Cleveland Indians Lonnie Chisenhall, right, is tagged out by Minnesota Twins catcher Kurt Suzuki as he tried to score on a hit by Mike Aviles in the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, August 14, 2015, in Minneapolis. Shortstop Francisco Lindor also had three hits.Chisenhall, Aviles and Lindor each had RBIs in the crucial sixth inning, which helped Cleveland turn a two-run lead into a 6-1 game.Cleveland took advantage of a misplay in the second inning by the Twins’ Aaron Hicks, turning what should have been a flyout to center field into a triple by Indians center fielder Abraham Almonte. Tonkin has a 5.73 ERA in 16 games covering three stints with the Twins this season…. “It all comes down to just executing pitches”. Tomlin was 1-2 with a 3.42 ERA during six rehab appearances and then made one Triple-A start with Columbus and gave up six runs in six innings after being activated from the disabled list. Kluber said his approach was very similar to his start versus the Twins in Cleveland on Sunday. Sometimes outfield assists are a product of teams being willing to take every gamble against an outfielder, but in Rosario’s case, I would think teams will start to realize that even if he doesn’t have top-of-the-charts arm strength, his throws are incredibly accurate.
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Trevor May (8-8) gave up two runs on five hits in three innings in his first start for Minnesota since moving to the bullpen in early June. Third baseman Giovanny Urhsela had two hits and knocked in two runs. I think he’s figured out what works for him. Five players had multi-hit nights for the Indians. “Hopefully I’ll put a good one together”, Duffey said. “I was thinking maybe we were better off cutting the ball and ending the inning with the out at second”.
Joe Mauer is 6 for 13 versus Tomlin and Plouffe is 3 for 8 with a homer.
“Might have just been the wrong pitch”, May said of Urshela’s homer. “Tonight when he threw the guy out at home I really didn’t think he had much of a shot”.
He’ll catch a break since Cleveland All-Star Michael Brantley is expected to miss a second straight game with a sore left shoulder. The right-hander lasted just two innings in his major-league debut against Toronto on August 5, allowing six runs. Brantley had an MRI, which showed no damage, and had an injection to help alleviate the pain.
Twins: RHP Blaine Boyer was placed on the disabled list early Friday with right elbow inflammation.
Dozier told manager Paul Molitor that he didn’t want the day off, but Molitor said he insisted that there would be times in the second half he’ll need to back off Dozier, who plays just about every day.
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Tomlin figures to have the edge against unheralded Tyler Duffey on Saturday night when the Indians look to defeat the Twins for the fourth straight meeting.
