With Rick VandenHurk warming up in the Orioles' bullpen, it appears that Jeremy Guthrie's afternoon is over. He allowed two runs on four hits while striking out two over three innings. He threw 31 of his 41 pitches for strikes and hit as high as 94 mph on the stadium radar gun.
He really should have allowed just the one first-inning run on Luke Hughes' two-out RBI single, but the Orioles' defense fell asleep in the third inning.
The Twins got their second run in the third when Tsuyoshi Nishioka executed a perfect hit-and-run with Alexi Casilla on first base. With Casilla stealing, Nishioka put the ball right to the spot that second baseman Robert Andino vacated to cover second base.
It should have been men on first and third with one out. However, right fielder Randy Winn fielded the ball and flipped it to Andino near second base. With Andino's back to home plate, Casilla sprinted home without a throw to give the Twins a 2-0 lead.
I'm sure that will be addressed by manager Buck Showalter.
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