finger on his right hand and is day-to-day. • ADAM WILK cleared waivers and accepted his assignment to Triple-A Rochester…Wilk was designated for assignment on May 26. -More- ASTROS NOTES: • THE ASTROS WIN completed their biggest comeback win of the season (previous: 5 runs, done 3x, last: May 2 vs. Texas) and largest since completing a six-run comeback on May 15, 2008 at San Francisco…before today, Houston was 0-659 when trailing by six-or-more runs entering the eighth inning in franchise history (Elias)…Houston leads the Majors with 19 comeback wins this season, including four wins of five-plus runs…won their fifth-straight game with today’s win, matching a season-long (3x, last: May 7-13)…was Houston’s fifth-straight road win, matching a season-long (also: April 11-21)…was the Astros fourth-straight win vs. Minnesota. • ASTROS PITCHERS allowed a season-high seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning…it was the most Houston had allowed in a single inning since surrendering seven in the bottom of the fourth on September 2 at Texas. • ASTROS BATTERS set season-highs in hits (18) and runs (16)…was the most runs Houston has scored since scoring 16 on May 4, 2016 vs. Minnesota…scored 11 runs in the eighth inning, their largest inning since scoring 11 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on July 18, 1994 vs. St. Louis…have been hit by a pitch 26 times this season, the highest mark in the AL. • BRAD PEACOCK allowed four runs in 4.2 innings with eight strikeouts in his second start of the season (has also made 12 relief appearances)…has recorded eight strikeouts in both of his starts this season, but failed to complete 5.0 innings in either. • JORDAN JANKOWSKI earned his first-career win…has allowed six runs in his 5.2 innings this season (two appearances). • CARLOS CORREA (3-for-5) has homered in four-straight games vs. Minnesota and in five of his last six…has 11 RBI in that four-game stretch…has multiple hits in a career-long five-straight games overall, the longest streak by an Astro since Jose Altuve had a five-game streak from July 17-22, 2016…matched a season-high with three RBI (also: May 9 vs. Atlanta) owns a .385 average in May (35 for-91) after hitting .233 (20-for-97) in April. • CARLOS BELTRAN (4-for-5) has homered in three of his last four games at Target Field…recorded a season-high with four hits (last: August 16, 2016 vs. Oakland) and matched a season-high with three RBI (also: April 12 at Seattle). • MARWIN GONZALEZ (3-for-5) recorded a season-high three hits. • JOSE ALTUVE (3-for-5) has hit safely in all 12 career games at Target Field, hitting .462 (24-for-52) with multiple hits in four of his last five games. • GEORGE SPRINGER (2-for-6) has a hit in eight straight games vs. Minnesota. -More- .