Manager Joe Espada's attempt to explain a walk-off win Sunday trailed off into an appropriate admission. "I don't know, speechless," he said. A depleted Houston Astros team is authoring its hottest stretch of the first half.

Aaron Civale is a Chicago White Sox starting pitcher — for now. The 30-year-old right-hander joined the White Sox this week after he was traded to them by the Milwaukee Brewers. This came after he asked for a trade when was moved to the bullpen as Milwaukee made way for the Major League debut of its top pitching prospect, Jacob Misiorowski.

Mauricio Dubón crushed a pitch and sent it off the wall in left-center field with two outs in the 10th inning to score Jake Meyers from second base and give the Astros a three-game sweep of the Twins

Minnesota center fielder Byron Buxton has been scratched from the lineup a day after being hit on the left elbow by a pitch.

Play him at second base, outfielder or designated hitter and it doesn’t matter. Houston Astros star Jose Altuve keeps producing.