Astros vs. Twins Game Highlights (4/6/25) | MLB Highlights

The twins go for a second straight series win on the mound of the twins look to the sheriff to keep the Strohs in check. Chris Paddock allowed in nine runs on six hits in a shortened season debut. But looks to bounce back this afternoon in his second career start against the Astros Jose Altuve with his forty first leadoff home run in the game yesterday. And the first pitch is a diving attempt by Carlos Correa. But Altuve has his fourth hit in his last six at bats. Just keep hitting Altuve back to his old ways being aggressive on first pitches. This one just a fastball over the outside corner that he rips. Here's Isak Paredes Isak goes out to the first pitch and he's got a base hit drops this one into left Altuve is going to challenge Harrison Bader and get into third base sliding safely first and third two pitches in the Astros in business. I like it. Be aggressive in the zone. Pick yourself a pitch. Looks like both hitters sitting on that fastball early. A little bit of a broken bat maybe off the end of the bat for Isak Paredes but he needed to see that ball grab some grass. And he did Jordan Alvarez hits with runners on first and third and nobody out. Jordan was going to hit this one into the left field deep enough to score Altuve Bader is going to make the catch throw will come into second and the Astros are on the board. Jordan Alvarez with his team leading fifth run batted in on the season and it's one to nothing. Now here's Christian Walker Walker off the end of the bat into right center field long run not being able to get there is Matt Walner Paredes goes first to third Astros have three hits in their first four batters as Walker singles into right center Jeremy Pena infield comes in. That's a fair ball and Jeffers will take the play at first base and he throws out Pena. So the ball traveled just a couple of feet and stayed right on the line. Pretty good break right here headed right down towards the end of the bat. Jeffers instinctively makes a great play. Yiner Diaz this one's popped up right field for Walner Matt underneath it looks up into the sky makes the catch in a done damage limited by Chris Paddock and Rennell Blanco toes the rubber for your Houston Astros last time out at home against the Giants went five innings gave up three earned runs. Matt Walner his play is going to keep him in that leadoff spot there. And what is that that's a high on base percentage. He's got gap power and smokes a base hit to right. This one near the line and Walner will hang on with a single. So Correa draws his second walk of the year and that'll bring up Byron Buxton a swings and skies it deep to left field Altuve will find himself near the wall and makes the play. Walner will tag go to third holding at first base Correa as Buxton just missed Trevor Larnach at the plate to right deep but playable for Zach D'Azenzo. Walner will tag and he will head home D'Azenzo will fire towards the plate not nearly in time. So Larnach ties it up the sack fly here in the first scores Walner and it's a one one game all tied at one Willie Castro's reach base safely in all eight games three to base it to right and Correa on the move he'll make third Castro rips a single to right and once again the twins have runners at the corners. Really good swing here. Good contact doesn't try to do too much gets himself a slider here in the zone just kind of stayed there didn't have that depth that the other ones had. You can tell by the sound that ball is hit hard. It's going to be up to Jeffers with two down this one crushed to right center field deep in the gap towards the wall. That's in play and off the wall Ryan Jeffers will drive in to he'll stop at second Twins take the lead is three to one let that ball travel head down a contact. He's thinking through the big part of the field guy throws a ton of sliders especially with two strikes. He got one hanging. He drove it the other way. Gaspard this time is on the leadoff wall. The twins are having great plate appearances and at bat so far against Blanco. Here's the nine hitter Harrison Bader Bader lines a base hit to left on a first pitch fastball and the second straight inning the first two twins are on Bader continuing his hot start whether he's in there or not he's ready to go. It's the eighth strikeout for Walner to go with five walks and here comes Correa. This one loop to left center field out to Bay playing deep that'll drop Gaspard around he will score Bader makes third Correa with an RBI single it's a four one game just like that. The first plate appearance had to have had an impact on that plate appearance there just seeing all his pitches knowing what breaking ball in the zone for a strike looks like looking knowing what one off the plate looks like and stays through it is able to get that extension made off not to start the fourth inning Walters two for three twins. They have walked now four times already as a team today. Byron Buxton this will be his third straight at bat batting with runners on. Smack to right down the line in the corner fading and that is going to be a fair ball it's off the wall it stays in play. Walner scores Correa to third it's a Buxton double it's a five one game. We don't see him hit too many extra base hits over that way but he knew that thing was going to be off the wall but he hit this ball hard kept it fair just a simple approach Trevor Larnach sac fly to walk. Fairball down the line and Larnach indeed will drive into the ball finds the corner Larnach will stop at second base a two run double. It is a seven one twins lead here at Target Field or just drive both in yourself. That works too. Great swing right here said their approach has been relentless last couple of days just that bad after that bad going up there with a plan Larnach has knocked in three of the seven runs Ryan Jeffers hits this ball high in the air to center field pretty well hit but playable