Houston Astros vs Minnesota Twins Box Score on Apr 30, 2019

Gerrit Cole took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, and George Springer, Alex Bregman and Jake Marisnick homered to power the Houston Astros to an 11-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

Cole (2-4), who walked the first two batters he faced during a 26-pitch first inning, settled down to throw seven scoreless innings and allow just one hit and three walks. He struck out 11, including five in a row in the third and fourth innings.

The no-hit bid ended with one out in the sixth when Max Kepler lined a double off the wall in right.

Josh Reddick and Michael Brantley each had three hits, Carlos Correa finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs, and Springer had two hits and two RBIs for the Astros, who bounced back from a 1-0 loss on Monday night in the series opener to bang out 15 hits.

Minnesota, which had a four-game win streak snapped, managed only three hits.

Twins starter Michael Pineda (2-2) allowed five runs on nine hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out two. Kepler finished with two hits and a walk.

Springer gave Houston a 1-0 lead in the third inning with an RBI double, driving in Marisnick, who had been hit by a pitch.

Springer followed that up with a solo home run down the left field line leading off the fifth inning, his ninth of the season. Jose Altuve followed with a double and went to third one out later on Brantley's infield single off Pineda's foot. Correa's sacrifice fly to the wall in center increased the lead to 3-0.

The Astros then broke the game open with a four-run sixth. Robinson Chirinos led off with a single, and Marisnick followed with a two-run homer to left, chasing Pineda. It was Marisnick's second long ball of the year.

Two outs later, Bregman also homered to left off reliever Matt Magill, his fifth of the season, to make it 6-0. Correa later added an RBI single, driving in Brantley, who had doubled.

The Astros, taking advantage of three walks by reliever Adalberto Mejia, tacked on four more runs in the eighth. The rally included a bases-loaded walk to Correa and an RBI single by Reddick.

--Field Level Media