The Associated Press

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 with cramping. Center fielder Byron Buxton, who also had to leave the game on Friday after getting hit by a pitch in the head, was cleared of his mild concussion symptoms and in the lineup against the Astros.