“In a situation like this, we’re going into the 10th inning, who else do you want on the mound after he threw not very many pitches the inning before,” Baldelli said. James McCann then bunted Urias to third and he scored on a lineout to center by pinch-hitter Aaron Hicks for a 3-1 lead. After throwing a scoreless ninth, the right-hander allowed the automatic runner to score in the 10th on a leadoff double by Ramon Urias.
Twins closer Jhoan Duran (2-4) took the loss. Felix Bautista (4-1) pitched a scoreless ninth and 10th innings for the victory. Irvin gave up only three hits and didn’t walk a batter in 6⅓ innings. Kyle Farmer hit a one-out double off the scoreboard in right field and came home on a Willi Castro liner off Yennier Cano that just eluded Mullins in shallow center field. The Twins tied the game, 1-1, in the seventh inning. MInnesota finished with five hits but in seven of 10 innings sent only three batters to the plate.īuxton’s drive was the Twins’ best shot against Irving, or any of the Orioles’ pitchers, really. Correa and Solano, in fact, had the team’s only consecutive hits when they both reached to start the third ahead of Buxton. He did enough, but the Twins couldn’t string together any hits. “They fought some balls off and whenever they put some balls in play, some of them found some open areas and they got some hits on them.” I didn’t have as much crisp velo and movement on my pitches that I had last week, couldn’t end at-bats earlier,” he said. He gave up four hits and walked three in six innings. Come back tomorrow and do it again.”īailey Ober turned in a quality start, allowing one earned run on Mullins’ sacrifice fly in the sixth.
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It was the play of the game, the difference between victory and defeat as the Orioles won the first of a three-game series 3-1 in 10 innings in front of an announced crowd of 32,724 at Target Field on Friday. He’s a center fielder, too - or was before being limited to designated hitting duties this season - and appreciates a highlight-reel catch. Instead of watching Carlos Correa and Donovan Solano trotting home ahead of him for a 3-0 third-inning lead, Buxton tipped his cap. When Mullins came down with it, Buxton slammed his helmet to the ground before raising his arms, as if to say, “Why?” Or maybe, “How?” Mullins responded in kind, as if to say, “Sorry, man, it’s my job.” Byron Buxton stood just outside of the first base bag with his hands on his hips, waiting to see whether or not he had just given the Twins a 3-0 lead.īuxton saw Baltimore center fielder Cedric Mullins leap at the wall near the 411-foot marker but was unsure of whether he got his glove on a ball he had just hit an estimated 414 feet at 104.3 mph off left-hander Cole Irvin.
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