Twins 5, Orioles 2: Sweeeeeeeeep!

The Minnesota Twins sweep the Baltimore Orioles in three games at Target Field

From fishing celebrations to buck bombs to spartan helmets, this Minnesota Twins team is on fire, and it is fun to watch.

While the competition hasn’t been overly stiff, wins are wins and the Twins have won five in a row and 10 of their last 11 games at Target Field. It’s all at a perfect time when the Minnesota Timberwolves are working to beat the Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals.

Despite striking out three times at the plate and an error in the field. Brooks Lee was the key player of the game this afternoon. He managed a go-ahead two-run double in the bottom of the 8th with two outs. Heading into this inning the Twins only had three hits on the afternoon.

Despite the Orioles having a majority of the baserunners and hits, the Twins situational hitting took them to the finish in this one. Trevor Larnach tied things up with his 5th home run of the season in the bottom of the sixth.

“I thought I had a better chance hitting right handed than left-handed today,” Lee said to broadcaster Katie Storm after the game.

He also touched on this winning streak, and says this team is going to keep it going.

“We find a way to win, and we have been doing that for a few days now, and we are going to keep doing that,” he said.

Lee is a California transplant who loves fishing. His new celebration imitates him reelin’ in what I think is likely a nice Minnesota walleye. He went ice-fishing with Louie Varland in a few spots last year on the Twins Caravan, and according to reports, and now his new celly, he clearly loved it. Well, his big go-ahead double was just in time for the fishing opener which is Mother’s Day weekend coming up. According to my MLB app, it also has him in contention for AL Player of the Week. He says the clubhouse is meshing well right now.

“It’s been great, it’s a lot of fun. We have a great clubhouse and a great group of guys,” he said.

We would be remiss if we didn’t touch on the toss from Byron Buxton in center field Thursday afternoon, throwing out a runner at the plate.

On the mound, Bailey Ober got the start for the Twins as Joe Ryan was battling an illness. Ober pitched 5 innings, giving up 8 hits and 1 ER. He walked 1 and struck out 6. The bullpen was a big part of the story though, giving up only 2 hits and no earned runs. Sands, Topa, Jax (W,) and Duran (S) all made appearances.

Next up for the 18-20 Twins is a weekend series against the San Francisco Giants. The Giants sit in a tough NL West, in third with a 24-14 record.

Let’s Go Twins! Keep it rollin’, for Mom.