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MINNEAPOLIS -- Jose Altuve is keeping it simple.Im just hitting the ball and theres nobody there, the major league hitting leader said.Altuve had his second straight four-hit game and team-record eighth of the season to help the Houston Astros rout the Minnesota Twins 15-7 on Thursday in the first game of a split doubleheader. The doubleheader was caused by a rainout Wednesday night in a game Minnesota led 5-0 in the third inning.Altuve drove in three runs and scored three times. He has eight hits in his last nine at-bats, raising his average to .366. Hes hitting .438 on the road.Astros starter Doug Fister (11-7) is glad he doesnt have to face his teammate.Hes like a video game. He just continues to amaze, said Fister, who allowed eight hits and five earned runs in seven-plus innings. For me, Im just going to try and let him get himself out.Carlos Correa homered, Houston finished with a season-high 19 hits and won for just the fifth time in 16 games. Marwin Gonzalez tied a career high with four hits.To be able to hit like with everybody putting great at-bats together, its fun, Correa said.Kennys Vargas homered from each side of the plate for Minnesota.Twins shortstop Eduardo Escobar relieved Taylor Rogers in a three-run ninth inning and, after giving up a single, recorded three straight outs.Jose Berrios (2-3) was ineffective for the third straight start, lasting just two innings and giving up six runs and eight hits. Since his Aug. 1 recall from Triple-A, he has allowed 12 earned runs in 13 innings.In seven starts this season, the righty has a 9.32 ERA over 28 innings, permitting 39 hits and 14 walks.About as poorly as you could draw it up, really, when youre looking for an outing that gives you an opportunity to protect the rest of your staff the best you can, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. Its not always going to happen, especially when youve got a young kid out there. Hes trying hard. Probably trying a little too hard.Altuve hit an RBI double off the wall in right-center in the first inning and dashed for third base on the throw home. Catcher Juan Centenos throw to third sailed down the left-field line, allowing Altuve to trot home.Four straight hits with two outs in the second made it 6-0. George Springer hit a two-run double, Alex Bregman had an RBI double and Altuve singled home a run.We were able to hit with two outs; we were able to hit with two strikes. We did a really good job of a team effort, said manager A.J. Hinch.Correa hit his 17th homer, a three-run drive off Buddy Boshers as part of a six-run fifth inning.Vargas snapped an 0-for-12 skid with a second-inning home run. He became the fourth player in team history to homer as both a left- and right-handed hitter in the same game with a two-run shot in the eighth off Tony Sipp.Its good because I can show everybody that Im a good hitter on both sides of the plate and that Im really consistent on both sides of the plate, Vargas said through a translator.DOUBLING UPThis was Houstons 255th doubleheader, but first against an American League team. The Astros were in the National League from 1962-2012.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: Hinch said RHP Luke Gregerson felt fine after an aggressive bullpen session Wednesday. Out with a strained left oblique muscle, Gregerson is eligible to come off the DL Friday.Twins: Boshers was placed on the disabled list with left elbow inflammation. An MRI is planned for Friday. Because Albers was originally slated to be the 26th man for the second game of the doubleheader, the Twins had to forgo the extra player. ... RHP Trevor May, put on the disabled list Wednesday with a lower back strain, was scheduled to see a specialist.UP NEXTHoustons Chris Devenski (0-4, 2.51) and Minnesotas Tommy Milone (3-3, 5.23) will each come out of the bullpen to start the nightcap. Glenn Robinson III Jersey . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday. Travis Best Jersey . - After leading the Saints to a fourth playoff appearance in five seasons, Drew Brees expressed confidence in the direction of his team and, perhaps more importantly, showed a willingness to listen to contract proposals if the team needs his help getting under the NFLs salary cap. https://www.cheappacers.com/573k-george-hill-jersey-pacers.html . - Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is not a fan of his teams use of the wildcat formation, saying "it makes you look like a high school offence. Freddie Lewis Jersey . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. C. J. Miles Jersey . Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the April 15 race in an area packed with fans cheering the passing runners. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured, including at least 16 who lost limbs. Victoria 230 and 0 for 44 (Harris 30*, Dean 13*) need 317 runs to beat Tasmania 203 and 9 for 387 dec (Webster 122*, Silk 76, Milenko 51)Scorecard An unbeaten hundred from Beau Webster set Victoria a stiff target of 361 out of which they scored 44 without losing a wicket by the end of the third day in Hobart.Resuming the day on 3 for 127, Tasmania lost Jordan Silk for 76 on the seventh ball of the day, but Webster kept knocking runs off in the company of some lower-order batsmen. He forged stands of 70, 98 and 47 with Jake Doran (24), Simmon Milenko (51) and Sam Rainbird (32) respectively even as the Victoria quicks picked wickets.dddddddddddd Webster was not out on 122, his third first-class hundred, before Tasmania declared on 9 for 387. Chris Tremain finished with 4 for 97 while Jon Holland and Dan Christian took two wickets each.Victoria openers Travis Dean and Marcus Harris played out 17 overs to end the day with them needing another 317. ' ' '