Orioles minor league recap 5/25: Tides win big in game one, split doubleheader

Just as the Orioles played a doubleheader, so did most of their farm teams. The Norfolk Tides, Chesapeake Baysox, and Aberdeen IronBirds all played two. And like their big brothers in the majors, all three minor league doubleheaders ended in a split.

Minor league doubleheaders are just seven innings.

Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 12, St. Paul Saints (MIN) 1 - Game 1

Offense was the star of this one as the Tides scored 12 runs on just eight hits. They took nine walks in the game, which helps.

The first two Tides’ runs scored on bases-loaded walks by Jordyn Adams and Hudson Haskin. Haskin had three walks in the game; two came with the bases loaded! Vimael Machín picked a more exciting way to knock in…