It’s the continuation of a series of American League teams on the diamond down in the Lone Star State. The Minnesota Twins are on the road as they play the middle game of a three-game series with the Houston Astros Tuesday night. Minnesota dropped the rubber game of their three-game series with the Blue Jays Sunday afternoon as they were blanked 3-0. Houston swept Oakland on the road with a trio of one-sided victories as they prevailed 10-1 in the series finale Sunday afternoon. This article was published prior to the conclusion of the opening game of the series at Minute Maid Park Monday afternoon.
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Minnesota suffered a loss in the rubber game of their three-game set to Toronto Sunday afternoon and limped into Monday losers of seven of their previous 10 contests. The Twins entered Monday’s action 27-26 on the year and held a one-game lead over Detroit for the top spot in the AL Central. On Sunday in the finale against the Blue Jays, Minnesota finished the game with five hits with Matt Wallner the lone player with two in the contest. The Twins went just one for four with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base in the contest. Bailey Ober (3-2) took the loss on the mound as he allowed two runs on five hits with one walk and seven strikeouts before departing.
Joe Ryan is on the mound for the Twins as he makes his 11th start of the season in this contest. He comes in 7-1 with a 2.21 ERA, a 0.951 WHIP, 10 walks and 70 strikeouts over 61 innings of work on the yea r. Ryan earned the win in his last start, which came at home against the Giants Wednesday afternoon. He threw five innings, allowing one run on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts in a game the Twins won 7-1. In his last three starts, Ryan is 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, four walks and 23 strikeouts over 17 innings of work. Ryan makes his third career start against the Astros in this contest. He is 1-1 with a 7.20 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, six walks and 13 strikeouts over 10 innings of work against them. Ryan, in his 43rd career major league start, pitches at Minute Maid Park for the first time here.