If the Twins force Game 5, it would be in Houston on Friday.
The right-hander, who threw six hitless innings in World Series Game 4 last year to beat Philadelphia, lowered his career postseason ERA to 1.91 over 37 2/3 innings.
With five walks and one hit batter, Javier provided the Twins plenty of opportunities to catch up.
“It was a difficult day to hit, so them jumping out early was very, very important,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.
He has allowed 13 earned runs, nine walks and three homers in 14 innings over three career starts against the Astros.
Persons:
— José Abreu, Sonny Gray, Yordan Alvarez, Alex Bregman, Cristian Javier, Abreu, “, ” Gray, Javier, Dusty Baker, Max Kepler, Royce Lewis, Carlos Correa, Kepler, Lewis, Correa, Willi Castro's, Jeremy Peña, Ryan Jeffers, Rocco Baldelli, Jose Altuve, Gray, Alex Kirilloff’s, Kyle Tucker, Johan Santana, Joe Mauer, Pablo López, López, Alvarez, Juan Gonzalez, Bob Robertson, Baker, ” Abreu, José Urquidy, Joe Ryan, ___
Organizations:
Houston, Astros, Minnesota Twins, AL, Twins, Philadelphia, ” Twins, Toronto, Cincinnati, NEXT Astros
Locations:
MINNEAPOLIS, Houston, Venezuelan