BAL 8, MIN 9 | Mar 6, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, March 6, 2018•CenturyLink Sports Complex•76°F, Sunny

BAL

Orioles

MIN

Twins

Final

WIN

Zack Littell

LOSS

Jeff Ferrell

SAVE

Myles Jaye

The Twins edged the Orioles 9-8 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Caleb Joseph3-for-3, 2 RBI

★Joe Mauer3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Pedro Alvarez doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Ryan LaMarre. Cedric Mullins scores.

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Win Probability

MIN WinBAL Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	8	14	1
MIN	0	1	1	0	5	0	2

Game 533957 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Baltimore Orioles

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Alex PresleyLF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.316/.435/.368
Luis Sardinas2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.350/.409/.400
DJ StewartRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214/.313/.214
Cedric MullinsCF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.105/.261/.263
Corban JosephPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Pedro Álvarez1B	1	0	1	1	0	0	.333/.417/.778
Ryan Mountcastle3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263/.300/.579
Chance SiscoC	1	0	0	0	0	1	.357/.400/.643
Engelb VielmaSS	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000/.286/.000
Bench
Craig GentryCF	4	0	2	1	0	0	.375/.444/.375
Trey Mancini1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	.368/.455/.737
Manny MachadoSS
Totals	40	8	14	8	1	6	-

HR:Valencia (2nd off Mejía, 0 on, 0 out); Santander (4th off Hildenberger, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Álvarez; Tejada; Mancini; Joseph

3B:Mullins

TB:26

RBI:Machado 2; Álvarez; Santander; Gentry; Joseph 2; Valencia

GIDP:Valencia

Team LOB:6

Minnesota Twins

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Taylor Featherston3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.353/.353/.647
Nick BussLF	1	0

Pitching

Baltimore Orioles

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Hunter Harvey	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	1	19-10	4.50
David HessH	1.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	18-10	2.45
Jesús LiranzoH	1.0	3	5	5	0	0	0	8-6	22.50
Joely RodríguezBS	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5-5	0.00
Jeff FerrellLBS	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	6-5	11.25
Richard Bleier	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-4	0.00
Totals	8.0	12	9	9	4	2	1	60-40	-

WP:Harvey

HBP:Buxton (by Liranzo); Dozier (by Liranzo); Petit (by Ferrell)

Inherited runners-scored:Liranzo 2-0; Rodríguez 3-3

Pitches-strikes:Harvey 19-10; Hess 18-10; Liranzo 8-6; Rodríguez 5-5; Ferrell 6-5; Bleier 4-4

Groundouts-flyouts:Harvey 2-3; Hess 1-3; Liranzo 1-2; Rodríguez 3-1; Ferrell 2-0; Bleier 3-1

Minnesota Twins

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Adalberto Mejía	3.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	19-14	5.63
Trevor Hildenberger

Scoring Plays

Top 2 • BAL

1-0

Danny Valencia homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

Bot 2 • MIN

1-1

Jorge Polanco homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Top 3 • BAL

3-1

Manny Machado singles on a line drive to left fielder Ehire Adrianza. Caleb Joseph scores. Trey Mancini scores.

Bot 3 • MIN

3-2

Byron Buxton doubles (1) on a fly ball to right fielder Anthony Santander. Miguel Sano scores. Max Kepler to 3rd.

Top 4 • BAL

5-2

Caleb Joseph singles on a line drive to right fielder Max Kepler. Ruben Tejada scores.

4-2

Anthony Santander homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field.

Bot 5 • MIN

5-3

Jason Castro out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Joey Rickard. Max Kepler scores.

5-4

Ehire Adrianza singles on a line drive to right fielder Anthony Santander. Byron Buxton scores. Jorge Polanco to 3rd.

5-7

Joe Mauer doubles (2) on a fly ball to left fielder Joey Rickard. Jorge Polanco scores. Ehire Adrianza scores. Brian Dozier scores.

Top 6 • BAL

7-7

Craig Gentry singles on a line drive to center fielder Ryan LaMarre. Engelb Vielma scores.

6-7

Caleb Joseph doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Nick Buss. Anthony Santander scores.

Top 7 • BAL

8-7

Pedro Alvarez doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Ryan LaMarre. Cedric Mullins scores.

Bot 7 • MIN

8-8

Taylor Featherston grounds into a double play, shortstop Engelb Vielma to second baseman Luis Sardinas to first baseman Pedro Alvarez. Brock Stassi scores. Ryan LaMarre to 3rd. Gregorio Petit out at 2nd. Taylor Featherston out at 1st.

8-9

Nick Buss singles on a line drive to right fielder DJ Stewart. Ryan LaMarre scores.

HR:Polanco (2nd off Harvey, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Mauer 2; Buxton; Sanó; Kepler

TB:20

RBI:Mauer 3; Adrianza; Castro; Buxton; Buss; Polanco

SF:Castro

GIDP:Featherston

Team LOB:10

Pitches-strikes:Mejía 19-14; Hildenberger 11-9; Moya 5-5; Rogers 9-9; Littell 14-14; Jaye 3-3

Groundouts-flyouts:Mejía 2-5; Hildenberger 2-1; Moya 1-1; Rogers 0-2; Littell 1-2; Jaye 1-2

Bench
Brian Dozier2B	3	1	0	0	0	2	.231/.333/.462
Joe Mauer1B	4	0	2	3	0	0	.273/.250/.455
Miguel SanóDH	3	1	1	0	1	0	.091/.167/.182
Eduardo Escobar3B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.222/.333/.389
Max KeplerRF	2	1	1	0	1	0	.313/.389/.375
Byron BuxtonCF	2	1	1	1	0	0	.294/.368/.588
Jorge PolancoSS	3	2	2	1	0	0	.222/.222/.389
Jason CastroC	1	0	0	1	1	0	.200/.286/.200
Ehire AdrianzaLF	3	1	2	1	0	0	.348/.400/.565
Adalberto MejíaP							.000/.000/.000
Trevor HildenbergerP							.000/.000/.000
Gabriel MoyaP							.000/.000/.000
Taylor RogersP							.000/.000/.000
Zack LittellP							.000/.000/.000
Myles JayeP							.000/.000/.000