Twins grind out a 5-4 win in Houston, the kind of one-run road game that keeps a sub-.500 club hanging around. Minnesota pushed across just enough offense and then held on as the Astros kept threatening to claw back into it.

Houston had chances late but couldn't get the big hit when it mattered, leaving runners stranded and dropping another close one to fall to 42-45. Tight ballgame, decided by a single run, and the Twins were the ones who came out on top.