Joe Ryan pitches the Twins past the Astros 4-1 with a 12-strikeout masterpiece over 6 innings

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Ryan matched his career high with 12 strikeouts over six innings, Ryan Kreidler hit a three-run home run and the Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 4-1 on Wednesday.

Ryan (3-3) retired his last 16 batters after an RBI single by his former catcher Christian Vázquez in the second, the only hard-hit ball the Astros managed against the All-Star right-hander. The other three hits Ryan allowed were a leadoff blooper by Jeremy Peña and two infield singles. He didn't walk anybody while throwing 71 of 99 pitches for strikes.

Rookie Andrew Morris pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first career save for the Twins, who have won three of their last four series.

Victor Caratini hit a solo homer in the second for the Twins, the other catcher who teed off on his former team. Caratini, who signed a two-year, $14 million contract after playing the last two seasons with the Astros, has become the everyday backstop now that regular Ryan Jeffers is out for the next six to eight weeks with a broken wrist.

The Astros signed the 35-year-old Vázquez to a minor league contract before he made the team out of spring training, essentially filling the spot vacated by Caratini.

Mike Burrows went six innings for the Astros, giving up six hits, four runs and three walks while striking out two batters. He made his team-leading 10th start for injury-ravaged Houston.

The Astros matched their season high with 15 strikeouts, including three each by Peña, Jake Meyers and Brice Matthews.

Houston has Thursday off before sending Spencer Arrighetti to the mound to start a three-game series Friday in Chicago against the Cubs.

Minnesota is off Thursday before beginning a 10-game road trip Friday at Boston. Rookie Connor Prielipp pitches the series opener against the Red Sox.

An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Joe Ryan pitching seven innings.

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Houston Astros' Zach Dezenzo scores off an RBI-single hit by Christian Vázquez (2) during the second inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Twins center fielder James Outman (30) catches a line out hit by Houston Astros' Christian Walker (8) during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Twins' Victor Caratini (37) runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Twins' Ryan Kreidler (5) celebrates with Tristan Gray (4) after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan (41) reacts while pitching during the third inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia's quarterly results surpassed Wall Street's expectations once again, fueled by massive demand for its high-end AI chips.

The company said Wednesday it earned $58.32 billion, or $2.39 per share, in the February-April period, up from $18.78 billion, or 76 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, Nvidia earned $1.76 per share.

Revenue jumped 85% to $81.62 billion from $44.01 billion.

Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $1.75 per share and revenue of $78.91 billion, according to a poll by FactSet. Nvidia's results have exceeded the analyst projections that shape investors’ perceptions since Nvidia’s high-end chips emerged as AI’s best building blocks three years ago.

“The buildout of AI factories — the largest infrastructure expansion in human history — is accelerating at extraordinary speed,” said CEO Jensen Huang in a statement.

Along with higher profit and revenue, however, Nvidia's operating expenses increased by 49% to $7.75 billion.

For the current quarter, Nvidia forecast revenue of about $91 billion. Analysts are forecasting $87.29 billion.

Despite the solid results and outlook, many investors still evidently are worried about a comedown after a three-year boom that has seen Nvidia’s market value soar from $400 billion at the end of 2022 to $5.4 trillion as of Wednesday.

Shares of the Santa Clara, California-based company dipped slightly after-hours to $222.12 after closing at $223.47 in the regular trading session.

“Time and time again, (Nvidia) obliterates expectations and consensus; it delivered exactly on what people wanted, especially regarding data centers,” said David Wagner, head of equity and portfolio manager at Aptus Capital Advisors. “But the market doesn’t always act as you would expect after a strong report like this one.”

The company also announced plans to return some money to shareholders. It authorized a plan to buy back $80 billion worth of stock and increased its quarterly cash dividend to 25 cents per share from 1 cent.

CEO of NVIDIA Jensen Huang signs a DELL machine at Dell Technologies World event happing in Las Vegas on Monday, May 18, 2026 (AP Phot/Ty ONeil)