Taj Bradley struck out 11 to tie his career high, Josh Bell, Kody Clemens and Luke Keaschall homered and the Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 8-3 on Wednesday night.
Bradley (7-3) allowed a run and four hits and walked four in five innings. After Jose Altuve scored from third base when Isaac Paredes grounded into a double play in the first inning, Bradley recorded 10 consecutive outs by strikeout.
"I think he's done a really good job navigating it, give credit to him because he stayed in his delivery," Manager Derek Shelton said. "Give credit to Vic with going back and kind of mixing and matching, especially at the top of this lineup. I mean, you're talking about guys that are really good players, and he had the ability to execute, execute pitches, but overall, I thought he was really good."
Bell has a career-high 16-game road hitting streak, the longest active streak of its kind in the majors. Trevor Larnach went 3 for 5 with a double and a two-run single.
The Twins have won three consecutive road series for the first time May of 2025.
After Larnach doubled to lead off the game against Tatsuya Imai (5-4) Bell hit a two-out, two-run homer. Clemens hit a 399-foot shot to make it 5-1 in the second.
Astros second baseman Raynel Delgado left the game due to a dislocated right pinky finger after a groundball ricocheted off second base and hit his bare hand in the fifth.
Houston’s Joey Loperfido and Nick Allen had RBI singles in the sixth.
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The Twins open a three-game series against in New York against the Yankees on Friday.
