The Minnesota twins can breathe relief if they prepare for the Houston Astros in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis.
In the first four games of the season, the twins had goose egg in the profit column. Minnesota, however, found the Chicago White Sox in the last two days, and the collective atmosphere seemed to brighten up before the team flew north.
An offensive jerk by Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa played a major role in the happier way of thinking. However, both players had trouble starting the season, but contributed to a 6-1 win in multi-hit games on Wednesday, and Buxton delivered his first Homer in the form of a 446-foot explosion in the left field tipper.
“When you start triggering things and having these really good bats, we play well,” said Twins Manager Rocco Baldelli. “Good things start and they connect, and the rest of the group also starts because they attract a lot of attention from the other side of the field. They are very good in what they do.”
The same applies to the top rackets of the Astros, who are still looking for an outbreak performance. Houston arrives in Minnesota in the middle of a defeat with three games, including a 6: 3 setback against visiting San Francisco Giants on Wednesday afternoon.
In the first six games, the Astros only achieved 12 runs. New additions Christian Walker (3-against-24) and Isaac paredes (3-against-20) have tried to get started.
The Astros manager Joe Espada is confident that it will be okay for both players.
“It is as if I had both said (on Wednesday): ‘Don’t press, just stay calm,” said Espada. “They are good rackets. They are proven rackets. I know that they want to get a great success in a new organization, and that happens. I understand that, but they are really good hitter.
“You will beat. Just stay in the zone and remember who you are and what makes you a good batsman, and things will happen to you.”
The twins right-handed man Joe Ryan (0: 0, 1.80 ERA) should absorb the hill on a day when the temperatures can be exceeded in the mid-1940s and the rain can be in the mix.
At his first start to the season, Ryan kept the St. Louis Cardinals on five goals in five inner sings on Saturday, but ended with a non-decision. He didn’t go and fought five.
Ryan confronted his career five times in front of the Astros and went with an ERA of 7.66 2-3.
Houston is counted with the right-handed Hunter Brown (0-1, 3.00 ERA). He took the loss on Friday in his season debut against the New York Mets, even though he published a start of quality in six innings: three runs (two earned). He gave up four goals, went three and excluded seven.
The 26-year-old from Detroit has made four career against the twins and set up a 1-2 record with an ERA of 5.70.
The astros and twins faced each other six times in 2024. Minnesota won the season series 4-2 and exceeded Houston with 36: 27.
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