Meyers moves back on a tagging is Larnach. He's going to get the third Julian who doubled against Contreras his first time they matched up today. Another ball in the air but this one's playable. Zach D'Azenzo will come in a few steps and that'll do it for the twins in the fourth but they add three more runs. Zach D'Azenzo good job taking a walk here to start the inning. Jake Meyers has himself extra bases Zach D'Azenzo be held up at third as the throw comes back in that ball stay just there past the diving Willie Castro and the Astros have the first two runners on second and third nobody out and Jose Altuve at the plate Altuve hooks one down the line. That's a nice play by Castro scoring is Zach D'Azenzo and safe as Jose Altuve saying the throw pulled Mickey Gasper off the bag. I'm not sure if he stayed on from our vantage point. Twins are going to challenge it on the field. Say a runner say you got it. So the Astros get a run and Altuve will reach on the throw that was high first and second nobody out. Here's Isak Paredes to one pitch his line to the left. That's going to be down for a hit. That'll score Jake Meyers Altuve to second and the Astros scored two in the inning. They're now within four and seven to three. Paredes with RBI number three on the season a couple of hits in the ballgame for Isak. That's got to feel good. Picking up a stake right here. The Astros continue to have base runners. So here's Jeremy Pena batting in the five spot painting with a line drive to the left. It's going to hold up and Bader makes the catch to base tagging and trying to score the throw went to second. He's safe. Altuve didn't initially tag and then he went back and tag when Bader threw the ball to second and got in. That turns out to be a sack fly the hard way. Altuve broke towards home plate on that line drive to left but it was hit so hard that it stayed up. Watch Altuve at third base to Altuve credit was able to be heads up enough to commit to going to home plate on that throw to second base. And it's now a seven to four game. And here's Yiner Diaz. This one softly left center Correa going out Correa will get there to make the play throw a three spot up here in the top half of the fifth inning between seven Astros for going to be Darren McCagan coming into this game. He'll face Brendan Rodgers. No one looped in the shallow right. Walner won't be able to get there. Ball for a hit. Brendan Rodgers has a two hit game at Rodgers in this series now has six hits for the Astros Leaseock parade is will bat Leaseock two for three. Little putt shot in the center that's going to be in there for a hit. Rodgers with two outs could break with a swing. He scores Jake Byers the third. It is a seven to five game parade with two RBI singles the last two innings hitting it just hard enough. And I feel like you hit it like they throw it sometimes. A lot of off speed a lot of movement. This is a sweeper coming up with the plate three time all star Jordan Alvarez Darren McCagan would not finish the inning and now Danny Coulombe is in to see the left handed hitting slugger for the Astros to left and Harrison Bader coming in Bader will dive and Bader with the head first run saving catch and left outstanding first step left his feet run saving play by Harrison Bader in left field. New pitcher to this ball game for the Minnesota Twins is Griffin Jacks. It's a big right arm out of that bullpen as well. He's like Paredes leads it off in the first pitch and Paredes ropes this one in the left field that'll be played on a hop by Bader lead off single for Paredes and one pitch into the ninth. The Astros will get Alvarez to the plate as the tying run. Jordan crushes one all the way back shot for forty four. The Astros down six have come back like the Cougars last night in seven to seven. I Pappi taking the high heat getting into the upper tank and it's got to feel good for your Don to pitch his two runs in this inning on the big swing from your dog. Now two outs and Brennan Rogers is the batter strike three call on the corner and Griffin Jacks recovers after allowing three straight hits including a game tying home run to Alvarez. Now tie France bats for the second time. Hader delivers and France grounds it to the left side shuffling to his right Paredes. He has it throws to first and it's a one two three bottom of the ninth for a hater for the first time this year. The Astros go to extra innings Rogers the runner runner at second base and Chaz will get his first at bat of the day. He's around a bun bunts the ball towards the mound. It's going to be fielded by the new pitcher Varlan. He'll make the play. So Chaz with a sacrifice advancing the runner to third base now with one out will set it up for Jake Meyers here with the infield in ball for Astros will have runners on first and third with one out and Jose Altuve at the plate line drive base hit to left one run scores Meyers being held up Astros take an eight seven lead their first lead since the first inning to coming through in the clutch ripping one in the left field got himself a hanging breaking ball and smashed it. The Astros tried to tack on more with the sock Paredes infield still in there goes out to Bay and the throw is going to go through. Here comes Meyers trying to score. He is safe at home plate Jake with a head first slide on the throw by Willie Castro and the Astros lead nine to seven. This is a real time the throw goes down Jake a little bit of a late break towards home but tried to slide away from the tag of Jeffers on the field stands runner safe huge run for the Astros to make it nine to seven the twins down to their final out. And now Josh Hader is back out there for his second inning of work. Christian Vasquez is going to get hit called third strike at the knees the Astros complete the comeback down six to win it in ten innings nine to seven Josh Hader two innings of work and Blumberg. That's a huge W to head to Seattle with a happy flight.