Major League Baseball
Baltimore 6, Minnesota 2
When: 3:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 29, 2024
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Manny Gonzalez, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Nestor Ceja
Attendance: 26041

James McCann hit a three-run home run, Jordan Westburg drove in a pair and the Baltimore Orioles pulled away for a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.

Heston Kjerstad hit a solo home run for Baltimore (91-71), which completed a three-game sweep to finish the regular season. The Orioles will return home to host the Kansas City Royals in the American League wild-card series, beginning Tuesday.

DaShawn Keirsey Jr. hit his first career home run for Minnesota (82-80). Carlos Santana hit a solo shot for the Twins, who finished the season with 27 losses in their last 39 games to squander a shot at the postseason.

Orioles right-hander Albert Suarez (9-7) allowed two runs on four hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out four, and he threw 48 of 71 pitches for strikes.

Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (12-9) allowed three runs on five hits in five innings. He walked none and struck out four.

Minnesota opened the scoring in the second. Santana pulled a 393-foot shot to left-center field for his 23rd homer of the season and No. 324 of his career.

The Twins made it 2-0 in the third. Keirsey led off the inning with a 368-foot blast to right for his first homer in six career games.

The 27-year-old reached the majors this season -- six years after the Twins drafted him in the fourth round out of Utah. He has hit 43 homers across six seasons in the minor leagues.

McCann gave Baltimore a 3-2 lead in the fifth. He belted a changeup over the wall in left for a three-run shot that marked his eighth homer of the season.

The Orioles added two runs in the seventh. Westburg delivered a two-out, two-run single that drove in Cedric Mullins and Ryan O'Hearn.

Kjerstad hit a solo homer in the eighth to finish the scoring. His drive to center, which traveled 414 feet, gave him four homers in 39 games this season.

-- Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Baltimore   Minnesota
Albert Suarez Player Bailey Ober
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
4 Strikeouts 4
4 Hits 5
3.00 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Baltimore   Minnesota
Ryan O'Hearn Player Manuel Margot
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Baltimore 9 2 15 .250 13 8 6 2 0 0
Minnesota 7 2 14 .212 13 8 2 2 0 1