"Francisco Liriano had his best start of the spring Friday night, holding the Orioles to one run over five innings in the Twins' 3-2 victory at Ed Smith Stadium.

Liriano had one walk and seven strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 5.59.

"He overanalyzes a little bit; he wants to be perfect, but that was really good," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "The ball, he gets on top of it like he did tonight, at times he's unhittable, and he was tonight at times."

Holding his hands about 2 feet apart, Gardenhire added, "They were missing the ball by this far.""