Baltimore Orioles vs. Minnesota Twins (8:10 pm ET, FS-N)
Baltimore Orioles will try to go two-up on Friday in Game 2 against Minnesota Twins (8:10 pm ET, FS-N) at Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Orioles have a home record of 8-21, 4-13 away record and the Twins have 19-10 away, 9-4 home record.
The Minnesota Twins seems to miss Joe Mauer’s presence. Francisco Liriano has not required much run support which is quite a fortunate thing for the Twins. The Twins hope to bounce back and Liriano looks to win his fifth straight start so that they can wipe out the memories of their poor performance in Game1. They have averaged 6.2 runs and batting .322 in their previous five games without him.
“I want to play and I want to feel well, but you have to be smart about it,” Mauer told the Twins’ official website.
Liriano is one of the key players with 11-17, 5.12 ERA the past two years. On Sunday, in their win against Cleveland, he gave up three runs and struck out nine in seven innings of an 8-3 win.
For Baltimore Orioles, Ty Wigginton will be crucial. He helped the Orioles snap a three-game losing streak by his 10th home run hit. Kevin Millwood (0-3, 3.15), pitched it well but unluckily remained winless in his first season with the Orioles. Baltimore beat Boston 3-2 in 10 innings Sunday in which Millwood gave up two runs in eight innings. Against the twins, Millwood was winless in 12 starts, going 0-7 with a 5.90 ERA.
