Deadspin | Twins goal to comb Orioles, lengthen win streak to 11

The Minnesota Twins shall be aiming for a season sweep of six video games with the Baltimore Orioles when the groups meet Thursday afternoon.

The Twins personal a 10-game profitable streak — the longest within the primary leagues this season — after sweeping a doubleheader in Baltimore on Wednesday.

“Just all-around good baseball,” stated Minnesota infielder Kody Clemens, who belted a go-ahead house run within the 8th inning of Game 2. “We trust one another at the plate and pass the baton to each guy. Just rallied all day.”

Minnesota, which gained 3 video games remaining week at house towards Baltimore, prevailed 6-3 and 8-6 within the doubleheader that used to be contested after a weather-related postponement on Tuesday.

The Orioles have misplaced 8 in their remaining 10 video games.

“You come back (Thursday) and you’ve got a day game,” Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde stated. “We’ve got to put (Wednesday) behind us. It was a long day, a really disappointing day. We’ve got to flush it and come back (Thursday).”

The Orioles have dipped to a season-worst 11 video games under .500. They aren’t responding in take hold of eventualities, as they stranded 16 runners on Wednesday.

Of their 15 general hits within the dual invoice, Gunnar Henderson had 4 of them and Ryan Mountcastle had 3.

Minnesota scored 14 runs within the doubleheader, with 5 of the ones within the 8th and 9th innings as there used to be slippage from the Baltimore bullpen.

“Teams are getting hits against us in big spots and we’re having a tough time doing that,” Hyde stated.

Clemens joined the Twins in past due April, and he’s hitting .227 with two homers and 6 RBIs along with his new membership.

“Get a good pitch to hit and make sure I get my ‘A’ swing off,” he stated.

Baltimore will ship right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano (4-2, 2.72 ERA) to the mound on Thursday, hoping he can repeat the kind of day trip he had Friday in a victory towards the Los Angeles Angels. He gave up one run on 3 hits in 7 1/3 innings.

Sugano has but to stand the Twins in his occupation. He labored a minimum of seven innings in 3 of his 8 begins and did not allow a stroll in any of the ones video games, regardless that he has issued a minimum of one stroll in his different 5 begins.

Chris Paddack (1-3, 4.76 ERA) shall be charged with extending Minnesota’s profitable streak. The right-hander’s best possible and longest day trip of the season got here Friday towards the San Francisco Giants, when he yielded only one run and 3 hits in 7 1/3 innings.

Paddack is 2-1 with a 6.19 ERA in 3 occupation begins overlaying 16 innings towards the Orioles. He did not pitch within the collection remaining week in Baltimore.

The Orioles scored in simplest two of the 18 innings of the doubleheader, so that they bunched their runs however did not have a lot more.

“We’ve had a tough time adding on,” Hyde stated. “We’ve talked about that a lot. I thought we created a lot of traffic both games. The big hits were tough to come by for us (other than Cedric Mullins’ grand slam in the nightcap).”

The Twins may have lineup changes on Thursday. First baseman Ty France overlooked a recreation for the primary time this 12 months when he sat out the second one part of the doubleheader because of a bruised correct foot. He exited the primary recreation in a while after fouling a ball off the foot.

In the second one recreation, Minnesota outfielder Harrison Bader left because of groin tightness. Neither France nor Bader is predicted to leave out a long stretch.

–Field Level Media