GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: MINNESOTA (66-63) at BALTIMORE (58-70)

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL AT BALTIMORE - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Tyner in center field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 11
BALTIMORE 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: P Bako (.207, 0-FOR-2, RBI)</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL AT BALTIMORE - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: B Buscher at third base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 11
BALTIMORE 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: P Bako (.207, 0-FOR-2, RBI)</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL AT BALTIMORE - PITCHING CHANGE
MIN: JULIO DEPAULA (0-0, 21.00) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 11, BALTIMORE 3

DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: P BAKO (.207, 0-FOR-2, RBI)</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL AT BALTIMORE - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J DePaula relieved J Rincon.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 11
BALTIMORE 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: P Bako (.207, 0-FOR-2, RBI)</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MINNESOTA 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 11 14 2
BALTIMORE 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIN - SCOTT BAKER, CARMEN CALI (7TH), JUAN RINCON (8TH), JULIO
DEPAULA (9TH) AND MIKE REDMOND

BAL - ERIK BEDARD, PAUL SHUEY (7TH), ROB BELL (8TH) AND
PAUL BAKO

HOME RUNS: MIN - RONDELL WHITE (2) OFF ROB BELL IN THE 9TH, 1 ON

BAL - NONE</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MINNESOTA 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 11 14 2
BALTIMORE 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: MIN - SCOTT BAKER, CARMEN CALI (7TH), JUAN RINCON (8TH), JULIO
DEPAULA (9TH) AND MIKE REDMOND

BAL - ERIK BEDARD, PAUL SHUEY (7TH), ROB BELL (8TH) AND
PAUL BAKO


WP - SCOTT BAKER (7-6)
LP - ERIK BEDARD (13-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: MIN - RONDELL WHITE (2) OFF ROB BELL IN THE 9TH, 1 ON

BAL - NONE


TIME: 3:02 ATT: 30,876

PROBABLES: TAM - JASON HAMMEL (1-4, 7.43)
BAL - DANIEL CABRERA (9-13, 5.10)

PROBABLES: MIN - CARLOS SILVA (10-12, 4.10)
CLE - PAUL BYRD (12-5, 4.61)</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">MINNESOTA (11) VS BALTIMORE (3) - FINAL

MINNESOTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Casilla 2b 4 2 0 0 1 0 4 .227
J Bartlett ss 5 1 2 2 0 2 2 .277
T Hunter cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .302
G Jones lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .128
J Morneau 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .287
M Cuddyer rf 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 .277
M Redmond c 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 .289
R White dh 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .157
J Tyner lf-cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 .289
N Punto 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 .201
B Buscher 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Totals 37 11 14 10 5 3 16

BATTING: 2B - T Hunter (38, P Shuey); J Morneau (28, R Bell); M Cuddyer (22, R
Bell). 3B - J Bartlett 2 (6, P Shuey, E Bedard). HR - R White (2, 9th inning
off R Bell 1 on, 2 Out). SF - N Punto , J Morneau , M Redmond. RBI - J Morneau
(94), J Bartlett 2 (36), J Tyner (17), N Punto (22), T Hunter (91), M Redmond 2
(32), R White 2 (10). 2-out RBI - J Bartlett 2, M Redmond, R White 2. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - T Hunter 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - T Hunter (14, 2nd base off E Bedard/P Bako).

FIELDING: E - M Cuddyer (4, throw); A Casilla (7, ground ball). DP: 2 (N
Punto-J Morneau, N Punto-A Casilla-J Morneau).


BALTIMORE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Roberts 2b 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 .308
C Patterson cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 .273
M Tejada dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .299
N Markakis rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .290
K Millar 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .262
A Huff 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .267
F Bynum ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 .296
P Bako c 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 .205
T Redman lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .333

Totals 34 3 9 2 2 1 14

BATTING: 2B - F Bynum (5, S Baker). SF - P Bako. RBI - C Patterson (39), P Bako
(8). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Bako 1, K Millar 1, C
Patterson 1, T Redman 1. GIDP - K Millar. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - T Redman (1, 2nd base off S Baker/M Redmond), F Bynum (5,
2nd base off S Baker/M Redmond).

