HOUSTON (Interstat) — The Minnesota Twins built a four-run lead and withstood a late Houston Astros uprising, holding on for a 5-4 victory Monday night at Daikin Park.

Royce Lewis and Victor Caratini hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning, and Josh Bell added a two-run homer in the sixth as Minnesota snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 41-45. Houston fell to 42-45.

Zebby Matthews earned the win, allowing one run on four hits over five and two-thirds innings. He struck out four and walked one. The right-hander improved to 4-5. Yoendrys Gómez notched his ninth save, working a scoreless ninth inning despite allowing two home runs.

Peter Lambert took the loss for Houston, giving up four earned runs on five hits over five and two-thirds innings. He struck out four and walked two. The right-hander dropped to 6-5.

Minnesota broke a scoreless tie in the fourth. With one out, Lewis drove a 1-1 pitch from Lambert over the left-field wall for his eighth home run. Caratini followed by sending a 1-0 pitch to center field for his seventh homer, giving the Twins a 2-0 lead.

The Twins added two more in the sixth. Brooks Lee led off with a sharp ground-ball single that deflected off first baseman Christian Walker. Bell then crushed a 1-2 pitch to right-center field for his 10th home run, scoring Lee and extending the lead to 4-0.

Houston got on the board in the bottom of the fifth when Cam Smith hit a solo home run to left field, his 10th of the season. But Matthews worked around a walk and a single in the sixth, and the Twins bullpen held the Astros scoreless in the seventh and eighth.

Minnesota added an insurance run in the seventh. Luke Keaschall walked, moved to third on a single by Lee and scored on a groundout by Kody Clemens, making it 5-1.

The Astros mounted a dramatic comeback in the ninth against Gómez. With one out, Isaac Paredes walked. Christian Walker struck out, but Taylor Trammell followed with a two-run home run to right field, his third of the season, cutting the deficit to 5-3. Smith then launched his second homer of the game, a solo shot to left-center field, pulling Houston within 5-4. But Joey Loperfido grounded out softly to second baseman Clemens to end the game.

Smith finished 2 for 4 with two home runs and two RBIs. Trammell also had two hits, including the ninth-inning homer, and drove in two. Nick Allen went 1 for 2 with a walk and scored a run.

For Minnesota, Bell drove in two runs with his homer. Lewis and Caratini each had two RBIs. Lee had two hits and scored twice.

The game drew an announced attendance of 22,969 and lasted 2 hours, 44 minutes.

The Twins will play the second game of the three-game series Tuesday night at Daikin Park. Minnesota’s next 10 games include the remainder of the Houston series, three games at the New York Yankees and a four-game homestand against Cleveland and the Los Angeles Angels. Houston’s next 10 games include the Twins, a three-game series against Tampa Bay and three games at Washington before a trip to Texas.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Houston 6, Minnesota 5. Its ELO system gave Houston a 58.80 percent probability to win. Houston was installed as a -1.5 favorite. The total of 9 went under the over/under line of 8.5.