Byron Buxton and Kyle Farmer hit three-run homers to power the Minnesota Twins past the Houston Astros 9-6.
Minnesota Twins' Byron Buxton reacts while crossing home plate after hitting a homer run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Minneapolis. Minnesota won 9-6. The Twins secured a series win against defending champion Houston with more hard-to-hit pitching — and a couple of their own big hits.
“I just let them do their thing and just try and catch every ground ball that comes my way,” said Farmer, who didn't have a single play to make at second base. “We’re not giving ourselves a chance. A lot of it is their pitching and some of it is Christian Vázquez who knows our team pretty well,” said Astros manager Dusty Baker, who had Vázquez at catcher last season after a late-summer trade.
The damage had been done by the Twins with a four-run eighth against Ronel Blanco highlighted by Buxton’s first homer of the season. The Twins went deep only six times in their first seven games.
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