Twins 3, Astros 2
W: Thielbar (2-1)
L: Peacock (1-4)
Peacock pitched a really nice ball game. Sure, it was against a team that can’t hit for shit, a team on the ass end of mediocre, but if you take it out of context he held the Twins to four hits over seven innings and gave up three runs on two homers while striking out ten.
The hapless Astro offense found seven singles off of retread rehab case Mike Pelfrey, but they could only turn ten baserunners into two runs. Instead of losing this game with the bullpen, Houston got to watch as their opponent won the game with theirs, blunting a bases-loaded opportunity in the seventh and cruising the rest of the way in.
Castro worked three walks. Wallace and Carter had RBI singles with two outs in the fifth. Grossman and Dominguez had a pair of singles but it’s just sand on the beach. Tune in tomorrow for Oberholtzer’s start against the Red Sox.