Jovani Moran faced four batters, and three of them scored, the last on Aaron Hicks' 409-foot blast high into the right-field seats. And when the righthander, who has given up 13 runs in the 13 ⅓ innings he has pitched since his shutout of Boston last month, reached 98 pitches by issuing one-out walks to Adley Rutschman and Anthony Santander in the fifth inning, he was removed. Joe Ryan struck out 10 of the first 15 hitters he faced, though home runs by Austin Hays and Ramón Urías put the Twins in a hole. Instead, their lack of bullpen depth behind Jhoan Duran and Griffin Jax was exposed, exploited and, well, exploded. For a change - though not exactly for the better - hitting was hardly the Twins' biggest problem this time. But we put ourselves in position where we can still go out there, play some good baseball and accomplish everything we want to accomplish."Īnd not just the hitters. It might be the best thing for some of our guys who need it right now. "We squeezed a lot of rough play out of the tube on the last day before the break," he said. The rookie doubled home Carlos Correa in the first inning, giving the Twins a brief lead, and hit a solo home run in the sixth, when the game was long since decided. Gibson tied his career high with 11 strikeouts over seven innings, and gave up only two runs, both of them driven in by Edouard Julien. That made things easy for Orioles starter Kyle Gibson, the longtime Twins pitcher whose 33rd career victory at Target Field tied José Berríos for most in the ballpark's history. The Twins managed only four hits Sunday, made 17 consecutive outs at one point, and went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position, bringing them to 1-for-23 in this weekend's series and 5-for-40 against Baltimore this year. Winning will require more hitting, for sure. All the things we want as a staff and as a manager in a roster, we have it. "We have a lot of, not just ability, but character and leadership. I don't know any other way to say that," Rocco Baldelli said. "I couldn't believe in our team any more.
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