Jake Odorizzi struck out Yuli Gurriel looking, and the usually quiet pitcher couldn't help but clench his fist and yell. Odorizzi pitched 7 brilliant innings, and Ehire Adrianza homered off Houston ace Justin Verlander, and the Twins edged out the Astros 1-0 last night. After the game, Odorizzi said ''There's not too many times where I show emotion when I pitch, but certain instances, I feel like, it kind of takes you over. That was definitely one of them. I think hopefully there's more times this year.''
Odorizzi gave up 4 hits while beating Houston for the second time in as many starts. He walked only one batter while striking out 7, and Blake Parker recorded the save, as the Twins won for the 8th time in 10 games. Adrianza's first homer of the year is what started the 3rd inning, as he drilled a 3-2 pitch from Verlander onto the plaza in right field. Astros manager AJ Hinch said that ''Adrianza doesn't normally hit the fastball in like that, pulls the ball, hits the homer, these guys have homered a lot. At that point in the game, you don't think it's going to be the difference in the game. But 1-0, pitchers' duel, one swing can be the difference obviously.''
The Twins, coming off a convincing sweep of the Baltimore Orioles, faced Houston for the second time in a week. They also had to face Verlander last series, who gave up just 1 run over 8 innings. Verlander only needed 98 pitches through 8 innings before, but the Twins made him work, and he was gone with 100 pitches after 6 innings. The Astros took a more aggressive approach with Odorizzi, who only need 52 pitches to get through 5 innings. Gerrit Cole gets the ball for Houston tonight, going against the Twins' Michael Pineda. Pineda is making his second straight start against Houston, and he gave up 4 runs in 5 1/3 innings last time. First pitch is at 7:40 EDT from Minnesota.
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