Minnesota Twins Pummel the Orioles
The Minnesota Twins beat down on the Orioles with an offensive explosion
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The Minnesota Twins improved to 6-6 on the spring with a 14-5 shellacking of the Orioles this afternoon. Although spring training win/loss records count for very little, the Orioles’ 1-11 record has got to be a tad concerning for them. Ricky Nolasco had a very good start his last time out but this afternoon he looked more like the Ricky from 2015. However, his outing wasn’t half as bad as Orioles’ starter Miguel Gonzalez.
Nolasco allowed three earned runs, 5 walks/hits and stuck out 2 over three innings of work. Ryan Pressly, Pat Dean, Jake Reed, Mason Melotakis and J.T Chargois didn’t allow earned runs in their relief outings (an unearned run crossed the plate during Chargois’ frame). Fernando Abad allowed an earned run in the 5th inning on a solo home run.
Down 3-0 in the bottom of the first, the Twins offense responded with two runs and kept hammering away all afternoon.
Brief highlights of the offensive onslaught:
– Trevor Plouffe and Eddie Rosario with RBI singles in the 1st
– Trevor Plouffe connected on a three run homer in the 2nd
– 5 run 6th inning. James Beresford and Heiker Meneses with RBI singles. Juan Centeno with an RBI double.
– Beresford and Meneses struck again with RBI singles in the 7th
– Add in a few sac flies and a run on a wild pitch.
In short, the O’s couldn’t wait to escape CenturyLink Sports Complex
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A+. 15 hits, 10 walks, 7 strikeouts, 1 home run and 10 for 20 with runners in scoring position. There are many contributors to the offensive outburst that deserve mention here. <strong><a href=. . Trevor Plouffe. OFFENSE
PITCHING . C. Team totals: 6 hits allowed, 4 earned, 6 walks, 1 home run and 7 strikeouts. Today certainly wasn’t about the pitching. They could have been a lot worse and the Twins would still have won. We’ll give the honor to Jake Reed for his clean inning and a strikeout. . . Jake Reed
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The Twins will visit the St. Louis Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium tomorrow afternoon. First pitch will be thrown at 12:05 pm CST. Tommy Milone starts for Minnesota.