Perkins Blows Save, Twins Fall
Glen Perkins blows a great outing by Kevin Correia in the 9th.
By Aaron Ferguson
Baltimore, MD
Vance Worley retired the first four batters he faced. Unfortunately, those would be the only four hitters he would face as he exited the game with shoulder tightness. Following the game, we learned that Worley could miss his next start because of the tightness. Kevin Correia came in and pitched a gem, only allowing three total runs (two earned) over six and one-third innings.
Aaron Hicks hit another two-run home run. The blast by Hicks was his third of the young season. Things got chippy early in the third inning as Justin Morneau got hit in the head by Miguel Gonzalez. It looked unintentional, as Gonzalez was having control problems throughout his start. Gardenhire commented, "It wasn't intentional, the ball was a little wet and he lost control of it." Morneau will be day-to-day with migraines.
Minnesota's opportunities were limited in today's game once Gonzalez exited. Baltimore's bullpen allowed just four hits in five innings yesterday. Following the game, we caught up with Joe Mauer, "It was a tough way to lose today, especially after Correia came in cold and pitched great." Mauer summed it up best as Glen Perkins would face JJ Hardy with two runners on and two outs. Perkins was ahead in the count when Hardy hit a pitch that was off the plate into the stand to give the Orioles a walk-off win. "It was outside and up, above his eyes," Mauer said afterwards.
The Twins will continue their road trip as they head to Kansas City for three games before returning to Target Field on Friday.
Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles |
Apr 7, 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
Minnesota (5-0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Baltimore (3-2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
W: Troy Patton (1-0) L: Glen Perkins (0-1) |
Minnesota Twins |
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
SS Jamey Carroll | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .318 |
CF Aaron Hicks | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .345 |
C Joe Mauer | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
1B Justin Morneau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .588 |
PR/1B Chris Colabello | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
DH Ryan Doumit | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
RF Chris Parmelee | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .412 |
LF Darin Mastroianni | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .385 |
2B Brian Dozier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .304 |
TOTALS | 34 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
BATTING 2B: Doumit (1) HR: Hicks (3) RBI: Hicks (7,8), Plouffe (6), Mastroianni (3) HBP: Morneau, Dozier SAC: Parmelee, Dozier GIDP: Dozier |
BASERUNNING CS: Mastroianni (1) |
FIELDING E: Hicks (1) PB: Mauer (1) |
Minnesota Twins |
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Vance Worley | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 |
Kevin Correia | 6.1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.84 |
Anthony Swarzak (H, 3) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
Glen Perkins (BS, 1) (L, 0-1) | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 |
Baltimore Orioles |
HITTERS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | AVG |
DH Alexi Casilla | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 |
RF Nick Markakis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
1B Chris Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
CF Adam Jones | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
3B Manny Machado | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .519 |
LF Nolan Reimold | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .211 |
PR Nate McLouth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
C Matt Wieters | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .480 |
PH Danny Valenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
SS JJ Hardy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .385 |
2B Jonathon Schoop | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
TOTALS | 35 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
BATTING 2B: Hardy (1), Wieters (2) HR: Markakis (1), Hardy (2) RBI: Hardy (6,7,8), Markakis (2,3), Schoop (1) |
BASERUNNING CS: Jones (1), Machado (1) |
Baltimore Orioles |
PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Miguel Gonzalez | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2.77 |
Steve Johnson | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Troy Patton (W, 1-0) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
PITCHING WP: Patton (1), Johnson (1) |