José Abreu homered for the third time in two games for the Houston Astros in a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Astros reached their seventh straight AL Championship Series and eliminated the Twins in Game 4 of their AL Division Series. Abreu hit a two-run rocket in the fourth inning off reliever Caleb Thielbar.
Houston Astros’ Jose Abreu reacts after a two-run home run during the fourth inning of Game 4 of a baseball AL Division Series against the Minnesota Twins, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in Minneapolis. Minnesota Twins’ Royce Lewis is greeted in the dugout after a solo home run during the first inning of Game 4 of a baseball AL Division Series against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in Minneapolis.
Hector Neris and Bryan Abreu combined for five strikeouts over 2 1/3 hitless innings. Ryan Pressly — who pitched five-plus years for the Twins before being traded to Houston in 2018 — struck out the side in the ninth.Bruce Bochy is back in the postseason with the Texas Rangers. He missed it while he was away.
Michael Brantley got the Astros started with a solo shot in the second against Twins starter Joe Ryan, who was pulled after that inning in manager Rocco Baldelli’s all-out attempt to extend the series. Lewis gave the Twins another big-moment home run, a line smash into the left-field seats with a similar trajectory to the one he hit in his first postseason at-bat in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series sweep over Toronto.
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