MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Byron Buxton his second game-ending home run of the season, a two-run drive off Jorge Lopez in the ninth inning that lifted the Minnesota Twins over the Baltimore Orioles 3-2.
Baltimore took a 2-1 lead in the eighth, but Luis Arraez singled off Jorge Lopez (3-4) to begin the ninth, ending a string of 21 consecutive batters retired by Baltimore pitchers.
Buxton ended the game four pitches later, pulling an outside slider into the left-field seats for his 21st home run. Buxton hit a three-run, 10th-inning homer off Liam Hendriks of the Chicago White Sox on April 24.
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