Fours Were Wild
The Baltimore Orioles dropped game one of Wednesday’s doubleheader with the Minnesota Twins by a score of 6-3. The number four was prominent in the game; the Orioles were held to just four hits, the Twins committed four errors (but still won), the Twins scored four runs in the fourth inning to take the lead and it was the Orioles fourth loss to the Twins this season. Did I mention that the number four is in today’s date, 5/14?
The lone offensive highlights for the Birds came in the third inning and were topped off by Gunnar Henderson‘s (2 for 4, HR, R, 2 RBI, BB) two-run homerun. It was Henderson’s sixth longball of the campaign and followed a Ryan Mountcastle (2 for 4, 2B, R, RBI, BB) RBI-double. Ramon Urias (0 for 3, R, BB), who worked a walk earlier in the inning scored on the Mountcastle double.
The Orioles next hit came seventeen batters later when Henderson singled with two outs in the seventh and their last hit was a Mountcastle one-out single in the ninth. The team left 10 men on base and went 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position.
Tyler O’Neill went 0 for 3 with a walk and 2 stolen bases and did commit a fielding error in the ninth to allow Trevor Larnach to advance to third on his RBI-double.
Dean Kremer (3-5) was the victim of the Twins four run fourth. The right-hander lasted 5.2 innings and allowed 4 runs on 7 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. He surrendered homeruns to Brooks Lee (solo) and Christian Vazquez (3-run) in the inning and was tagged with the loss.
Bryan Baker (1.1 IP, 2 K) continued to be solid in relief but Keegan Akin (2.0 IP, 2 R, i UER, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K) struggled.
2025 Record: 15-25
Next Game: Game 2 vs. Twins @ 3:45 pm