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Wilson Betemit (pronounced BET-a-mitt) (born November 2, 1981 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Baltimore Orioles.
Read More at Wikipedia ›MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Wilson Betemit hit solo home runs from both sides of the plate and Joakim Soria picked up his 14th save in a hairy ninth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 9-8 on Thursday night.
Betemit hit one left-handed in the second inning after Mitch Maier's two-run shot to help the Royals jump out to an 8-1 lead, then hit one from the right side in the ninth. It was the sixth time in franchise history that a player has homered from both sides of the plate in the same game.The Twins scored five runs in the seventh inning, then got two more in the ninth off Soria on a double by Joe Mauer and a single by Justin Morneau.But Michael Cuddyer lined out to right field with the tying run on first base to end the game.Jose Guillen added three hits and an RBI and Maier also went deep for the Royals, who nearly had their struggling bullpen blow another lead.Denard Span had four hits and an RBI and Jason Kubel homered for the Twins.But a poor start from Scott Baker (...Brian Matusz tossed 6 1/3 innings of two-hit, one-run ball as the Baltimore Orioles downed the Boston Red Sox, 4-1, in the middle contest of a three-game set at Camd...
Daniel Nava and Scott Podsednik both hit solo home runs while Kelly Shoppach had a two-run homer as the Boston Red Sox edged the Baltimore Orioles, 6-5, in the rubbe...
Orioles starter Jake Arrieta appeared to get some confidence back in his last outing. He can do the same for his club today with a victory over the Boston Red Sox in...
Jeff Francoeur belted a go-ahead solo shot in the sixth inning to lift the Royals to a 4-2 victory over the Orioles in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sun...
Chris Davis hit a homer and knocked in three runs, helping the Baltimore Orioles dominate the Kansas City Royals, 8-2, in the opener of a three-game series.Adam Jone...
The Orioles had just wasted two home runs by Nick Johnson in a 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox, yet the mood in the clubhouse wasn't completely somber.That's because ...
Stephen Strasburg clubbed his first career home run and was one of three Nationals with a long ball as Washington salvaged the finale of a three-game interleague ser...
J.J. Hardy's two-run single in the seventh inning lifted the Baltimore Orioles over the Kansas City Royals, 5-3, in the final test of a two-game series.Adam Jones ad...
The Baltimore Orioles knocked starter Clay Buchholz out of the game in the sixth inning, put up six runs and hit their major league-leading 65th home run of the seas...
Rookie Will Middlebrooks recorded his second three-hit game and knocked in a run as the Boston Red Sox topped the Baltimore Orioles, 8-6, in the opener of a three-ga...
Adam Jones' solo homer in the top of the 15th inning sent Baltimore past Kansas City, 4-3, in the opener of a two-game series Wednesday.The Orioles improved to 5-0 i...
It wasn't the two-run single by J.J. Hardy in the seventh inning that caused the most angst for Royals reliever Aaron Crow, even though they wound up being the decid...
The Baltimore Orioles have signed infielder year contract.Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal includes a vesting option for 2014.Betemit split the 2011 ...
David Price pitched into the eighth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays took a 5-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the opener of a three-game set.Price (7-3) gave up just...
Brandon Morrow pitched into the seventh inning and Toronto got four solo homers in a 4-1 win over Baltimore to sweep a three- game set.Morrow (6-3) gave up just one ...
Brett Lawrie had three hits, knocked in three runs and scored three times, as Toronto held off Baltimore, 8-6, at Rogers Centre.Rajai Davis also had three hits and k...
Drew Hutchison worked a career-high seven scoreless innings as the Toronto Blue Jays topped the Baltimore Orioles, 6-2, in the opener of a three-game series at Roger...
Toronto pitcher Brandon Morrow left in the seventh inning of Wednesday's 4-1 win over Baltimore after getting hit in the leg with a line drive.In the seventh, Wilson...
Jason Hammel gave up a career-high four homers to the Toronto Blue Jays, and it was their aggressive swings on his breaking balls that left the right-hander asking q...
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