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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). Air Max Plus Canada Cheap . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. 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In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. Air Max Plus Cheap Sale . Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ryan OReilly got angry and the Buffalo Sabres offense got rolling.Jack Eichel scored two goals in a 2:08 span of the second period and assisted on another goal for the Sabres in a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.But it was OReillys goal earlier in the second that sparked a flurry of four goals in a 6:13 stretch for the Sabres.Hes our leader, Eichel said. Hes a huge player for our team. Steps up, makes a huge play, scores a beautiful goal and opens it up for us.Buffalo trailed 2-0 when OReilly circled from behind the net and lifted a hard backhand shot from the slot over Peter Budajs glove at 9:31 of the second period.I was just getting frustrated, OReilly said. The first (Kings) goal was clearly my fault, and being out there again, I got to create offense and not get scored on. . Its nice to do something and to get back and provide a spark for the boys.You saw it really the whole shift, Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said. He was taking over and taking the game on his stick. He scored an outstanding goal for us and ignited the rest of the team. We kind of steamrolled from there.Eichel scored his goals in the second and Brian Gionta also had a goal in the period.Eichel set up Evander Kane for an insurance goal late in the third period and Sam Reinhart scored into an empty net in the final minute.Kyle Okposo assisted on three of the Sabres goals, giving him 11 points in his last 10 games and a team-high 21 points this season. Okposo played after missing Mondays practice due to illness.Robin Lehner made 13 of his 30 saves in the third period and got the win for just the second time in his last 11 starts.Jeff Carter scored twice and Anze Kopitar had the other goal for the Kings, who opened a seven-game trip.Budaj made 18 saves. Jeff Zatokk replaced him for the final 6:12 of the second period and stopped two shots. Budaj returned for the third period.You have to get some saves, Kings coacch Darryl Sutter said.dddddddddddd Got a lot of goals scored on us with very few shots against.The Kings have lost three of four and are 4-8-1 on the road. They have lost eight straight in Buffalo since last winning here on Feb. 21, 2003.Were a fragile team, Carter said. Weve been doing it all year. Home, away, everywhere. Its time we take a big look in the mirror here because these next six games are pretty crucial.The Sabres entered the night as the NHLs lowest-scoring team with 56 goals through 27 games, but they scored four goals in a period for the first time since Dec. 26, 2015, turning a two-goal deficit into a two-goal lead.Following OReillys seventh goal of the season, Eichel tied the game with 6:24 left in the period on a backhand pass from the blue line that slid by Budaj.Gionta gave the Sabres the lead 12 seconds later when he deflected Brian Gorges wrist shot from the point, and Eichel scored his fifth goal in seven games on a wrist shot from the slot to make it 4-2 with 4:16 remaining.Carter scored his team-leading 14th goal 4:03 into the third period and beat Lehner on a breakaway 7:34 into the second period to put the Kings ahead 2-0.Kopitar gave the Kings the lead 3 minutes into the game when he muscled his way around OReilly and jammed the puck between Lehners pads. It was Kopitars first goal since Oct. 25 and his 246th with the Kings, tying him with Wayne Gretzky for sixth on the all-time list.Game notes Sabres D Zach Bogosian skated with the team on Tuesday for the first time since spraining his knee on Nov. 1. ... Kings F Trevor Lewis earned his 100th NHL point with an assist on Kopitars goal. ... The Kings lost for the first time this season when leading after the first period. They were 7-0-0.UP NEXTKings: At Detroit on Thursday.Sabres: Host the Islanders on Friday. ' ' '