Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles

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Minnesota Twins

1-2, 1-2 Away

Final
6 - 8

Baltimore Orioles

2-1, 2-1 Home

Pete Alonso's first RBI with Orioles propels Baltimore to 8-6 win over Twins

After the Twins bolted to a 4-0 lead against Orioles newcomer Shane Baz, Baltimore bounced back to win the deciding matchup of the season-opening, three-game series.

Alonso snapped a 5-all tie in the seventh with a soft single to center field off Mick Abel (0-1). It was Alonso's first RBI with the Orioles since leaving the Mets in December as a free agent.

Adley Rustchman followed with a run-scoring double and Coby Mayo tacked on an RBI single.

Rico Garcia (1-0) got the last out in the seventh, Yennier Cano struck out Royce Lewis with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth, and Ryan Helsley worked the ninth for his second save.

Obtained from Tampa Bay in an offseason trade, Baz struggled in his Baltimore debut just two days after signing a $68 million, five-year contract. The right-hander gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Minnesota's four-run second included a double by Tristan Gray that brought in three runs, the last after Gray was tagged out at third.

O'Neill homered off Twins starter Bailey Ober in the fourth to make it 4-3, and Dylan Beavers put Baltimore in front with a two-run double in the sixth.

Lewis tied it with his second homer of the season in the seventh. He skipped into second base and continued his animated home run trot all the way to the plate.

Up next Twins: RHP Simeon Woods Richardson faces Kansas City in the Royals' home opener Monday afternoon.

Orioles: RHP Chris Bassitt makes his Baltimore debut Monday night against the visiting Texas Rangers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Outman flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Lee ran for Caratini
	9th Inning	Caratini safe at first on fielding error by shortstop Henderson, Keaschall safe at third on error.
	9th Inning	Bell struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Wallner lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Keaschall singled to right.

Statistics

MIN		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	9
12	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
5	Doubles	3
20	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	2
181	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	18
43	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	4
8.5	Runs Created	6.8
.324	Batting Average	.364
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.541	Slugging Percentage	.545
.378	Secondary Average	.273
.419	On Base Percentage	.447
.959	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.993
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
9.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.6
48.0	Batter Rating	53.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.216	Isolated Power	.182
0.42	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.116	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
.054	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.091
11.0	Runs Produced	16.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.4
94.5	MLB Rating	99.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0