Trumbo, Davis, Jones Power Orioles To 9-2 Win Over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Mark Trumbo hit two home runs and the Baltimore Orioles hit back-to-back homers for the third straight game in a 9-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.
Adam Jones had four hits, including a two-run homer in the ninth, and Chris Davis also went deep and drove in four runs for the first-place Orioles, who have won four straight. Tyler Wilson (2-1) gave up two runs and six hits in seven innings.
Miguel Sano hit his fourth homer for the Twins (8-25), who have lost seven straight games. Phil Hughes (1-6) allowed five runs and six hits while lasting just four innings in another terrible start for the worst team in the American League.
The 3-4-5 hitters for the Orioles -- Jones, Davis and Trumbo -- went 10 for 15 with four homers, nine RBIs and seven runs scored.
Trumbo opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the second inning, and then recorded his third multihomer game of the season when he followed Davis' two-run shot in the fourth with his 11th homer.
The Orioles became the 15th team in big league history to hit back-to-back home runs in three straight games. If they pull it off again on Thursday back home, they will join the 1964 Minnesota Twins as the only teams to do it four times.
It all came at the expense of Hughes, who has seen the velocity on his fastball drop significantly over his last three starts in which he has lasted a combined 11 innings. He only made it two innings in his previous start, and the inability of the starters to pitch deeper into games has heavily taxed Minnesota's bullpen just six weeks into the season.
Pat Dean made his big league debut in relief of Hughes, giving up two runs in 2 2/3 innings.
Wilson yielded a homer to Sano in the second inning and an RBI single to Danny Santana in the fifth, but was hardly touched the rest of his outing by the slumping Twins offense.
In his second game in the leadoff spot, Minnesota's Joe Mauer had two hits.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Orioles: RHP Brad Bach was available to pitch one day after getting hit in the right leg by a line drive. Bach had a bruise on the back of his leg, but otherwise was unharmed.
Twins: Closer Glen Perkins (left shoulder strain) will throw his first bullpen on May 23. If all goes well the hope is he will be back sometime in early to mid-June.
UP NEXT
Orioles: RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (2-3, 4.54 ERA) will open a four-game series in Baltimore against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. RHP Mike Pelfrey (0-4, 6.23 ERA) will start for Detroit.
Twins: After an off day on Thursday, they start a series in Cleveland on Friday. RHP Ricky Nolasco (1-1, 4.70 ERA) will start the opener against Indians RHP Josh Tomlin (5-0, 3.72 ERA).
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