FIELDING: E - P Bako (4, throw). DP: 1 (K Millar).


----------------------------------------------------
MINNESOTA - 220 002 203 -- 11
BALTIMORE - 002 100 000 -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

MINNESOTA ip h r er bb so hr era
S Baker (W, 7-6) 6 7 3 2 1 0 0 4.42
C Cali 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.20
J Rincon 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.07
J DePaula 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15.75

BALTIMORE ip h r er bb so hr era
E Bedard (L, 13-5) 6 6 6 6 5 3 0 3.16
P Shuey 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 9.82
R Bell 2 5 3 3 0 0 1 6.89

Pitches-strikes: S Baker 92-63; C Cali 14-7; J Rincon 14-13; J DePaula 11-8;
E Bedard 116-72; P Shuey 28-20; R Bell 31-20. Ground balls-fly balls: S Baker
7-11; C Cali 0-2; J Rincon 2-1; J DePaula 2-0; E Bedard 8-6; P Shuey 2-1; R
Bell 0-6. Batters faced: S Baker 27; C Cali 3; J Rincon 4; J DePaula 3; E
Bedard 28; P Shuey 6; R Bell 11.

UMPIRES: HP--Tom Hallion. 1B--James Hoye. 2B--Chris Guccione. 3B--Phil Cuzzi.

T--3:02. Att--30,876.
Weather: 90 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, right to
left.</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
MINNESOTA 11
BALTIMORE 3 FINAL</div>

 

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

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MINNESOTA (11) AT BALTIMORE (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MINNESOTA 1ST: A Casilla walked. J Bartlett struck out swinging. T Hunter
singled to center, A Casilla to third. T Hunter stole second, A Casilla
scored, T Hunter safe at third on throwing error by catcher P Bako. J Morneau
hit sacrifice fly to left, T Hunter scored. M Cuddyer singled to right center.
M Redmond grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Cuddyer out at
second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) MINNESOTA 2, BALTIMORE 0.

MINNESOTA 2ND: R White popped out to first. J Tyner singled to left.
N Punto singled to right, J Tyner to second. A Casilla grounded into fielder's
choice to second, N Punto out at second, J Tyner to third. J Bartlett tripled
to deep right, J Tyner and A Casilla scored. T Hunter popped out to shortstop.
(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 3RD: T Redman singled to left. T Redman stole second. B Roberts
singled to right, T Redman to third, B Roberts to second on throwing error by
right fielder M Cuddyer. C Patterson safe at second on error by second baseman
A Casilla, T Redman and B Roberts scored. M Tejada flied out to center.
N Markakis flied out to center. K Millar flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
2 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 2.

BALTIMORE 4TH: A Huff singled to right. F Bynum singled to center, A Huff
to third. P Bako hit sacrifice fly to left, A Huff scored. F Bynum stole
second. T Redman flied out to left. B Roberts walked. C Patterson lined out
to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 3.

MINNESOTA 6TH: M Cuddyer walked. M Redmond walked, M Cuddyer to second.
R White reached on infield single to third, M Cuddyer to third, M Redmond to
second. J Tyner grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Cuddyer scored,
R White out at second, M Redmond to third. N Punto hit sacrifice fly to
center, M Redmond scored. A Casilla grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) MINNESOTA 6, BALTIMORE 3.

MINNESOTA 7TH: P Shuey relieved E Bedard. J Bartlett tripled to deep left
center. T Hunter doubled to deep center, J Bartlett scored. J Morneau
grounded out to second, T Hunter to third. M Cuddyer grounded out to third.
M Redmond singled to left, T Hunter scored. R White flied out to left. (2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 8, BALTIMORE 3.

MINNESOTA 9TH: T Hunter flied out to left. J Morneau doubled to deep
right. M Cuddyer doubled to third, J Morneau to third. M Redmond hit
sacrifice fly to left, J Morneau scored. R White homered to left, M Cuddyer
scored. J Tyner singled to center. N Punto popped out to third. (3 Runs,
4 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 11, BALTIMORE 3.</div>

 

Twins end Bedard's streak, complete sweep of Orioles

<h3>MINNESOTA 11, BALTIMORE 3</h3>By Rich Dubroff
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


BALTIMORE (Ticker) - Jason Bartlett tripled twice and ToriiHunter added two key hits and a great catch to lead theMinnesota Twins to an 11-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles onSunday.


