Brooks Lee's go-ahead double in 8th leads Twins to 5-2 victory over Orioles for series sweep
Minnesota Twins catcher Christian Vazquez, left, tags out Baltimore Orioles' Emmanuel Rivera at home in the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Minnesota Twins' Ty France hits an RBI single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Dean Kremer throws to the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Bailey Ober throws to the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Minnesota Twins' Brooks Lee hits a two-run double against the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Minnesota Twins' Brooks Lee hits a two-run double against the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Minnesota Twins catcher Christian Vazquez, left, tags out Baltimore Orioles' Emmanuel Rivera at home in the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Minnesota Twins' Ty France hits an RBI single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Dean Kremer throws to the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Bailey Ober throws to the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
Minnesota Twins' Brooks Lee hits a two-run double against the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brooks Lee had a go-ahead two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning to propel the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, completing a three-game sweep with their fifth straight victory.
Lee's double came off reliever Gregory Soto, who entered after Yennier Cano (0-2) walked Harrison Bader leading off and Byron Buxton with one out. Soto struck out Trevor Larnach before Lee doubled to center. Ty France followed with an RBI single for a three-run lead.
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Buxton went 0 for 2 after homering in three straight games, but he walked twice, scored two runs, stole a base and threw a runner out at home.
Emmanuel Rivera and Ramón Laureano had RBI doubles in back-to-back innings off Twins starter Bailey Ober to take a 2-1 lead in the third.
Buxton threw out Rivera, who doubled and was trying to score on a Gunnar Henderson single in the sixth.
The Twins tied it in the bottom half on a leadoff homer by Larnach — his fifth. Kremer has surrendered eight of Baltimore's MLB-high 55 homers.
Ober allowed two runs — one earned — on eight hits in five innings. Griffin Jax (1-2) pitched a scoreless eighth and Jhoan Duran earned his sixth save.
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Kremer went seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits with eight strikeouts for the Orioles, who have lost five straight and 9 of 11.
Minnesota's Royce Lewis is in a 0-for-30 slump dating to last season.
Orioles catcher Maverick Handley singled in the fourth for his first career hit.
Key moment
Ober stranded eight runners, and Baltimore was 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position off the right-hander.
Key stat
Twins pitchers entered with the fifth-best ERA in the AL at 3.48 and fourth in strikeouts with 327. The Orioles were last in both at 5.50 and 247.
Up next
The Twins haven't named a starter for Friday's opener of a three-game series with the Giants.
The Orioles end a six-game road trip with three against the Angels beginning Friday.
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