Power trio unable to counter Astros’ star duo

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MINNEAPOLIS — One of the most dynamic middle infields in baseball put on a show with the bats Tuesday night. Astros All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve went 4-for-4 — his seventh four-hit game this season — and shortstop Carlos Correa was 2-for-4 with four RBIs as Houston overcame three Twins homers in a 7-5 win at Target Field.

Correa blasted a two-run homer in the first off left-hander Hector Santiago, but the Twins took a 4-2 lead in the fifth on back-to-back homers by former Astro Robbie Grossman and Brian Dozier. A two-run, bases-loaded single by Correa in the sixth tied the game at 4, and Altuve pushed the lead to 6-4 in the seventh with his fourth single.

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