Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles Match Player Stats On May 22, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 22, 2017

BALTIMORE -- Max Kepler homered and drove in four runs, and Miguel Sano homered and finished with three RBIs as the Minnesota Twins rallied from an early five-run deficit to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 14-7 on Monday night.

Sano went 4-for-6 and also scored three runs. He hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and had three singles.

Kepler finished 3-for-6 with three runs. Eduardo Escobar also drove in three runs, which came on a sacrifice fly in the fifth and a two-run double in the sixth that gave the Twins an 11-6 lead.

Jorge Polanco went 4-for-5 with one RBI.

The Twins (23-18) finished with a season-high 21 hits and scored 12 consecutive runs until the Orioles (25-18) posted one in the ninth.

Minnesota rebounded from early deficits of 5-0 and 6-2 by scoring 10 runs in the fifth and sixth innings combined off Baltimore starter Ubaldo Jimenez and reliever Tyler Wilson (2-2).

After tying the game with four in the fifth against Jimenez, Minnesota took command with six runs in the sixth against Wilson.

Joe Mauer snapped the 6-6 tie with an RBI double, and Sano followed with a run-scoring single. Baltimore second baseman Jonathan Schoop made an error on a Kepler grounder for the third run before Escobar added a two-run double.

Stefan Crichton came in for the Orioles and later balked in the inning's sixth run, giving the Twins a 12-6 lead.

Twins starter Kyle Gibson (1-4) allowed five runs in the second inning but lasted five frames and got the victory despite giving up six runs.

The Orioles jumped to a big early lead but, as has happened a few times this season, could not hold it for long.

They took a 5-0 lead in the second inning. Trey Mancini made it 1-0 with an RBI double and then later scored on a J.J. Hardy single.

Adam Jones stretched it to 5-0 two batters later with a three-run homer.

Mauer got the Twins on the board with an RBI groundout in the fourth before Kepler led off the fourth with a homer that cut the lead to 5-2.

Manny Machado lined an RBI double in the fourth before Minnesota tied the game with a four-run fifth.

Kepler (two-run double) ended Jimenez's night before Escobar greeted Tyler Wilson with a sacrifice fly. Polanco then tied it at 6-6 with a single to right.

NOTES: CF Adam Jones became the Baltimore leader in home runs at Oriole Park with his three-run shot in the second. Jones, who now has 125, passed Rafael Palmeiro on that list. ... This series is the only time the teams will meet in Baltimore this season. ... 1B Joe Mauer extended his hitting streak to nine games with a bunt single that helped spark the Twins' four-run fifth inning. He finished 3-for-5.