Baltimore 5, Minnesota 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Everitt, 1B -
Mark Wegner, 2B -
Chris Guccione, 3B -
Mike Winters
Attendance:
13825
By SportsDirect Inc.
Matt Wieters continued his hot hitting with a two-run home run and the Baltimore Orioles held on for a 5-4 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.
Vladimir Guerrero belted a solo homer and Adam Jones had a two-run double to back rookie Zach Britton (3-1), who pitched six solid innings, allowing three runs on five hits.
Danny Valencia went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Michael Cuddyer hit a solo homer for the Twins, who were again missing Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Delmon Young from the lineup.
The Orioles jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the second against Nick Blackburn (1-3) when Jones ripped a two-run double down the right field line and Wieters slammed a two-run shot two batters later to give him seven RBIs in the first three games of the four-game set.
Blackburn was charged with five runs on seven hits in seven innings.
Guerrero's solo homer in the third made it 5-1, but the Twins pulled within 5-4 on Valencia's two-out, two-run single in the sixth and two-out, RBI single in the eighth.
Kevin Gregg recorded his second save but not until Denard Span flied out to the warning track to end the game.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
7 |
1 |
10 |
.212 |
15 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Baltimore
|
8 |
2 |
15 |
.267 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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