Jimmy Paredes grounded a single into left field in the second inning, his sixth hit in 12 at-bats with the Orioles. I scrambled to research the guy after the Orioles claimed him from the Marlins on Feb. 15, laughed two days later when they lost him to the Royals, shrugged when the purchased him from the Royals on July 24, and envision him as a possible utility guy in 2015. It's been a wild ride. Kevin Gausman has thrown 35 pitches in three scoreless innings, twice retiring the Twins in order. He escaped a jam in the second after Kennys Vargas' leadoff double and Trevor Plouffe walk. Chris Davis made a lunging stop on Oswaldo Arcia's grounder and got the force at second base, and Kurt Suzuki grounded into a 5-4-3 double play. Nick Hundley is catching Gausman for the second time this season. In the previous start, Gausman allowed one earned run in six innings. Caleb Joseph has caught him in 13 starts.

Ubaldo Jimenez had seven days rest between relief appearances, allowing one run in four innings at Wrigley Field on Aug. 23 and walking three of the five Twins he faced yesterday in the ninth inning. Fans booed as Jimenez walked off the mound, his line including a double. He was charged with three runs in one-third of an inning. "That's as much, I guess you'd say, our fault as much as his," said manager Buck Showalter. "It's seven days. It's tough. In Chicago, he got in sync there." The setup was quite different. Jimenez knew in advance that he'd pitch against the Cubs in the third inning following a 3 hour, 9 minute rain delay. "What we liked about it was he was able to approach the inning like a start," Showalter said. "He got to throw in the outfield, do his running, he knew an hour before he was going to start that inning. Yesterday, was 34 pitches in the bullpen and let's go. Tried to give him as much heads-up as I could. "Hopefully, it will be a little better next time out. It's frustrating for us because we know the level he's capable of. He made a couple good pitches, borderline, could have turned the inning around. Kind of got away from him and we didn't want the game to get away from us there. But as far as what the future holds, we'll see. Some of these doubleheaders and different things, we'd like to get him back out there. "He's handled it as well as one can. It's kind of like Chris (Davis) in some ways. You know what you're capable of, you know that's sitting, and to get it to come out consistently as got to be very frustrating for him because you know it's there." Update: The Twins scored three runs in the sixth to break a scoreless tie. Joe Mauer tripled after back-to-back one-out singles by Danny Santana and Brian Dozier. The ball cleared Delmon Young's head, bounced off the wall and rolled back toward the infield as he chased it. As we move into September, I'd expect fewer starts from Young in left. Kennys Vargas followed with a sacrifice fly. Phil Hughes retired 11 straight before Nick Markakis singled in the sixth. Markakis is 44 hits away from tying Boog Powell for fifth place on the club's all-time list. I'm still counting.