![]() The Orioles added one along the way, but the 5-0 Orioles lead had been turned on its head and was now 12-6. The Twins would score one in the third, one in the fourth - it was still pretty innocent - and then four in the fifth and six in the sixth. The Twins would power through, emphasis on the power. Of course, Ubaldo Jimenez was on the mound and the Orioles bullpen has been pretty leaky so far this season. Generally speaking, when a team gets out to a 5-0 lead through two innings, the expectation is that will be a victory. It should be noted that Jones set a record here, with his 125th career home run in Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Through two innings in Baltimore on Monday, the Orioles held a 5-0 lead, thanks in part to an Adam Jones three-run home run. No matter, the Rockies are 29-17 and in first place. Through seven career starts, before Monday, Hoffman had shown flashes of his immense upside but hadn't really put it all together. He was ranked 36th on Baseball America's top 100 prospects list heading into the season. Hoffman is only 24, was the ninth overall pick in the 2014 draft and was the main piece going back to Colorado in the Troy Tulowitzki trade. Jon Gray has made only three starts and Jeff Hoffman only one. They've done so without much help from two of their most talented pitchers, either. The Rockies entered Monday night in first place in the NL West and with the second-best record in the NL. Monday's gamesÄiamondbacks 5, White Sox 1 ( box score) Hoffman with career-best start for Rockies Let's take a journey around the league to cover everything worth knowing in MLB on Monday. Only nine games here on this Monday night, but that still means that 60 percent of the league was in action.
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