Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles

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Minnesota Twins

1-1, 1-1 Away

Final
4 - 1

Baltimore Orioles

1-1, 1-1 Home

Royce Lewis tiebreaking homer carries Twins past Orioles 4-1 for 1st win of season

Minnesota Twins vs. Baltimore Orioles: Game Highlights

Lewis connected off Kyle Bradish (0-1) after a leadoff walk to Trevor Larnach. The drive, which soared just inside the left-field foul pole, gave Minnesota its first lead of the season following a 2-1 loss to Baltimore in the opener Thursday.

Kody Clemens added an RBI single in the seventh to help the Twins earn their first win for manager Derek Shelton, who was hired to turn around a team that went 70-92 last year.

Minnesota starter Taj Bradley struck out nine over 4 1/3 innings, but was yanked after throwing 92 pitches.

Five relievers followed, all of them effective. Anthony Banda (1-0) finished the fifth inning, Kody Funderburk got two outs in the sixth and Eric Orze took it through the seventh.

Justin Topa worked the eighth and Cole Sands got the next three outs for his first save.

The Twins managed only four hits and Baltimore had five, just one for extra bases.

Baltimore's lone run came in the second inning when Colton Cowser doubled and scored on a single by Jeremiah Jackson.

Minnesota pulled even in the fourth when Byron Buxton hustled home on sacrifice fly by Josh Bell.

Game-time temperature was a brisk 46 degrees (7.7 Celsius), down substantially from the 77 degrees (25 Celsius) for the season opener.

Up next The series finale Sunday matches Twins RHP Bailey Ober against Orioles righty Shane Baz, who makes his debut with Baltimore after being traded from Tampa Bay in December. Baz signed a five-year, $68 million contract extension Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Alonso grounded into fielder's choice to second, Ward out at second.
	9th Inning	Henderson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ward walked.
	9th Inning	Jackson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Sands relieved Topa
	9th Inning	Lewis struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIN		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	8
10	Strikeouts	16
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	169
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	6
35	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.8	Runs Created	2.5
.133	Batting Average	.156
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.233	Slugging Percentage	.188
.267	Secondary Average	.250
.229	On Base Percentage	.308
.462	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.495
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
24.0	Batter Rating	12.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.26	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.33
.100	Isolated Power	.031
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.114	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.154
.133	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
8.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.5	MLB Rating	63.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0