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- Updated: May 4, 2016
HOUSTON — George Springer homered for the second game in a row, hitting a two-run shot over the railroad tracks high above Minute Maid Park’s left field to cap a three-run fourth inning and send the Astros to a 6-4 win over the Twins on Tuesday night.
Springer’s sixth homer of the season gave the Astros a 6-2 lead, and four relievers held on after starter Collin McHugh allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings. Jason Castro also homered for the Astros, and Carlos Gomez doubled twice after missing the previous three games.
Twins starter Alex Meyer, making his first career start, lasted just 2 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, three hits and three walks. Minnesota got solo homers from Danny Santana to lead off the game and Byung Ho Park in the sixth to cut the lead to 6-4.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDGomez returns with a bang: Gomez, who missed the previous three games with a rib cage injury suffered diving for a ball on Friday in Oakland, returned to the lineup and doubled in his first two at-bats, in the second and fourth inning. He doubled and scored on a balk in the fourth for his second consecutive multihit game.
Byung Ho Parked: Park crushed his team-leading seventh homer of the year in the sixth to knock McHugh from the game. The …
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