Left-hander Brandon Walter makes his third start for the Houston Astros who are going for a sweep of the Minnesota Twins before seven-game road trip to Sacramento and Anaheim. Simeon Woods Richardson pitches for Minnesota.

HOUSTON – Royce Lewis has identified the culprit in the rash of injuries that have sent him to the injured list eight times in his four-year major league career. It’s baseball. “I’m tired of being the one who’s being bullied and picked on by this game.

Dark clouds are circling Minnesota, as it suffers one brutal blow after another.