The middle of Houston's lineup may be awakening and the bullpen has new stars but Cam Smith is going through growing pains.

Houston quickly claimed the win in the 10th, first with Chas McCormick’s sacrifice bunt that moved courtesy runner Brendan Rodgers to third base. Louie Varland walked Jake Meyers, who immediately stole second base. Altuve followed with his second hit of the day, a solid single to right field that scored Rodgers.

The right-handed reliever and cash considerations were shipped to the Braves for the Astros in exchange for a player to be named later, whipping away a bloated contract from Houston’s payroll.

"Some losses are different than other losses. This is going to be a tough one that's going to bother a lot of people in our clubhouse."

The Astros placed Spencer Arrighetti on the injured list after sustaining a broken thumb during batting practice on Monday

Jose Altuve drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the 10th inning after Yordan Alvarez tied it with a two-run homer in the ninth and the Houston Astros rallied from an early six-run deficit to beat the Minnesota Twins 9-7.

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As the Astros took a loss to the Twins on Saturday, Jose Altuve didn't have his best day of at the plate, striking out five times in a game.

There seemed this time to be a bit more spring in Duran’s step, possibly because it was a particularly nasty looking pitch, one he had never thrown before in a game: a sweeper.