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Houston Astros vs Minnesota Twins

May 20, 2026Target FieldPartly Cloudy 57°F · 4 mph, L To R
AWAY
Houston Astros
20-31
1
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
23-27
4

Game Highlights

Published May 20, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Christian Vázquez Christian Vázquez singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder James Outman. Zach Dezenzo scores. Cam Smith to 2nd. HOU 1, MIN 0
B2 Victor Caratini Victor Caratini homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. HOU 1, MIN 1
B4 Ryan Kreidler Ryan Kreidler homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Victor Caratini scores. Tristan Gray scores. HOU 1, MIN 4

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 010000000 1
MIN 010300000 4

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 1

Mike Burrows started for Astros, leaving trailing 1–4.

workload · innings pitched
  • Mike Burrows Starter 6.0 88 4 2 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Mike Burrows threw
    CSW 20% 1st-pitch strike 78% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 36 41% 5 4 10 9 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 28 32% 0 4 5 14 5
    Curveball 12 14% 0 2 2 5 3
    Sinker 7 8% 0 0 0 2 5
    Slider 5 6% 2 1 1 1 0
  • AJ Blubaugh Middle 1.0 13 0 1
  • Nate Pearson Middle 1.0 11 0 0
Twins HOME 4

Joe Ryan started for Twins, leaving with a 4–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Joe Ryan Starter 6.0 99 1 9 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Joe Ryan threw
    CSW 36% 1st-pitch strike 68% 4.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 48 48% 7 10 12 15 4
    Sweeper 20 20% 6 5 4 1 4
    Knuckle Curve 14 14% 4 0 3 6 1
    Sinker 10 10% 0 2 3 2 3
    Slider 4 4% 0 1 0 3 0
    Splitter 3 3% 0 1 0 1 1
  • Yoendrys Gómez Middle 2.0 36 0 5 HLD
  • Andrew Morris Middle 1.0 10 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

3 runs Bottom 4th · off Burrows
  • Kreidler HR (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jeremy Peña SS 4 0 1 0 0 3 .259 .305 .333 .638
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 .333 .378 .711
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303 .412 .605 1.017
Christian Walker 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 .330 .489 .819
Jake Meyers CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .227 .300 .341 .641
Zach Dezenzo LF 3 1 1 0 0 2 .229 .270 .400 .670
Brice Matthews 2B 3 0 0 0 0 3 .202 .256 .353 .609
Cam Smith RF 3 0 2 0 0 0 .206 .299 .319 .618
Christian Vázquez C 2 0 1 1 0 0 .247 .316 .393 .709
Zach Cole PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .186 .205 .419 .624
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Byron Buxton DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .320 .576 .896
Trevor Larnach LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248 .370 .372 .742
Kody Clemens 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 .333 .421 .754
Luke Keaschall 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .311 .302 .613
Victor Caratini C 4 2 2 1 0 1 .198 .304 .261 .565 HR (2)
Tristan Gray 3B 1 1 1 0 2 0 .240 .301 .373 .674
Ryan Kreidler SS 3 1 1 3 0 0 .296 .406 .667 1.073 HR (3)
James Outman CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .185 .228 .296 .524 2B
Josh Bell 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .225 .289 .358 .647

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Mike Burrows 6.0 6 4 4 3 2 2 88 5.75 L
AJ Blubaugh 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.55
Nate Pearson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Joe Ryan 6.0 4 1 1 0 9 0 99 3.02 W
Yoendrys Gómez 2.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 36 4.76 HLD
Andrew Morris 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 4.29 SV

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.