It was a good day forByron Buxtonto get his first career MLB RBI as it was the winning run in a Minnesota Twins3-2 victory overthe Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. It was a tight game through and through, but a seventh inning rally put the Twins ahead for good.
The Orioles had a lead since the second inning with an RBI double from left fielderHenry Urrutia, but All-StarBrian Doziertied it up in the sixth via an RBI single which scoredEduardo Escobar. Former TwinJ.J. Hardygot the lead right back for the Orioles with a sac fly, but again that didn’t last long.
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Kurt Suzukifirst hit a sacrifice to tie it withEddie Rosarioscampering in. Two batters later, Buxton hit a RBI single to score the winning run.
The story still might be the bullpen who have stepped up tremendously this series for the Twins without closerGlen Perkins. The bullpen has yet to give up a run in the series and they were absolute dynamite on Saturday night. The last three innings saw three different guys and all had dynamite innings.
Casey Fienhad a 1-2-3 in the seventh.Trevor Mayin the eighth struck out the side and faced only four.Kevin Jepsenin the ninth had a 1-2-3 inning.
Jepsen has absolutely closed the door in his interim closer role while Perkins is out due to a neck issue.
Now the Twins are going to try to do something that they haven’t done since 2007.
Twins go for four-game sweep tomorrow. Last done here in 2007
— LaVelle E. Neal III (@LaVelleNeal)August 23, 2015
You can see if the Twins can sweep the Orioles tomorrow on Fox Sports North or all across the Twins Baseball Network. First pitch is set for 12:35 from Camden Yards.
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