Orioles 5, Twins 3

Preview - Box Score - Recap

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 Baltimore 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 X 5 8 1 WP: R. Lopez (5-6) S: J. Julio (27) LP: R. Reed (5-11)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: Baltimore

-J. Gibbons singled to right, J. Conine scored, J. Gibbons to second advancing on throw

Top 2nd: Minnesota

-T. Hunter homered to deep left center, C. Koskie scored

Top 3rd: Minnesota

-L. Rivas singled to center, S. Stewart scored

Bot 4th: Baltimore

-J. Cust homered to deep right, J. Conine and T. Batista scored

-L. Bigbie singled to left, D. Cruz scored

Minnesota
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
S. Stewart lf	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	.318
L. Rivas 2b	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.276
D. Mientkiewicz 1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	5	.299
C. Koskie 3b	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	.302
A.J. Pierzynski c	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.299
T. Hunter cf	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	.246
J. Jones lf	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305
D. Mohr rf	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261
C. Gomez ph	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.253
M. LeCroy dh	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	.282
D. Hocking ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.239
T. Sears ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.246
Totals	33	3	8	3	2	10	11

Batting 2B - C Koskie (22, R Lopez); S Stewart (30, R Lopez). HR - T Hunter (20, 2nd inning off R Lopez 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - T Hunter 2 (72), L Rivas (27). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Koskie 1, A Pierzynski 1, D Mientkiewicz 1. GIDP - T Sears. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running CS - L Rivas 2 (6, 2nd base by R Lopez/R Machado, 2nd base by R Lopez/R Machado).

Baltimore
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
B. Roberts 2b	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278
L. Matos cf	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.332
J. Conine 1b	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	.289
J. Gibbons rf	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.297
T. Batista 3b	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.251
J. Cust dh	3	1	1	3	0	1	0	.200
D. Cruz ss	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.267
L. Bigbie lf	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.262
R. Machado c	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.318
Totals	31	5	8	5	1	6	6

Batting 2B - J Conine (31, R Reed); D Cruz (18, R Reed). HR - J Cust (1, 4th inning off R Reed 2 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Gibbons (78), J Cust 3 (3), L Bigbie (8). 2-out RBI - J Gibbons. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Batista 1, L Matos 1. Team LOB - 3.

Base Running SB - B Roberts (18, 2nd base off R Reed/A Pierzynski). CS - L Bigbie (1, 2nd base by R Reed/A Pierzynski).    Fielding E - D Cruz (14, ground ball). DP - 2 (R Machado-D Cruz, B Roberts-D Cruz-J Conine).

Minnesota
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Reed (L, 5-11)	8.0	8	5	5	1	6	1	4.88
Baltimore
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Lopez (W, 5-6)	6.2	8	3	3	1	6	1	5.69
B.J. Ryan	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	5.10
J. Julio (S, 27)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.43

WP - R Reed.

HBP - L Rivas (by R Lopez).

Pitches-strikes - R Reed 108-72; R Lopez 106-68; B Ryan 17-11; J Julio 15-6.

Ground balls-fly balls - R Reed 3-14; R Lopez 7-5; B Ryan 0-1; J Julio 2-0.

Batters faced - R Reed 32; R Lopez 29; B Ryan 4; J Julio 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Bill Hohn. 2B--Tim Timmons. 3B--Eric Cooper. Time: 2:30. (Plus rain delay totaling 28 minutes in the 1st). Attendance: 30,258. Weather: 84 degrees, overcast. Wind: 3 mph, out to left.

Game Notes

THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO RAIN.

THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING RESUMED. AFTER A 28 MINUTE DELAY.

BALTIMORE'S JAY GIBBONS SINGLED IN THE FIRST INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 10 GAMES.

MINNESOTA'S JACQUE JONES LEFT THE GAME AFTER THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING WITH A STRAINED LEFT GROIN.

Updated on Thursday, Aug 7, 2003 6:33 pm ET