Twins beat Orioles 7‑5, take series behind Matthews’ strong start
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs over five innings and Alan Roden went 3-for-3 with an RBI as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 on Wednesday at Target Field.
Matthews, who earned his sixth win, struck out four and surrendered six hits. Yoendrys Gómez recorded his 17th save despite giving up a run in the ninth. Shane Baz took the loss for Baltimore, falling to 4-12.
Baltimore took a 1-0 lead in the first, then went ahead 4-1 after Dylan Beavers homered in the third inning, scoring Pete Alonso and Tyler O’Neill. Minnesota answered with a four-run third, capped by Roden’s RBI double, then added two runs in the fifth. Royce Lewis had two hits and an RBI for Minnesota. Leody Taveras homered for Baltimore in the ninth.
Yaramil Hiraldo worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts for the Orioles. Andrew Morris, Jeff Hoffman and A.J. Minter each pitched a scoreless inning for Minnesota. Minnesota finished with 14 hits to seven for Baltimore.
The Twins improved to 60-62, while Baltimore fell to 58-63. Attendance was 20,160, and the game lasted 2:41.