Three swings that flipped the night
Five runs. Three home runs. One lineup that would not let up. Baltimore rolled into Minneapolis and left with a 5-2 win over the Twins, and the damage traced back to a trio that kept swinging. Gunnar Henderson, Pete Alonso and Christian Encarnacion-Strand each went 3-for-4. Each one also went yard. Nights like that don’t come around often.
Henderson set the tone from the leadoff spot. Alonso brought the power in the heart of the order. Encarnacion-Strand kept the line moving behind them, and Minnesota never found a way to slow any of it down.
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Brandon Young keeps rolling
The story on the mound belonged to Brandon Young. He held the Twins to two runs, one earned, scattering six hits across six innings. That pushes him to nine wins against three losses. Baltimore rarely looked stressed.
Then Andrew Kittredge slammed the door. A clean ninth handed him his sixth save of the year, and the Orioles flew home with a rotation that keeps doing its job.
Minnesota’s bats go missing
The Twins had nothing going. Brooks Lee did what he could, two hits in four trips with a double and an RBI, but the rest of the order stayed quiet for far too long.
Bailey Ober wore it. Five runs on eight hits over six innings dropped him to 7-4. The playoff race is tightening, and Minnesota can’t stack up many more nights like this one.
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