Orioles bats beat up on Paddack as Twins fall 11-3

The Baltimore Orioles beat up on a Twins starter for the second day in a row.

James McCann started an onslaught with an RBI double in the second inning that was immediately followed by a two-run homer from Gunnar Henderson. The Orioles touched Twins starter Chris Paddack for 12 hits and nine runs in all in a 11-3 victory Tuesday in Baltimore.

After plating three runs in the second inning, the Orioles (11-6) went for four in the third. Colton Cowser grounded out to short that scored the first run of the inning, Jordan Westburg crushed a two-run homer 404 feet into left-center field in the ensuing at-bat and Henderson hit a two-RBI single that gave Baltimore a convincing 7-0 advantage, one the Twins would never come back from.

The Twins (6-10) got one run back in the fourth when Byron Buxton tripled to right field and scored Alex Kirilloff, who grounded into a fielder’s choice earlier in the inning, but Cowser immediately answered with an RBI single in the bottom of the frame, making it an 8-1 game.

Kirilloff hit an RBI single in the sixth inning that scored Ryan Jeffers, who had another strong game, going 2 for 4 with a double and a single, to get the Twins within six runs.

But the Orioles again had an answer in the bottom of the frame.

Adley Rutschman opened the inning with a single to center field, and after Ryan O’Hearn flied out after a great grab by Buxton in center field, advancing Rutschman to third, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli pulled Paddack in favor of reliever Caleb Thielbar, who gave up a single to the first batter he faced, Anthony Santander, that scored Rutschman to make it a 9-2 Orioles advantage.

Paddack tossed 5 1/3 innings in all, allowing the 12 hits and nine runs while striking out two.

Thielbar did send the next two batters down in order, and Jay Jackson pitched shutout seventh but gave up a two-run homer to O'Hearn in the eighth that was just out of the reach of Buxton as a fan extended their hand in an attempt to catch the home run ball. That play was reviewed to see if the fan interfered with Buxton, but the homer stood after video review.

Meanwhile, the Twins went down in order in the seventh, and only found one hit — a single from Christian Vazquez — in the eigth inning. Jair Camargo drew a walk in his first major league at-bat in the ninth, which Trevor Larnach followed up with a single to right field. Jose Miranda then hit a single that rolled through the middle that scored Camargo. But the Twins couldn't pull off the miracle with the next three batters going down in order as they dropped their third straight contest.