September 29 – Emmanuel Rivera hit two home runs and four RBI. He went 4-for-4 with a home run and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 9-2 in Minneapolis on Saturday night.
Ryan O’Hearn went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs for Baltimore (90-71). Adley Rutschman also drove in two runs for the Orioles, who won consecutive games with more than 90 runs for the first time since 1982-83.
Ryan Jeffers hit a two-run homer, the only score for Minnesota (82-79), which has lost six of its last seven games. Carlos Santana, Brooks Lee and Jeffers each had two hits.
Orioles left-hander Tucker Davidson (1-0) pitched 4 2/3 innings and got the win in his season debut. Davidson followed right-hander Matt Bowman, who made his first career start and pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
Twins right-hander Xabby Matthews (1-4) allowed six runs on seven hits in three innings. He walked three times and struck out five.
The Orioles were up 2–0 in the first inning. O’Hearn hit a two-run home run to left field for the 15th home run of his career and his second home run in the last two days.
Baltimore scored three more points in the second period to take a 5-0 lead. Rivera hit an explosive two-pointer from 442 feet. Three batters later, Rutschman had an RBI single to left.
Rivera added another RBI double in the third inning. The two-run homer made the score 6–0.
In the fourth inning, another single gave the Orioles another win. Rutschman hit a double, moved to third on O’Hearn’s single and scored on Ryan Mountcastle’s sacrifice fly.
Rivera continued his stellar performance with a 405-foot home run to left-center in the fifth inning, his second of the game and fifth of the season.
The Orioles extended their lead to 9–0 in the seventh inning. Rutschman hit an RBI grounder to second base, giving Rivera the go-ahead run, and Rivera began the game with a four-pitch walk.
Jeffers hit a two-run homer in the ninth to put the Twins on the scoreboard.
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