Game 126: Twins extend streak to 5 with walk-off win
Baltimore @ Minnesota (Game 2 of 3)
Delmon Young hit a two out walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to give the Twins another come-from-behind victory and win their fifth game in a row as they defeated the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 7-6.
Armando Gabino started on the mound for the Twins and had a shaky beginning to his first Major League appearance. Gabino gave up three runs off three singles and a double in the top half of the second to give the Orioles a quick 3-0 lead.
The Twins would strike back in the bottom half and score a pair of runs off a stand up triple from Denard Span to make it 3-2. Even with just one out, though, the Twins were unable to tie the game and left Span stranded at third.
Gabino’s struggles continued as he loaded the bases in the third before being taken out of the game. Philip Humber would come in for relief and give up a four pitch walk to give the Orioles another run before recording the final out.
The Twins would make up the run to close the gap off a leadoff home run from Justin Morneau, his 29th home run of the season. Unfortunately for the Twins, the problems on the mound continued as Humber gave up three more free passes at the plate, one of which walked in another Baltimore run.
Bobby Keppel was put in to finish out the fourth inning and struck out Melvin Mora with the bases loaded to end the inning. Keppel would provide some stability on the mound and gave up just one run in 2 1/3 innings of relief.
Down by three, the Twins magic in the sixth inning continued as they tied the game with a 2-run double from Alexi Casilla and a bases loaded ground out from Joe Mauer. All three runs were credited to former Twins pitcher, Brian Bass, who failed to record a single out in the sixth.
The game would be turned over to Jesse Crain, who pitched solid in two innings of work and only gave up one hit, a double, in the top of the ninth. The double caused no harm, however, as Jose Mijares shut down the rest of the order with a pair of pop ups and a strike out to end the scoring threat and the inning.
The Twins would close out the game in the bottom of the ninth that was started by a two out single from Michael Cuddyer. Jason Kubel, pinch hitting for Brendan Harris, would draw a walk and Cuddyer would score the winning run from a 3-2 single hit into right field from Delmon Young to end the game.
Delmon Young would go 4-for-5 in the game with two runs and an RBI. The victory brought the Twins back up to 500 and was their fifth win in a row, which is their longest winning streak of the season.
Gabino and Humber threw a combined seven walks. All five Twins pitchers recorded eight strike outs.
Attendance: 23,696
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