The win enabled the Twins to sweep the four-game series thisweekend and extended their winning streak to five games. It'stheir longest streak since they won five straight from May27-June 1.


Minnesota (67-63) won all seven games this season againstBaltimore (58-71), which has lost six straight to fall 13 gamesbelow .500 for the first time this season.


The Twins feasted on a rare off-day for Erik Bedard (13-5). Thelefthander lost for the first time since June 10. He had wonnine straight decisions and hadn't lost in 13 starts.

Bedard remained winless in five career decisions against theTwins, including a loss on Opening Day.


The loss came on a day when Bedard set an Orioles record formost strikeouts in a season with 219, eclipsing Mike Mussina's1997 mark in 1997.


Bedard allowed six runs and six hits in six innings. He walkedfive and struck out three, including Bartlett - the game'ssecond batter - to set the strikeout mark.


Scott Baker (7-6) won for the first time in his last four startsfor Minnesota. He pitched six innings, allowing three runs andseven hits while waking one one. Carmen Cali and Juan Rinconeach pitched a scoreless inning.


The Twins scored two runs off Bedard in the first. AlexiCasilla led off with a walk and advanced to third on Hunter'sone-out single.


When Hunter tried to steal second, Orioles catcher Paul Bakothrew the ball into center field, and Casilla scored on theerror. Hunter, who advanced to third on the error, scored onJustin Morneau's sacrifice fly.


Minnesota padded the lead to 4-0 in the second. With one out,Jason Tyner and Nick Punto singled. Casilla hit into afielder's choice and Bartlett tripled to right to score Tynerand Casilla.


The Twins added two more runs in the sixth. Bedard walkedMichael Cuddyer and Mike Redmond to start the inning and RondellWhite reached on an infield single to load the bases. Tynerthen bounced into a fielder's choice to score Cuddyer, andRedmond scored on Punto's sacrifice fly.


In the seventh, Bartlett led off with his second triple, thisone off Paul Shuey. Hunter doubled to score Bartlett and camehome on Redmond's single.


White capped the scoring with a two-run homer in the ninthinning.


Hunter was 7-for-18 in the series with seven RBIs and five runsscored. Bartlett was 9-for-18 with five RBIs.


Kevin Millar's streak of reaching base ended at 52 games, tyingfor the seventh-longest in the past 50 years. In the fifth, itlooked as if he would extend it when he sent a long fly ball tocenter, but Hunter jumped and snatch the ball just as it wasabout to sail over the fence.


Freddie Bynum had a season-high three hits for Baltimore.

 

AL: MINNESOTA at BALTIMORE

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MINNESOTA (11) AT BALTIMORE (3) - EVENT LOG
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Minnesota Starting Lineups -- A Casilla 2B, J Bartlett SS, T Hunter CF,
J Morneau 1B, M Cuddyer RF, M Redmond C, R White DH, J Tyner LF, N Punto 3B,
S Baker RHP.

Baltimore Starting Lineups -- B Roberts 2B, C Patterson CF, M Tejada DH,
N Markakis RF, K Millar 1B, A Huff 3B, F Bynum SS, P Bako C, T Redman LF,
E Bedard LHP.

Umpires -- Tom Hallion (HP), James Hoye (1B), Chris Guccione (2B), Phil Cuzzi (3B).

Gametime Weather: 90 degrees, Cloudy, wind right to left at 4 mph.


MINNESOTA 1ST: A Casilla walked. J Bartlett struck out swinging. T Hunter
singled to center, A Casilla to third. T Hunter stole second, A Casilla
scored, T Hunter safe at third on throwing error by catcher P Bako. J Morneau
hit sacrifice fly to left, T Hunter scored. M Cuddyer singled to right center.
M Redmond grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Cuddyer out at
second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) MINNESOTA 2, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 1ST: B Roberts grounded out to second. C Patterson grounded out
to second. M Tejada singled to center. N Markakis flied out to left. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 2, BALTIMORE 0.

