Kevin Gausman took the mound in the eighth and walked Jordan Schafer. Then Danny Santana's liner got by Paredes for a two-base error. One out later, Andrew Miller came on in relief and was greeted by back-to-back run-scoring hits on two pitches. The first was Joe Mauer's two-run single. After he took second on a throw home Kennys Vargas plated him with another single for a 6-3 edge. The Orioles were blanked on three singles through six innings by Hughes. But down 3-0, they got even on one big swing. With one on and out in the O's seventh, J.J. Hardy hit a grounder to third base that might have been an inning-ending double play, but Trevor Plouffe threw the ball into right field. One out later Nick Hundley hit a three-run homer to left to make Minnesota pay for that miscue. It was No. 4 for Hundley and tied the game 3-3. Gausman had a shutout on 59 pitches through five innings but the Twins scored three in the top of the sixth. After one-out singles by Santana and Brian Dozier, Mauer hit a 2-2 pitch to deep left that went for a two-run triple. He scored on Vargas' sac fly for the 3-0 lead. Mauer drove in four runs today. Gausman took the loss, even though he pitched a career-high 7 1/3 innings. He gave up five hits and five runs (four earned) and is 7-7 with an ERA of 3.93. Hardy left today's game before the top of the eighth inning due to a lower back spasm. He went 0-for-3 today. Today's crowd of 33,156 put the Orioles over the two million mark for the season. They have drawn 2,026,018 with 13 home dates left. With a win the Orioles would have moved 24 games over the .500 for the first time since ending the 2012 season at 93-69. Now 6-2 on this 11-game homestand, the Orioles begin a three-game series with Cincinnati on Tuesday night when Bud Norris (11-8, 4.00) faces right-hander Mat Latos (5-3, 3.15 ERA).