Left-hander Brandon Walter makes his third start for the Houston Astros who are going for a sweep of the Minnesota Twins before seven-game road trip to Sacramento and Anaheim. Simeon Woods Richardson pitches for Minnesota.

Joe Ryan fixed the team’s starting pitching problem, but the Astros answered with Hunter Brown in a pitchers’ duel decided in the ninth inning.

SP: Joe Ryan 7 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K (93 pitches, 59 strikes (63%) Home Runs: Brooks Lee (6) Bottom 3 WPA: Jhoan Duran (-.368), Matt Wallner (-.170), Willi Castro (-.148) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The Twins have gone 1-3 over their past four games,

Minnesota center fielder Byron Buxton has been scratched from the lineup a day after being hit on the left elbow by a pitch.

Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton has been among MLB’s most electric players since his debut in 2015. With a unique combination of speed, defense and power, Buxton possesses some of the best tools in the game.

The Houston Astros have traded Forrest Whitley to the Tampa Bay Rays for $100,000, sending the struggling right-hander to a new home after he was once a highly regarded prospect

Five days after designating Forrest Whitley for assignment, the Houston Astros traded baseball’s former top pitching prospect to the Tampa Bay Rays, a league source told The Athletic on Friday. The Astros will receive cash considerations in return for Whitely,

The Tampa Bay Rays acquired right-hander Forrest Whitley from the Houston Astros in exchange for cash considerations on Friday.