Matt Wieters returned to catching exactly six months after Tommy John surgery and played six innings in the Baltimore Orioles’ 10-9 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.
No Minnesota baserunner tried to steal, and Wieters’ only hard throw was a wide toss to first on Josmil Perez’s roller.
Wieters had played six games as a designated hitter. He was hitless in three at-bats, and is now 0 for 23 this spring.
Bud Norris allowed three runs in four innings on a two-run home run by Eduardo Nunez and a solo shot by Trevor Plouffe.
Eduardo Escobar hit a grand slam home run off T.J. McFarland in the sixth to give Minnesota a 10-1 lead.
The Twins’ Phil Hughes gave up just a first inning home run by Chris Davis in four innings.
