“Them to place up 5 runs and have us have the chance to return in and rating two and we simply didn’t get it completed tonight”. But then came the fourth inning. “I think the biggest thing is just going out and challenging guys”.
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When the Twins allow at least one home run, they are 33-49, well-matched with the Orioles who are 35-41 when allowing at least one homer. The entire inning it looked like Chen was getting squeezed – were they all strikes? There were also a ton of foul balls. “His past has proven that he’s a good pitcher”.
“He did exactly what we thought he was going to do, ” Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said, “which is a real tribute to him and the quality of his curveball”. The Twins have a 9-0 record in games where opponents scored that many runs. Chen then induced a groundout from Buxton to minimize the damage. In all the Twins combined for 18 hits. He has a 1.13 ERA over his last 16 innings, dating back to July 7th when he was still pitching for Tampa Bay.
Twins catcher Kurt Suzuki jumped on the primary pitch he noticed from Gonzalez, roping a two-run single to left subject. He was just a. 228 hitter with a 1.7 WAR in 188 games as an Oriole.
In spring training, Machado and his wife, Yainee, designed the caps, which feature a printed “Baltimore” on one and an old-style Oriole bird merged with the Maryland flag on the other. Somehow Davis ended up in a rundown situation and got tagged for the final out. The Orioles simply do not have any better attractive options in the minors. O’Day follows that up by hitting Hunter to load the bases.
Over his past five games, Suzuki has gone 9 for 21 (.429) with seven runs batted in. Parra tried to throw to 3rd to get Plouffe out, which failed, and it allowed Hunter to go to second. O’Day struck out Dozier before he was pulled from the game. But the sixth inning was brutal, as his first three pitches resulted in a single, a single, and a home run from Gerardo Parra.
“As an outfielder, you have to be concerned with the trail runner somewhat because that’s the go-ahead run”, Molitor said. How in the heck did they win this game. It seemed like an odd choice to me, but it worked out.
“Good clubs find ways to protect leads late”, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. And the Orioles losing streak against the Twins (the Twins!) continues…
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There’s no doubt that Parra and Urrutia have been an improvement compared to what the Orioles had before, but given how much Snider, Parmelee, and Lough were expected to produce, their outcomes are nothing but disappointing. If the Orioles do somehow make the playoffs this season, it won’t be for a lack of trying not to.
