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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Houston Astros found their offense against the Minnesota Twins.Evan Gattis homered and had four RBI, Carlos Correa went deep for the third straight game and Houston beat Minnesota 10-2 on Thursday night to sweep a doubleheader.Houston had 16 hits in the nightcap, three fewer than it had in a 15-7 win during the day. The 35 combined hits and 25 runs rank second in franchise doubleheader history.The doubleheader was necessitated by a rainout Wednesday, a game Minnesota led 5-0 in the third before storms arrived.We had one continual day of offense that didnt stop, manager A.J. Hinch said. It was a fun day; a long day, pretty exhausting, but to walk out of here with two wins after being down by a lot of runs in the rain is a pretty good feeling.Jose Altuve had four hits in the first game and was 1 for 4 in the nightcap. He leads the majors with a .365 batting average and has reached base in 41 straight road games.Chris Devenski (1-4), who had 21 straight relief appearances after making four early season starts, allowed two hits and struck out five during five strong innings for his first major league victory.Its exciting, he said. It was fun. More to come now.Minnesotas Miguel Sano had two hits, including an RBI double.For the better part of two weeks, Houstons offense was lacking. Before scoring seven runs in a win Tuesday, Houston scored 18 runs in its previous 10 games, winning just twice.This is a long year and youre going to have stuff like that, and we were able to swing ourselves out of it today, said George Springer, who had five hits in the two games, including a home run.Tommy Milone (3-4) breezed through the first inning before Gattis hit a three-run homer in the second and Springer added an RBI single for a 4-0 lead.Milone experienced soreness in his shoulder and bicep and said he is not 100 percent. He will get an MRI on Friday.Correa launched a 445-foot drive to the second deck in right-center to make it 5-0 in the third.Its been crazy, feast or famine right now for us, Gattis said.Andrew Albers, called up to be the Twins 26th player, made his first appearance since May 1, 2015 with Toronto and pitched the final six innings. He gave up five runs, including two runs in each of his first two innings.Albers threw 108 pitches, tying the team record for most by a reliever in one outing -- Oscar Munoz did the same on Aug. 21, 1995.What he did, you cant underscore enough, manager Paul Molitor said. He came out and got banged around the first couple innings and ended up throwing 108 pitches.Minnesota has an AL-worst 4.97 ERA and used four relievers in the first game before shortstop Eduardo Escobar got the final three outs.Thats because 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.Doug Fister (11-7) allowed eight hits and five earned runs in seven-plus innings to earn the Game 1 win.DOUBLING UPThis was Houstons 255th doubleheader, but first against an American League team. The Astros were in the National League from 1962-2012.LOTS OF ARMSEscobar and Albers became the 25th and 26th players to pitch for the Twins this season, a franchise record. The old record was 25 in 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. . RHP Ken Giles is going on paternity leave and will not travel to Toronto with the team.Twins: After allowing six runs in the first game, LHP Buddy Boshers was placed on the disabled list with left elbow inflammation. An MRI is planned for Friday.UP NEXTAstros: Joe Musgrove (0-0, 0.79) is scheduled to make his second career start Friday in the opener of a three-game series in Toronto against the Blue Jays Francisco Liriano (6-11, 5.34).Twins: Minnesota is scheduled to send Kyle Gibson (4-6, 4.86) to the hill Friday as it welcomes Kansas City for a three-game set. The Royals plan to counter with Yordano Ventura (7-9, 4.64). China NFL Gear . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. Wholesale Jerseys 2018 . Tests earlier this week revealed a Grade 2 left hamstring strain for Sabathia, who was hurt in last Fridays start against San Francisco. Its an injury that will require about eight weeks to heal. 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Just a week after her triple gold heroics at the European Short-Track Speed Skating Championships in Sochi, the 25-year-old showed no sign of tiredness or effect from her recent injury.The Sky Academy Sports Scholar stormed to gold in Saturdays opening event in Dresden in the 1500m ahead of South Korean pair Choi and Alang Kim, clocking 2 minutes 41.20 seconds.So far this season only Choi and Shim Suk-hee had claimed gold over the 1500m distance.Im thrilled and shocked with the outcome for the 1500m as this isnt my strongest distance, Christie said.Christie was then pipped to gold in Sundays 500m final, losing out to Canadian Marianne St-Gelais after consistent lap times helped her to edge clear of Dutch duo Lara van Ruijven and Yara van Kerkhof.Im really happy to get a medal as I dont often double medal at World Cups, she added. I know Ive still got areas to improve on but that what makes the future exciting.My blade got kicked during the race which affected the way I skated but overall I am pleased with weekend. Jack Bateson was edged out by the eventual winner in Hungary It was a mixed weekend for the Scholars. Jessica Judd had problems withh the testing conditions at the BUCS (British Universities) cross country race in Gloucester and finished ninth.ddddddddddddThe 21-year-old said: It didnt go great. I found the course too muddy and my legs just died!It was a struggle but at least it was in the top 10! It wasnt fun to feel like that but I will hopefully get back to where I want to be by the national cross country champs at the end of February.Rising boxing star Jack Bateson didnt quite have the weekend he was hoping for as he continues his quest to qualify for the Rio Olympics.The 21-year-old from Leeds fell at the first hurdle at the Bocskai tournament in Hungary, but it wasnt without a stubborn fight against Spaniard Gabriel Escobar Mascunano.He said: It wasnt the best tournament for myself. I lost by a split decision in my first fight against the lad who went and won the whole thing.It could have easily gone my way but on to the next one.WHATS COMING UP FOR OUR SCHOLARS...JAN 16 - MARCH 5: Siobhan OConnor, AustraliaFEB 8-9: Quillan Isidore, Manchester Winter Race Round 4FEB 8-15: Sam Oldham, training camp in PortugalFEB 13-14: Elise Christie, World Cup in DordrechtFEB 17: Mark English, Holly Bradshaw, Grand Prix IAAF Indoor Meeting, Stockholm Also See: Christie begins Euros in style SportsWomen Latest Show News Latest News SportsWomen Video ' ' '