Baltimore Orioles rally for 4-3 win over Minnesota Twins Showalter often talks about riding through the peaks and valleys of a 162-game schedule and doing everything possible to extend the peaks and shorten the valleys. And the depths of losing have become all too common during the past month. But Baltimore found a way to carry the momentum from Wednesday's morale-boosting, one-run win into a 4-3 come-from-behind victory in Thursday's series finale against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. After struggling throughout the afternoon with runners on base, Mark Reynolds broke through with a two-run, two-out single in the eighth inning off Anthony Swarzak to give the Orioles a split in the four-game series. It was Baltimore's eighth win of the season when trailing after seven innings. "It's that time of year," Showalter said. We've won a lot of games like the games we won the last two days. I think we will get crisper as it goes on. A split in the series seemed unlikely after the Orioles dropped the first two games in ugly fashion. Baltimore lost, 19-7, Monday and blew a three-run lead in Tuesday's loss, with both games characterized by disappointing performances by the starting pitchers. "We've had a tough run lately, but to get the last two games here and to come from behind today [was important]," Reynolds said. It gives us a little momentum going forward. Just keep playing better baseball. You win one game, it can be good. It's kind of a morale thing, and it's just a good way to end this series and get out of here. It is just the second time in the past month that the Orioles (48-44) have won back-to-back games, the other time being July 3 and 4 in Seattle. That was also the last time before Thursday's game that Baltimore received consecutive starts of seven or more innings. Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen allowed three runs on six hits over seven innings a day after right-hander Tommy Hunter held Minnesota to one run over 71 / 3 innings in a 2-1 victory. Chen, who was 0-3 with 5.02 ERA in his previous five starts, earned his first victory since he pitched seven scoreless innings in a 2-0 win June 17 in Atlanta. "As a starter, I really want to go deep," Chen said through interpreter Tim Lin. Today I'm very excited I could help the team win. Every game is important to me, because I'm a rookie and this is my first year. It's all about getting experience. I want to help the team win. That's really important for me. After yielding two runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe, Chen allowed just three hits during the next six innings. "The first inning I tried to pitch too cautious," Chen said. I struggled a little bit. After the first inning, I tried to be level with them. I kept trying to pitch strong and hard.