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By the time Anna Benson had settled into her seat during a rare appearance at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Thursday night, her less-famous husband, Kris, already was on his way out of the game. Kris Benson would face only a few more batters in the fourth inning before Baltimore Orioles Manager Sam Perlozzo trudged out for a pitching change. Benson's outing in Baltimore's 11-2 loss to the Twins, which served only to maintain Minnesota's hopes for a playoff spot, had been forgettable.

Perlozzo had jokingly described Wednesday's game, in which Baltimore had just one unearned run against the Twins, as boring as watching paint dry. Thursday's game, in which the Orioles allowed 17 hits, was in the same mold.

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