Houston Astros 2, Minnesota Twins 1 — May 19, 2026

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
T1	Isaac Paredes	Isaac Paredes homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Jeremy Peña scores.	HOU 2, MIN 0
B8	Josh Bell	Josh Bell reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Braden Shewmake. Byron Buxton scores.	HOU 2, MIN 1

Box score

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

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Astros AWAY 2

Jason Alexander started for Astros, leaving with a 2–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Enyel De Los Santos took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Jason Alexander Starter 6.0 80 0 4 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Jason Alexander threw

CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 65% 3.5 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	32	40%	1	9	6	8	8
Changeup	30	38%	6	0	2	15	7
Sinker	14	18%	2	4	1	4	3
Sweeper	4	5%	0	1	0	3	0

Steven Okert Setup 1.0 17 0 3 HLD
Enyel De Los Santos Middle 0.2 8 1 0 HLD
Bryan King Setup 1.0 26 0 1 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
Bryan Abreu Middle 0.1 9 0 0 SV inherited 1, stranded 1

Twins HOME 1

Zebby Matthews started for Twins, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Zebby Matthews Starter 6.0 100 2 6 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Zebby Matthews threw

CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 74% 4.3 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	44	44%	5	11	11	9	8
Curveball	17	17%	1	4	2	6	4
Slider	15	15%	4	0	1	7	3
Cutter	12	12%	0	5	1	4	2
Changeup	11	11%	1	2	1	7	0
Sinker	1	1%	0	0	0	1	0

Anthony Banda Setup 1.0 16 0 0
Travis Adams Middle 2.0 19 0 1

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 1st · off Matthews

Paredes HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Jeremy Peña SS	4	1	2	0	0	.260	.309	.340	.649
Isaac Paredes 3B	4	1	1	2	1	.250	.341	.388	.729	HR (5)
Yordan Alvarez DH	4	0	0	0	2	.309	.419	.619	1.038
Christian Walker 1B	4	0	0	0	0	.261	.337	.500	.837
Cam Smith RF	1	0	0	0	0	.197	.293	.312	.605
Zach Cole LF	3	0	0	0	1	.190	.209	.429	.638
Jake Meyers CF	3	0	1	0	0	.250	.326	.375	.701
Christian Vázquez C	3	0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.391	.704
Zach Dezenzo LF	3	0	1	0	1	.219	.265	.406	.671	2B
Braden Shewmake 2B	3	0	0	0	2	.291	.291	.491	.782

HOME · MIN

BATTER	AB	R	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Byron Buxton DH	5	1	2	0	1	.264	.321	.586	.907	2 2B
Trevor Larnach LF	4	0	0	0	0	.257	.382	.385	.767
Kody Clemens 1B	4	0	1	0	0	.239	.336	.427	.763
Austin Martin RF	4	0	0	0	1	.293	.413	.374	.787
Brooks Lee SS	4	0	1	0	3	.248	.299	.388	.687	3B
Victor Caratini C	3	0	0	1	1	.187	.298	.224	.522
Orlando Arcia 2B	2	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Luke Keaschall PH	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.318	.310	.628
Josh Bell 1B	4	0	2	0	0	.229	.290	.365	.655
Tristan Gray 3B	2	0	0	0	0	.230	.275	.365	.640
James Outman CF	3	0	0	0	1	.176	.222	.275	.497

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU

PITCHER	IP	H	R	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Jason Alexander	6.0	4	0	1	4	80	7.30	W
Steven Okert	1.0	0	0	0	3	17	3.43	HLD
Enyel De Los Santos	0.2	1	1	0	0	8	4.42	HLD
Bryan King	1.0	2	0	0	1	26	3.00	HLD
Bryan Abreu	0.1	0	0	0	0	9	7.63	SV

HOME · MIN

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Zebby Matthews	6.0	5	2	2	6	1	100	1.38	L
Anthony Banda	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.64
Travis Adams	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	19	4.76

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU

Joe Espada

Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 0.5 R

HOME · MIN

Derek Shelton

Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · HOU

6-4 L1 -5 run diff

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HOME · MIN

7-3 L1 +22 run diff

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.