Sat Game at Hammond

I went to the Twins vs Orioles game on Saturday. Perfect weather; 75 degrees with partly cloudy skies.

Dozier got things going with a leadoff homer, the Twins scored 8 runs in the 6th inning (very sloppy fielding

by the O's) and won 13-2 (it was a split-squad team for Baltimore). Also homering were Rosario and

minor league catcher Juan Centeno.

I was looking forward to seeing Santana and Berrios pitch the first 4 innings. Santana was done in the

first after only 7 pitches, but the second started with a bobble by Dozier. From the stretch Santana seemed

to have control trouble (pitches looked good but the man in blue wouldn't raise his arm). Escobar made

a great sprawling stop and glove flip to Dozier for a forceout that saved a run. Buxton made a great throw

to home plate that barely missed the runner from second. Both Mauer and Dozier made over the shoulder

catches of shallow fly balls in the first few innings.

Berrios was throwing at 95 mph, but was wild; walked 3. Strike out with the bases loaded to end the 4th.

He gave a little smack of the glove after the strike out (reminiscence of Juan Berenguer).

Nunez, Sweeney, rookie shortstop Vielma, and Centeno each had 2 hits for the Twins as the bench players

did the damage. Joe Benson pulled a solid rbi double down the left field line. The crowd was announced

as a little over 8000 happy fans. Later