Bell’s two homers lift Twins past Astros 6‑3
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Josh Bell homered twice and drove in four runs as the Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 6-3 on Monday night. The game was delayed 1 hour, 57 minutes by rain and lightning in the bottom of the fifth inning with the Twins leading 3-0. Bell opened the scoring with a solo homer in the second inning and added a two-run shot in the fourth. He later singled in a run in the sixth as Minnesota broke the game open with three runs. The Astros scored three times in the seventh but could not complete the comeback. Eric Orze pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win, Taylor Rogers earned his first save with two-thirds of an inning, and Tatsuya Imai took the loss. Attendance was 11,488. The game lasted 2 hours, 38 minutes. The Twins improved to 22-26, while the Astros fell to 19-30.