de that advantage to win the set. He also broke at the start of the second and was up 2-1 before another delay that took one hour, 45 minutes.By

MINNEAPOLIS -- Jose Altuve is keeping it simple.Im just hitting the ball and theres nobody there, the major league hitting leader said.Altuve had his second straight four-hit game and team-record eighth of the season to help the Houston Astros rout the Minnesota Twins 15-7 on Thursday in the first game of a split doubleheader. The doubleheader was caused by a rainout Wednesday night in a game Minnesota led 5-0 in the third inning.Altuve drove in three runs and scored three times. He has eight hits in his last nine at-bats, raising his average to .366. Hes hitting .438 on the road.Astros starter Doug Fister (11-7) is glad he doesnt have to face his teammate.Hes like a video game. He just continues to amaze, said Fister, who allowed eight hits and five earned runs in seven-plus innings. For me, Im just going to try and let him get himself out.Carlos Correa homered, Houston finished with a season-high 19 hits and won for just the fifth time in 16 games. Marwin Gonzalez tied a career high with four hits.To be able to hit like with everybody putting great at-bats together, its fun, Correa said.Kennys Vargas homered from each side of the plate for Minnesota.Twins shortstop Eduardo Escobar relieved Taylor Rogers in a three-run ninth inning and, after giving up a single, recorded three straight outs.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.About as poorly as you could draw it up, really, when youre looking for an outing that gives you an opportunity to protect the rest of your staff the best you can, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. Its not always going to happen, especially when youve got a young kid out there. Hes trying hard. Probably trying a little too hard.Altuve hit an RBI double off the wall in right-center in the first inning and dashed for third base on the throw home. Catcher Juan Centenos throw to third sailed down the left-field line, allowing Altuve to trot home.Four straight hits with two outs in the second made it 6-0. George Springer hit a two-run double, Alex Bregman had an RBI double and Altuve singled home a run.We were able to hit with two outs; we were able to hit with two strikes. We did a really good job of a team effort, said manager A.J. Hinch.Correa hit his 17th homer, a three-run drive off Buddy Boshers as part of a six-run fifth inning.Vargas snapped an 0-for-12 skid with a second-inning home run. He became the fourth player in team history to homer as both a left- and right-handed hitter in the same game with a two-run shot in the eighth off Tony Sipp.Its good because I can show everybody that Im a good hitter on both sides of the plate and that Im really consistent on both sides of the plate, Vargas said through a translator.DOUBLING UPThis was Houstons 255th doubleheader, but first against an American League team. The Astros were in the National League from 1962-2012.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.Twins: Boshers was placed on the disabled list with left elbow inflammation. An MRI is planned for Friday. Because Albers was originally slated to be the 26th man for the second game of the doubleheader, the Twins had to forgo the extra player. ... RHP Trevor May, put on the disabled list Wednesday with a lower back strain, was scheduled to see a specialist.UP NEXTHoustons Chris Devenski (0-4, 2.51) and Minnesotas Tommy Milone (3-3, 5.23) will each come out of the bullpen to start the nightcap. Jason Williams Magic Jersey . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. D.J. Augustin Jersey . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. http://www.magicauthentic.com/kids-terrence-ross-magic-jersey/ . What general manager Dave Nonis called "short and productive" negotiations ended with Kessel signing a US$64-million, eight-year contract on Tuesday. Penny Hardaway Magic Jersey . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. Jonathan Isaac Magic Jersey . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury. BELGRADE, Serbia -- Kyle Edmund overcame long rain delays and beat Janko Tipsarevic in straight sets to give titleholder Britain a 1-0 lead over Serbia in their Davis Cup quarterfinal on Friday.With Wimbledon champion Andy Murray not playing but supporting the team from its box, Edmund won 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 in a match that stretched over five hours with two long rain delays.The second singles between Serbias Dusan Lajovic and James Ward was postponed until Saturday, with the doubles to follow.The match already began after a brief delay and a minute of silence for the victims of the Nice attack.But soon a shower forced the match to be suspended for an hour. When they returned, Edmund broke serve for 3-1 and rode that advantage to win the set. He also broke at the start of the second and was up 2-1 before another delay that took one hour, 45 minutes.By the time they started again, onlly diehard British fans stayed, while most of the Serbs deserted the downtown Tasmajdan stadium, named after a quarry in Ottoman times.ddddddddddddTipsarevic, a former top-10 player who is coming back from a long break for two heel surgeries and a knee injury and is now ranked No. 405, broke back to level at 3-3 but dropped his serve in the next game with two double-faults, and Edmund regained control.With light rain falling through the third set, Tipsarevics challenge collapsed.Edmund, the highest ranked player in the tie at No. 67, finished with 24 winners, three times more than Tipsarevic, and 29 unforced errors compared to 43 for Tipsarevic.Serbia is also without its top player Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 in the world, and its No. 2, Viktor Troicki. ' ' '