Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Roden's go-ahead double lifts Twins past Orioles 7-5
Two baseball teams, the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles, played a game.
The Orioles scored first and took a 4-1 lead.
Then the Twins started scoring a lot of runs.
Alan Roden hit a big double that gave the Twins the lead for good.
Seven different Twins players helped score runs in the game.
Zebby Matthews was the pitcher who got credit for the win.
Yoendrys Gómez saved the game for the Twins, which is a special job for a pitcher at the end of a game.
The final score was 7-5, so the Twins won.
This win helped the Twins stay close to making the playoffs, putting them just one game behind the Texas Rangers.
Alan Roden hit a go-ahead double as the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 on Wednesday.
Seven Twins players drove in a run, including Josh Bell, who scored the team's first run on a single in the first inning.
Zebby Matthews (6-8) earned the win with five innings, allowing four runs on six hits, and Yoendrys Gómez recorded his 17th save.
Dylan Beavers hit a three-run homer to extend Baltimore's lead to 4-1, and Leody Taveras homered on the first pitch of the ninth inning, but the Orioles fell short.
Minnesota (60-62) won its sixth straight series at Target Field and sits one game behind the Texas Rangers for the final AL wild-card spot.
- Who
- The Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles
- What
- The Twins rallied from a 4-1 deficit to defeat the Orioles 7-5, with Alan Roden hitting the go-ahead double
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- Target Field in Minneapolis
- Why
- Seven Twins players drove in runs, led by Roden's go-ahead double, to complete the comeback and win the series
- Final Score
- Twins 7, Orioles 5
- Winning Pitcher
- Zebby Matthews (6-8), 5 innings, 4 runs, 6 hits, 4 strikeouts
- Losing Pitcher
- Shane Baz (4-12), 3 innings, 5 runs, 9 hits
- Save
- Yoendrys Gómez, 17th save
- Location
- Target Field, Minneapolis
- Twins Record
- 60-62
- Wild-Card Standing
- One game behind the Texas Rangers for the final AL wild-card spot
- Next Twins Starter
- Taj Bradley (9-4, 3.76 ERA) vs. the Phillies on Thursday