MINNESOTA 2ND: R White popped out to first. J Tyner singled to left.
N Punto singled to right, J Tyner to second. A Casilla grounded into fielder's
choice to second, N Punto out at second, J Tyner to third. J Bartlett tripled
to deep right, J Tyner and A Casilla scored. T Hunter popped out to shortstop.
(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 2ND: K Millar grounded out to shortstop. A Huff flied out to
left. F Bynum doubled to deep right. P Bako flied out to left. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 0.

MINNESOTA 3RD: J Morneau struck out looking. M Cuddyer walked. M Redmond
lined into double play, to first, M Cuddyer doubled off first.(0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 0.

BALTIMORE 3RD: T Redman singled to left. T Redman stole second. B Roberts
singled to right, T Redman to third, B Roberts to second on throwing error by
right fielder M Cuddyer. C Patterson safe at second on error by second baseman
A Casilla, T Redman and B Roberts scored. M Tejada flied out to center.
N Markakis flied out to center. K Millar flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
2 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 2.

MINNESOTA 4TH: R White lined out to shortstop. J Tyner grounded out to
shortstop. N Punto walked. A Casilla grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 2.

BALTIMORE 4TH: A Huff singled to right. F Bynum singled to center, A Huff
to third. P Bako hit sacrifice fly to left, A Huff scored. F Bynum stole
second. T Redman flied out to left. B Roberts walked. C Patterson lined out
to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 3.

MINNESOTA 5TH: J Bartlett struck out swinging. T Hunter grounded out to
third. J Morneau grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
MINNESOTA 4, BALTIMORE 3.

BALTIMORE 5TH: M Tejada grounded out to second. N Markakis grounded out to
second. K Millar flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 4,
BALTIMORE 3.

MINNESOTA 6TH: M Cuddyer walked. M Redmond walked, M Cuddyer to second.
R White reached on infield single to third, M Cuddyer to third, M Redmond to
second. J Tyner grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Cuddyer scored,
R White out at second, M Redmond to third. N Punto hit sacrifice fly to
center, M Redmond scored. A Casilla grounded out to second. (2 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) MINNESOTA 6, BALTIMORE 3.

BALTIMORE 6TH: A Huff flied out to left. F Bynum singled to deep right.
P Bako bunt grounded out to pitcher, F Bynum to second. T Redman grounded out
to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 6, BALTIMORE 3.

MINNESOTA 7TH: P Shuey relieved E Bedard. J Bartlett tripled to deep left
center. T Hunter doubled to deep center, J Bartlett scored. J Morneau
grounded out to second, T Hunter to third. M Cuddyer grounded out to third.
M Redmond singled to left, T Hunter scored. R White flied out to left. (2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 8, BALTIMORE 3.

BALTIMORE 7TH: C Cali relieved S Baker. B Roberts walked. C Patterson
popped out to shortstop. M Tejada lined into double play, third to first,
B Roberts doubled off first.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 8, BALTIMORE 3.

MINNESOTA 8TH: R Bell relieved P Shuey. J Tyner singled to center. N Punto
lined out to left. A Casilla flied out to left. J Bartlett flied out to
right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 8, BALTIMORE 3.

BALTIMORE 8TH: J Rincon relieved C Cali. N Markakis singled to center.
K Millar grounded into double play, third to second to first, N Markakis out at
second. A Huff singled to center. F Bynum flied out to left. (0 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) MINNESOTA 8, BALTIMORE 3.

MINNESOTA 9TH: T Hunter flied out to left. J Morneau doubled to deep
right. M Cuddyer doubled to third, J Morneau to third. M Redmond hit
sacrifice fly to left, J Morneau scored. R White homered to left, M Cuddyer
scored. J Tyner singled to center. N Punto popped out to third. (3 Runs,
4 Hits, 0 Errors) MINNESOTA 11, BALTIMORE 3.

BALTIMORE 9TH: G Jones in left field. J Tyner in center field. B Buscher at
third base. J DePaula relieved J Rincon. P Bako grounded out to second. T
Redman grounded out to second. B Roberts struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) MINNESOTA 11, BALTIMORE 3.</div>

 

Twins end Bedard's streak, complete sweep of Orioles

<h3>MINNESOTA 11, BALTIMORE 3</h3>By Rich Dubroff
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


BALTIMORE (Ticker) - Jason Bartlett tripled twice and ToriiHunter added two key hits and a great catch to lead theMinnesota Twins to an 11-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles onSunday.


