Lewis Homer Lifts Twins Past Orioles

BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Royce Lewis hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the fifth inning, and the Minnesota Twins used a strong bullpen effort to beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 on Saturday evening at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The Twins, who dropped their season opener to Baltimore, evened their record at 1-1. Lewis connected off Kyle Bradish after a leadoff walk. Kody Clemens added an RBI single in the seventh. The Orioles scored their lone run in the second on Jeremiah Jackson’s single.

Minnesota’s bullpen threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings, with Anthony Banda earning the win and Cole Sands the save. Taj Bradley struck out nine over 4 1/3 innings for Minnesota. Attendance was 26,057.