WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: Jose Miranda #64 of the Minnesota Twins rounds the bases after hitting a two run home run against the Washington Nationals during the third inning at Nationals Park on May 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
Minnesota Twins Best Jose Miranda has terminated his contract that worth $66.2 million…
Jose Miranda clubbed a game-tying home run in the sixth inning before producing a go-ahead, run-scoring double in the top of the eighth as the visiting Minnesota Twins topped the Houston Astros 4-3 on Sunday to claim the rubber match of this three-game weekend series. Minnesota improved to 9-3 in its last 12 games. Miranda finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
His sixth home run, a solo shot to left-center field, knotted the score at 3-3 after the Twins coughed up a two-run lead. Miranda delivered again with one out in the eighth, stroking an RBI double that plated Manuel Margot, who pinch-ran for Trevor Larnach after Larnach worked a leadoff walk against Astros reliever Ryan Pressly (0-3). Larnach spotted the Twins a 1-0 lead with his sixth homer leading off the first against Astros right-hander Hunter Brown.
Minnesota doubled that margin an inning later when Alex Kiriloff followed a one-out single by Willi Castro with a double to right that enabled Castro to score from first. Brown settled down immediately after that. He retired nine consecutive batters before Carlos Santana singled with one out in the fifth but was erased trying to stretch that hit into a double. Brown struck out Larnach to cap the fifth but surrendered a 3-2 lead when Miranda homered.
