The Indians bat’s went silent for most of the game on Saturday in Minnesota as they fell to the Twins 4-1.
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The Lynx swept the Mystics in two games last season. “We were just mixing up offspeed (pitches) on a lot of different counts, keeping those guys off balance”. The Twins topped Cleveland 4-1 today behind some solid pitching and timely hitting, and leave Target Field with a 4-2 record in this home stretch.
“I was trying to do whatever it takes to get on base”, Lindor said. Tonkin has a 5.73 ERA in 16 games covering three stints with the Twins this season…. My stronger pick is on the winning team and I will post that in the Premium Area as well as on the App.
Roberto Perez drove in Cleveland’s run with long, two-out single in the ninth off Perkins. Indians rookie SS Francisco Lindor went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in Cleveland’s 8-6 loss Thursday and is 14-for-31 with 10 runs and four RBIs during an eight-game hitting streak.2.
In 23 starts this season, Hughes is 10-8 with a 4.49 earned run average, while allowing 28 home runs in 144 1/3 innings pitched.
Sunday was Milone’s first start since July 31.
Urshela followed Almonte’s double with his fifth home run in the second off May.
Fellow rookie Eddie Rosario and Herrmann broke up a scoreless duel with back-to-back homers off Indians starter Josh Tomlin (0-1) to start the fifth. Against Minnesota right-hander J.R. Graham in the fourth, the Indians produced three straight two-out singles, the final one by Aviles, to make it 3-0. “I guess the odds were that he was going to run into one”. “I wish I could have come through there at the end with my last at-bat”. “I just gave us a chance to win”.
RHP Shawn Armstrong was optioned to Triple-A Columbus. Tomlin will be recalled to make Saturday’s start, his first major-league start since undergoing shoulder surgery in April.
Tyler Duffey’s major league debut August 5 in Toronto was an abomination that lasted two innings. Brantley had an MRI, which showed no damage, and had an injection to help alleviate the pain.
Right-hander Phil Hughes will be put on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Monday, due to inflammation in his lower back.
“I’m not sure how he hit that ball”, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. Carrasco has pitched at least seven innings in each of his last four starts and has an ERA of 1.36, giving up five runs in 33 innings during that span.
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Austin Dillon, who was sent to the back at the beginning of the race because of an engine change, managed a fourth-place showing, and Kyle Busch took another step toward wrapping up a spot in the Chase with an 11th-place run in his backup vehicle.