The win enabled the Twins to sweep the four-game series thisweekend and extended their winning streak to five games. It'stheir longest streak since they won five straight from May27-June 1.


"This was a pretty good series for us all the way around," Twinsmanager Ron Gardenhire said.


Minnesota (67-63) won all seven games this season againstBaltimore (58-71), which has lost six straight to fall 13 gamesbelow .500 for the first time this season.


During the six-game losing streak, the Orioles have beenoutscored, 70-20, including the humiliating 30-3 loss to Texason Wednesday.


Manager Dave Trembley's contract extension was announced hoursbefore the horrible loss and his take on the team's recent playwas all encompassing.


"Didn't pitch good enough. Didn't hit well enough. Didn't playwell enough. Didn't coach well enough. Didn't manage wellenough. We put ourselves in a position to get exactly what'shappened," Trembley said.


"We were swinging the bats pretty well before we got in here. Wejust played good games," Hunter said. "It was our turn."

The excellent play comes at a good time for Minnesota, whichbegins a crucial three-game series with American LeagueCentral-leading Cleveland on Tuesday. The Twins trail theIndians by 5 1/2 games.


"It's probably the best we've played - hitting the ball well,excecuted well," Hunter said. "You've got to be happy with whatwe've been doing the last five or six days."


The Twins feasted on a rare off-day for Erik Bedard (13-5). Thelefthander lost for the first time since June 10. He had wonnine straight decisions and hadn't lost in 13 starts.

Bedard remained winless in five career decisions against theTwins, including a loss on Opening Day.


The loss came on a day when Bedard set an Orioles record formost strikeouts in a season with 219, eclipsing Mike Mussina's1997 mark in 1997.


Bedard allowed six runs and six hits in six innings. He walkedfive and struck out three, including Bartlett - the game'ssecond batter - to set the strikeout mark.


"They're a good hitting team," Bedard said. "They go with thepitch."


Scott Baker (7-6) won for the first time in his last four startsfor Minnesota. He pitched six innings, allowing three runs andseven hits while waking one one. Carmen Cali, Juan Rincon andand Jorge DePaula each pitched a scoreless inning.

The Twins scored two runs off Bedard in the first. AlexiCasilla led off with a walk and advanced to third on Hunter'sone-out single.


When Hunter tried to steal second, Orioles catcher Paul Bakothrew the ball into center field, and Casilla scored on theerror. Hunter, who advanced to third on the error, scored onJustin Morneau's sacrifice fly.


Minnesota padded the lead to 4-0 in the second. With one out,Jason Tyner and Nick Punto singled. Casilla hit into afielder's choice and Bartlett tripled to right to score Tynerand Casilla.


The Twins added two more runs in the sixth. Bedard walkedMichael Cuddyer and Mike Redmond to start the inning and RondellWhite reached on an infield single to load the bases. Tynerthen bounced into a fielder's choice to score Cuddyer, andRedmond scored on Punto's sacrifice fly.


"I just tried to battle, tried to throw strikes, tried to getthem out. It didn't happen," Bedard said.


In the seventh, Bartlett led off with his second triple, thisone off Paul Shuey. Hunter doubled to score Bartlett and camehome on Redmond's single.


White capped the scoring with a two-run homer in the ninthinning.


Hunter was 7-for-18 in the series with seven RBIs and five runsscored. Bartlett was 9-for-18 with five RBIs.


"Our guys beat the ball around all over," Gardenhire said."Barty has had a great series. Torii has had a great serieshere. Everybody got involved today."


Kevin Millar's streak of reaching base ended at 52 games, tyingfor the seventh-longest in the past 50 years. In the fifth, itlooked as if he would extend it when he sent a long fly ball tocenter, but Hunter jumped and snatch the ball just as it wasabout to sail over the fence.


"A foot and a half, I had a homer," Millar said. "It was agreat run while it lasted. Good things come to an end."

Freddie Bynum had a season-high three hits for Baltimore.