HOUSTON -- With the winning run at third base and two outs in the ninth inning Saturday afternoon, the Twins had a strategy visit at the mound with closer Jhoan Duran. That allowed Astros rookie Cam Smith, who was due up next, to take some extra time to assess the moment and the opportunity at hand.

“I was kind of just telling myself, ‘Why not?’” he said. “I haven’t gotten a chance to do it before, so why not?”

Smith swung at Duran’s first pitch, a 99-mph fastball, and bounced a single up the middle to score Christian Walker from third base for his first career walk-off hit to send the Astros to their fourth win in a row, 3-2, over the Twins at Daikin Park.

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