Minnesota Twins 6
Houston Astros 2
The Minnesota Twins snapped their four-game losing streak as they beat the Houston Astros 6-2 to open a three-game series in Houston.
1. Big night for Berrios
Highly-touted Twins rookie Jose Berrios (1-1) picked up his first Major League win on Monday night. He tossed 5.1 innings, while striking out eight. He held the Astros to two runs, while pitching around five walks.
Jose Berrios is the youngest Twins pitcher to record a win since Francisco Liriano in 2005. Before that Johan Santana in 2000. Good company.
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) May 3, 2016
2. Patience pays off
Twins hitters have been criticized this season for striking out too much and not being patient at the plate. However, on Monday night going up against reigning Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel (2-4) Twins hitters drew five walks.
Including three alone in the three-run fourth inning.
Twins snapped a 4-game losing streak & also snapped Dallas Keuchel's streak of 23 home starts without a loss. Was 17-0 over that stretch.
— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) May 3, 2016
3. Dozier gets going
It probably was no coincidence that on Brian Dozier’s second three-hit game of the season, the Twins also picked up their second road victory.
Dozier was 3-for-5 with two runs scored.
Tweet of the Night:
Twins catcher John Ryan Murphy was tossed out of the game for arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire Jerry Layne. Kurt Suzuki replaced him.
Just watched @Twins catcher John Ryan Murphy get ejected because HP ump Jerry Layne missed a call that was an obvious strike. Not right #mlb
— Jim Hunter (@JimHunterTalks) May 3, 2016
Up Next:
Alex Meyer will make his first Major League start on Tuesday night against Collin McHugh (2-3) for the Astros.
