The Twins made it back to .500 by running their winning streak to seven games. Joe Ryan gave up two hits over six innings, and Trevor Larnach accounted for all the runs needed.

The Orioles need pitching, and the Twins need hitting. Are these two teams a match made in trade deadline heaven?

Twins pitcher Joe Ryan, who was scheduled to start in Thursday afternoon's series finale against the Orioles, has been scratched due to illness, according to reports. Bailey Ober will jump up one day and get the ball for Minnesota as they look to complete a sweep over Baltimore at Target Field.

As soon as Joe Ryan started feeling sick this week, the Twins started making contingency plans for his scheduled start Thursday afternoon.

The Minnesota Twins haven't gotten off to the start they likely wanted to. Instead of dominating and jumping out to a division lead, the Twins sit at 18-20 and

Its Thursday, May 8 and the Orioles (13-21) are in Minneapolis to take on the Twins (16-20). Dean Kremer is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Joe Ryan for Minnesota.

The Baltimore Orioles dropped their fourth straight game with a 5-2 loss at the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday. Ryan O'Hearn, Ramon Laureano, and Heston Kjerstad each had two hits for Baltimore, which went 1-for-4 with runners in scoring position and stranded six on base.

In his No. 1 trade proposal, not only did Jim tell the Twins to blow it all up before the MLB trade deadline, but implores them to do it sooner than later… like this month. So,