MINNEAPOLIS -- Jose Miranda set a Twins record in Friday's series-opening 13-12 loss to the Astros with a hit in his 10th straight at-bat over a span of two-plus games.

Miranda came into the day having singled in his final at-bat on Wednesday and going 5-for-5 on Thursday against Detroit.

He began Friday night’s attack against Houston with a single in the second inning. He homered to deep left in the third, then doubled down the left-field line in the fifth for his ninth straight, tying a record previously accomplished three times in the Twins' Minnesota era (since 1961) -- by Tony Oliva in 1967, Mickey Hatcher in 1985 and Todd Walker in 1998.

Miranda made the record his own in the seventh inning when he hit a chopper through the right side of the infield for a single.