Baltimore 11, Minnesota 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature:
62°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Winters, 1B -
Mike Everitt, 2B -
Mark Wegner, 3B -
Chris Guccione
Attendance:
12045
By SportsDirect Inc.
Matt Wieters had two hits, knocked in four runs and scored three times, and Jake Arrieta pitched six shutout innings as the Baltimore Orioles broke an eight-game losing streak with an 11-0 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins Tuesday night.
Brian Roberts and Vladimir Guerrero each knocked in three runs and added two hits for Baltimore (7-9), which outhit Minnesota 13-6. Robert Andino had three hits, while Adam Jones and Derrek Lee added two each for the Orioles.
Arrieta (2-1) gave up four hits, striking out four and walking three for the victory.
Twins starter Carl Pavano (1-2), who pitched eight shutout innings in his last start, gave up eight runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. Michael Cuddyer had two hits for Minnesota (6-11).
Wieters started the scoring with an RBI single in the second inning and came home on Roberts’ two-run single that gave Baltimore a 3-0 lead. Wieters also scored on a Roberts RBI single in the fourth. The Orioles scored four in the fifth inning, highlighted by Wieters’ three-run double.
Guerrero hit a three-run homer off reliever Joe Nathan in the eighth.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Minnesota
|
6 |
0 |
8 |
.194 |
17 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
Baltimore
|
13 |
1 |
18 |
.361 |
16 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
0 |