Orioles 4, Twins 2
BALTIMORE -- Jonathan Schoop hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and Ubaldo Jimenez threw seven solid innings as the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins, completing a sweep of the season-opening, three-game series.
Manny Machado and Joey Rickard each hit solo homers for the Orioles. Rickard's home run was hit first in the major leagues and earned a curtain call from the fans.
Minnesota scored a run in each of the first two innings and still held a 2-0 lead in the sixth when Machado hit his solo homer off Minnesota starter Phil Hughes (0-1).
Mark Trumbo singled to start the seventh and moved to third when J.J. Hardy singled. The rains then caused a 21-minute delay, and Trevor May replaced Hughes.
May threw a wild pitch when facing his first batter, Pedro Alvarez, letting Trumbo score the game-tying run. Alvarez struck out before Schoop singled to center and drove in Hardy with the go-ahead run.
Rickard led off the eighth with his homer and the final run.
Jimenez (1-0) stumbled at the beginning but quickly recovered. The right-hander allowed two runs on six hits through the first two innings plus two batters but retired 14 of the final 16 he faced and overall, and struck out nine without a walk.
Dylan Bundy threw a scoreless eighth before Darren O'Day closed it in the ninth and earned his first save by striking out the side. Closer Zach Britton pitched in the first two games, and manager Buck Showalter gave him a break.
Joe Mauer homered for the Twins.
Mauer gave the Twins their first lead of the series and season when he homered in the top of the first. The first baseman lined a 2-0 pitch over the wall in right center to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead.
Byron Buxton's RBI groundout made it 2-0 in the second. Chris Davis' fielding error at first base on a John Ryan Murphy grounder set it up, giving the Twins runners at second and third with one out.
Both teams then wasted good scoring chances after that. The Twins put runners on first and third with none out in the third, but Jimenez got out of it.
Hughes then did the same thing when the Orioles put runners on first and third with no outs in the fourth.
Buxton helped on defense in the fifth, making a leaping catch of a long fly ball from Schoop at the center-field fence, letting Hughes and the Twins keep their 2-0 lead.
NOTES: CF Adam Jones did not start because of soreness in his ribcage area. Manager Buck Showalter wanted to give him a break for a day and hopes Jones will be out just for one day. Rookie Joey Rickard started in Jones' place, batting leadoff. ... The Orioles made a minor-league trade earlier in the day, obtaining LHP Jayson Aquino from the Cardinals for cash considerations. Aquino then was optioned to Double-A Bowie. He posted a 5-11 record last year with Class A teams from the Blue Jays, Pirates and Indians. ... RHP Ervin Santana, Minnesota's Opening Day starter who went just two innings because of the two rain delays, will come back again to start Friday's series opener at Kansas City. ... 1B Joe Mauer's first-inning homer on Thursday was the 1,700th hit of his career. He hit a solo shot off Orioles RHP Ubaldo Jimenez with two outs in the first.