Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles

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Minnesota Twins

0-1, 0-1 Away

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Baltimore Orioles

1-0, 1-0 Home

Trevor Rogers throws 7 shutout innings to carry Orioles past Twins 2-1

Minnesota Twins vs. Baltimore Orioles: Game Highlights

Following a stellar 2025 season in which he went 9-3 with a 1.81 ERA, Rogers picked up where he left off in front of a sellout crowd at Camden Yards for the earliest opener in franchise history. The lefty allowed three hits, walked four and was especially effective when stuck in a jam.

Rogers (1-0) induced three double plays and limited Minnesota to 1-for-11 batting with runners in scoring position.

Twins righty Joe Ryan was every bit as good. In his second career opening day start, Ryan allowed one hit and two walks over 5 1/3 innings.

Baltimore broke up the scoreless duel in the seventh against the Minnesota bullpen. Kody Funderburk (0-1) gave up a leadoff single to Samuel Basallo and Tyler O'Neill followed with a single off Justin Topa before Cowser delivered a sacrifice fly and Alexander ripped a two-out RBI single up the middle.

The Twins closed to 2-1 in the eighth when Byron Buxton tripled and scored on a fly ball by Luke Keaschall.

Closer Ryan Helsley struck out the side in the ninth, getting pinch hitter Trevor Larnach with a runner on second to end it.

Craig Albernaz got the win in his managerial debut. He was hired from Cleveland in October to help turn around a team that went 75-87 last year.

Pete Alonso went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and a walk in his Orioles debut. The five-time All-Star had 126 RBI with the New York Mets last year before signing a five-year contract with Baltimore as a free agent.

Up next After taking Friday off, the Twins and Orioles resume their series on Saturday with right-hander Taj Bradley starting for Minnesota against Baltimore righty Kyle Bradish.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Larnach struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Outman to second on wild pitch by Helsley.
	9th Inning	Larnach hit for Lewis
	9th Inning	Outman ran for Caratini
	9th Inning	Caratini singled to center.
	9th Inning	Bell struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIN		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	7
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
121	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	6
35	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.5	Runs Created	1.7
.172	Batting Average	.179
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.241	Slugging Percentage	.214
.241	Secondary Average	.179
.286	On Base Percentage	.250
.527	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.464
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
12.5	Batter Rating	16.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.46	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.06
.069	Isolated Power	.036
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.114	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
.069	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
66.5	MLB Rating	67.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0