Houston Chronicle

On deck: Minnesota Twins at Astros

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When/where: Today at 1:10 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:10 p.m.; Minute Maid Park.

TV/radio: ATTSW; 790 AM, 850 AM (Spanish) and 101.7 FM (Spanish). Pitchers: Today, LHP Dallas Keuchel (10-10, 3.58) vs. RHP Kyle Gibson (7-11, 3.79); Tuesday, RHP Justin Verlander (13-9, 2.78) vs. TBD; Wednesday, LHP Framber Valdez (2-1, 1.26) vs. RHP Jake Odorizzi (5-9, 4.41).

Astros (84-53) update: The Astros are 1-2 against the Twins, having lost an April series in Minneapoli­s. … Alex Bregman, who entered Sunday with 26 home runs and an AL-best 43 doubles, is the fifth player in franchise history with at least 25 homers and 43 doubles in a season, joining Jeff Bagwell (1996, 2001), Lance Berkman (2001, 2008), Richard Hidalgo (2003) and Carlos Lee (2007). … Bregman, who added a homer Sunday, has 38 doubles as a third baseman, breaking the club mark of 35 by Sean Berry in 1996. … With 2,656 strikeouts, Justin Verlander is 12 shy of David Cone for 23rd place all-time.

Twins (63-73) update: Minnesota might be without OF Eddie Rosario (.292, 22 homers, 74 RBIs) in this series. He hasn’t played since Thursday, when he strained his left quadriceps legging out an infield hit. …. Logan Forsythe entered Sunday having reached base in 23 of 27 games since he was acquired from the Dodgers in the Brian Dozier trade July 31. Forsythe was hitting .326 (31-for-91) with a .418 on-base percentage in that span. … With 596 career extra-base hits, Joe Mauer needs one to tie Tony Oliva for fourth place on the Twins’ all-time list. The top three spots are held by Harmon Killebrew (728), Kirby Puckett (678) and Kent Hrbek (623).

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