4/5 MVP - Alex Gordon, LF, Kansas City Royals - 3-6 (3B), 2 R, 3 RBI, 0.43 WPA
4/5 GOD - Minnesota Twins (5) @ Baltimore Orioles (9) - Turning Point: Chris Davis strikes again! Grand slam off of Tyler Robertson in the bottom of the 8th to make the score 9-5 O's. The O's started the inning off down 5-4, but Nolan Reimold and Nate McLouth led of the inning with singles off Casey Fein. Buck Showalter then pulled a OOOOOOHHH DUSTY and had Manny Machado sac bunt, which lead to Reimold and McLouth advancing a base and an intentional walk to Nick Markakis. Maybe that was Buck's plan all along, but it seems curious to take the bat out of Markakis' hands against Fien, a righty, to have him face a righty Adam Jones. Pacman Jones II made Showalter look like a genius by singling to left, scoring Reimold and loading the bases for the man hitting everything. Ron Gardenhire tried to slow the left-handed Davis down by bringing in a lefty. Sorry Gardy.
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