Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles

· Doubleheader - Game 1

Minnesota Twins

22-20, 7-14 Away

Final
6 - 3

Baltimore Orioles

15-25, 8-10 Home

Twins run winning streak to 9 with a 6-3 victory over the Orioles in a doubleheader opener

The teams were able to start on time Wednesday after a rainout the previous night, and the Orioles led 3-0 after Gunnar Henderson's two-run homer in the third. Then Minnesota answered with four runs in the fourth.

Brooks Lee led off the inning with a homer. After a walk and a single, Dean Kremer (3-5) was able to retire the next two batters before Vázquez connected for his first homer of the season.

Trevor Larnach added an RBI double in the ninth and ended up on third on an error. Then he scored on a wild pitch.

Brock Stewart (1-0) won in relief. Jhoan Duran pitched the ninth for his eighth save.

Minnesota won despite four errors.

Twins first baseman Ty France left the game in the fifth because of a left foot contusion.

Orioles outfielder Ramón Laureano was ejected when he spiked his helmet after being called out on strikes to end the sixth.

Key moments Baltimore had men on first and second in the seventh when Ryan O'Hearn hit a shallow liner to center. Byron Buxton made a sliding catch to end the inning.

A walk and two errors helped the Orioles put men on first and third with two out in the eighth before Ramón Urías struck out.

Key stat Vázquez had only two RBI this season before driving in three with one swing of the bat.

Up next The Orioles had not announced a starter for the second game. Simeon Woods Richardson (2-2) takes the mound for Minnesota.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	O'Hearn grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Mountcastle to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Henderson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Mountcastle reached on infield single to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Holliday grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Duran relieved Jax

Statistics

MIN		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	10
5	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	197
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	8
40	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
5.7	Runs Created	2.4
.250	Batting Average	.118
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.472	Slugging Percentage	.235
.333	Secondary Average	.353
.325	On Base Percentage	.250
.797	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.485
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
41.0	Batter Rating	23.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.80	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.93
.222	Isolated Power	.118
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.150
.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.235
11.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
88.3	MLB Rating	69.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0