MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson will miss the best-of-three AL first-round series against Houston because of a nagging injury to his right calf, and the team included rookie Alex Kirilloff on the roster that was set on Tuesday prior to Game 1.Donaldson missed 30 games this season with a muscle strain and returned to the lineup on Sept.
2, but he was removed from Friday's game after the first inning on with cramping. The 2015 AL MVP award winner worked out with the team on Monday, but he was still experiencing soreness and unable to fully push off on his leg. “Didn’t want him to push if he was feeling something that he could potentially do some long-term damage to," Twins president of baseball operations Derek.