Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

Baltimore Orioles

58-62, 26-32 Away

Final
5 - 2

Minnesota Twins

59-62, 31-28 Home

Alonso, Henderson and Encarnacion-Strand homer for Orioles in 5-2 win over Twins

Brandon Young (9-3) gave up two runs, one earned, on six hits in six innings. Josh Walker and Yennier Cano each pitched a scoreless inning of relief and Andrew Kittredge retired the side in order in the ninth for his sixth save.

The Orioles (58-62) and Twins (59-62) are both chasing a wild-card playoff spot, although Baltimore was a seller at the trade deadline and dealt starting pitcher Dean Kremer to the Twins. Kremer led Minnesota to a victory in Monday's series opener.

Bailey Ober (7-3) gave up five runs on eight hits over six innings and took his first loss since May 30 at Pittsburgh. He was 1-0 with four no-decisions in his previous five starts.

Brooks Lee and Royce Lewis each had two hits for the Twins.

Orioles catcher Yohel Pozo left in the third inning in obvious pain after he was struck by Josh Bell’s bat on the back of his left hand. Bell was awarded first base on catcher's interference.

Alonso hit a two-run homer in the first inning, his team-leading 26th, and Henderson's two-run shot in the second gave Baltimore a quick 4-0 lead.

The Twins loaded the bases with nobody out in the second, but all they could manage was Alan Roden's run-scoring groundout.

The Orioles got that run back on Encarnacion-Strand's blast to the second deck above the bullpens in left center, which traveled an estimated 460 feet — Baltimore's longest homer of the season.

Lee's RBI double made it 5-2 after three innings.

Up next Orioles RHP Shane Baz (4-11, 3.76 ERA) faces Twins RHP Zebby Matthews (5-8, 5.23) in the rubber game of the series on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bell struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jeffers grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Larnach lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Kittredge relieved Cano
	9th Inning	Holliday struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Alonso walked.

Statistics

BAL		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	17
9	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	1
5	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	33
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	27
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
21	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
21	Total Bases	8
39	Plate Appearances	39
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
7.6	Runs Created	2.6
.306	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.583	Slugging Percentage	.242
.389	Secondary Average	.152
.359	On Base Percentage	.316
.942	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.558
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.9
8.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.6
43.0	Batter Rating	17.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.67
.278	Isolated Power	.030
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.061
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
93.5	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0