MINNEAPOLIS -- Thanks to the focus of guys like Jim Johnson and the toughness of Manny Machado, the Baltimore Orioles dont play like the youngest team in their division. Tony Kukoc Bulls Jersey . Machado had a tiebreaking RBI single in a three-run 10th inning as the Orioles rallied for a 9-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Machado -- who stayed in the game after fouling a ball hard off his ankle in the fifth -- rolled a single into right field that scored Chris Dickerson and broke a 6-all tie. Nick Markakis added a sacrifice fly and Adam Jones an RBI double to cap the scoring in the 10th. "I told you many times, thats a mature group," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Even though its the youngest team in our division, they stay within each other and do what they do." Tommy Hunter (3-1) didnt allow a run in 2 1-3 innings. Jim Johnson pitched a scoreless bottom of the 10th for his 35th consecutive save -- dating back to last season -- to set an Orioles franchise record. Johnson started getting questions about the save streak at the end of last season. He treated questions about finally setting the record with a shrug, the same way he answered when the streak began. "I was just thinking about watching us chip away," Johnson said. "Its not really anything Im real focused on. Its great, but our ultimate goal is the team record at the end of the year. Personal achievements are second." Anthony Swarzak (1-1) allowed all three runs in the 10th. Twins starter Mike Pelfrey had a 6-0 lead in the sixth inning and appeared to be cruising to his second straight win before Baltimore started smacking doubles all over the field. "Youve got to remember the offence over there, too," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Thats a heck of a baseball team over there, and they can run some hitters up there. They can ambush you. They got some big, clutch hits. Thats kind of what theyre known for." The Orioles hit four doubles off Pelfrey in the sixth to make it 6-3 and added two more off reliever Josh Roenicke in the seventh to tie the score. "Theyre good. Theres a reason theyre in first place in the AL East," Pelfrey said. Chris Daviss two-bagger off the scoreboard wall in right-centre field scored Nick Markakis and made it 6-6. Roenicke started the seventh and allowed three runs and four hits and only recorded one out. "Its almost like we prefer to play from behind," Baltimore outfielder Chris Dickerson said. "As soon as it got to 6-3, we knew it was a different ballgame." Markakis started the barrage of doubles with a leadoff double in the sixth and finished with two hits and two RBIs. Joe Mauer had three hits and two RBIs for Minnesota, which had won four of its previous five. Adam Jones and Davis each had three hits for Baltimore. Orioles starter Jason Hammel allowed six runs over four innings and failed to win on the road for the first time this season. NOTES: SS Pedro Florimon, who left Thursdays game in the bottom of the seventh inning because of a tight right hamstring, was not in the starting lineup but told Gardenhire his leg was feeling better. ... Orioles LHP Tsuyoshi Wada, who had Tommy John ligament replacement surgery on his elbow last May 11 and spent his entire first season in the majors on the DL, struck out 10 batters in seven no-hit innings in an extended spring training game in Sarasota, Fla. Showalter said Wada would start a rehab assignment next week. ... RHP Steve Johnson will come off the DL to start Saturday in his season debut for the Orioles in place of RHP Miguel Gonzalez, who is out with a blister on his thumb. For the Twins, RH Vance Worley (0-4, 6.95 ERA) will take the mound looking for his first win in 13 starts since last Aug. 1 for the Phillies. Robin Lopez Jersey . -- Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis was charged Thursday with driving while intoxicated, a day after he was suspended for an NFL substance-abuse policy violation. Dwyane Wade Bulls Jersey . Bryant, who signed a five-year, $34 million contract as a free agent with Cleveland in March, reported symptoms on Monday morning, a team spokesman said. http://www.nbachicagobullsonline.com/doug-mcdermott-bulls-jersey/ . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games. EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Syracuse receiver Amba Etta-Tawo is making the most of his final year of college eligibility.The graduate transfer from Maryland caught 12 passes for a school-record 270 yards and two touchdowns and the Orange beat UConn 31-24 on Saturday to snap a two-game losing skid.Etta-Tawo scored twice in the games first five minutes on touchdown receptions of 57 and 30 yards. His 59-yard catch from the shadow of his teams goal line highlighted a 12-play 99-yard fourth-quarter drive that put the game away for the Orange (2-2).It was his fourth straight game with at least 100 yards receiving.It goes back to chemistry with the quarterback and the coaches trusting me, Etta-Tawo said. They trust that Ill make the plays and they keep on giving me opportunities to make the plays.Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey completed 26 of 40 passes for 407 yards and those two scores. He also scored on a 6-yard run to complete the length-of the field drive.We had to do it, said Etta-Tawo. We had to drive down the field and try to put the game out, and thats exactly what we did. Everybody dug in, dug a little deeper.Noel Thomas had 14 receptions for 111 yards for UConn (2-2). Huskies running back Arkeel Newsome ran for 81 yards and a touchdown.It took Syracuse just 51 seconds on its first drive and 92 seconds on its second for Dungey and Etta-Tawo to make it 14-0. Etta-Tawo had five catches for 115 yards in the first quarter.I think hes already passed his previous career high as a collegian in the first four games with us, (more than) his whole entire career he had at the other school, coach Dino Babers said. I think, if you asked him, I think he might have made a good choice (to transfer).The Huskies responded by scoring twice in the second quarter and for the second straight week, the Orange couldnt hold the early double-digit lead.We cant just go up 14-0, 17-0 in the beginning of the game and then put ourselves back in a dog fight, said linebacker Zaire Franklin, who was in on 14 tackles. Some of these games weve got to have it over by the beginning of the second quarter.Cordell Hudson pickup off a tipped pass from UConn quarterback Bryant Shirreffs and ran 22-yardds down the left sideline for a touchdown that gave the Orange a 24-17 lead. Bulls Jersey. It was just the second interception for the Orange this season.The Huskies had a chance to tie the game in the fourth quarter after holder Tyler Davis, a former high school quarterback, hit tight end Tommy Myers with a 17-yard pass on a fake field goal to set the Huskies up at the Syracuse 8-yard line.But Syracuses defense held, and linebacker Franklin stopped Shirreffs on a fourth-and goal from the 2-yard line with just over 6 minutes left. The Orange marched the length of the field to put the game away.Going back, I would probably buy some more time and throw it to the back of the end zone, said Shirreffs, who threw a 24-yard touchdown to Davis with 33 seconds left to make the final score close. I came up short. The linebacker made a good play and I didnt.THE TAKEAWAYSYRACUSE: Etta-Tawo showed that he is an elite receiver. He beat UConns best defensive back, Jamar Summers in single coverage all afternoon. His 270 receiving yards tops the Syracuse record previously held by Scott Schwedes against Boston College in 1985. Hes now the only Syracuse receiver to record two 200-yard receiving games in the same season.UCONN: Since the start of last season, 11 of UConns 17 games have been decided by a single score (eight points or fewer). The Huskies are now 6-5 in those games.GOAL LINEThis was the second time this season the Huskies have been stuffed at the goal line in the fourth quarter. They lost to Navy 28-24 earlier this year when Ron Johnsons second-down run with 16 seconds left was stopped and UConn could not get off another play.UP NEXTSYRACUSE: The Orange close out their non-conference schedule next Saturday at noon when they play Notre Dame at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.UCONN: The Huskies return to conference play with a visit to Houston on Thursday night. The Huskies handed the Cougars their only loss last season, a 20-17 upset in East Hartford. 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