They’ve been outscored 47-18 during the six-game skid with their starters posting an 8.28 ERA.
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The Baltimore Orioles maintained their position in the American League East on the strength of a 5-3 win at Target Field Tuesday.
Minnesota has lost six straight games and 10 of its past 11 overall. To add to their misery, the Twins are only 1-9 in their last ten games, and come into the three-game clash with the O’s on a five-game losing streak.
To accommodate that schedule, the Twins agreed to make it a night game.
Jones entered the game hitting. “I’ll tell you that”. It was the only team that the Orioles went winless against in 2015, and it was the first time that the O’s had gone winless against an AL opponent in a season series since the O’s went 0-5 against the Oakland A’s in 2008.
“I felt really good with everything”, Gausman said.
Manny Machado also went deep while going 3 for 3 with two walks to raise his batting average to.365, and Zach Britton earned his eighth save for the first-place Orioles. He’s got a great way of not taking himself too seriously but you know it’s kind of been grinding on him. Jose Berrios gave up three runs on eight hits and struck out six in five innings. Darren O’Day (2-0) got the win. Kevin Jepsen (2-4) intentionally walked Machado in the ninth to get to Jones, who made him pay.
“It’s about time that we got into a nice little groove”, said Machado, hitting.
It would have been Mauer’s first career game as a leadoff hitter.
CUBS 8, PADRES 7: Jon Lester (4-1) pitched six innings of three-run ball as host Chicago improved to 25-6 for the best start by a major league team since the 1984 Detroit Tigers won 26 of their first 31. That’s right, the Twins suffered a series sweep to the Royals in the final weekend of the 2015 season (which eliminated them from post-season play), giving them 6 on the year – and that includes one two-game sweep. Gibson will throw in the bullpen again Friday….
Right-hander Kevin Gausman had been nothing short of spectacular since returning from a season-opening stint on the disabled list, and on Tuesday, he was dominant.
Tyler Wilson (1-1, 3.04 ERA) will take the mound against Jose Berrios (1-1, 6.75 ERA) on Monday.
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PHILLIES 3, BRAVES 2: Adam Morgan allowed only one run in seven innings, Mikael Franco homered and Philadelphia won at Atlanta to extend the Braves’ home misery.
