Cleveland Beats The Twins On Friday Night

A wild pitch by Carrasco moved both runners into scoring position and Mauer scored on Dozier’s sacrifice fly to center field for a 1-0 lead.Cleveland clawed back in the fourth off Santana, getting a leadoff walk from Francisco Lindor to start the inning.

Some of that momentum was lost when the Twins dropped a 5-2 decision against Cleveland Friday night.

Mike Napoli had three hits, including his 19th home run and Carlos Carrasco pitched into the seventh inning.

After Dozier tied the score at 2-2 with a 406-foot home run to left field, the Indians retook the lead in the top of the sixth inning.

In his only appearance against the Twins this season, Bauer gave up three runs, five hits and two walks in 6 2/3 innings, taking the loss on May 15 at Progressive Field. Cody Allen pitched a ideal ninth for his 19th save in 21 chances. “That’s why we’re hitting him where we’re hitting him, because regardless of who’s pitching or what type, he puts the ball in play”, Francona said. Cleveland is 26-11 versus AL Central representatives while the Twins are just 6-21 versus their division rivals.3. “Four hits usually is not going to get you many wins”.

Minnesota Twins’ Joe Mauer hits a single during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians on Friday, July 15, 2016, in Minneapolis. Indians OF Michael Brantley had his rehab assignment moved from Class A Lake County to Double-A Akron on Friday.

Twins: Buxton (knee) returned to the lineup after missing most of the last three games before the break. Carrasco’s run total eclipsed the sum of his previous four outings (29 2/3 innings), during which he is 3-0. That raised his ERA from 3.02 to 3.30, which was still good for ninth-best in the AL at the break.

First pitch will take place at 6:35 p.m., the Twins say, when Tyler Duffey tries to extend his personal winning streak to four straight games. The Twins have been playing well but they are overmatched again here as Bauer should have no issues as he earns another win for the Tribe on the road. In his most recent outing on July 7 at Texas, Duffey threw six scoreless innings and struck out a season-high nine batters.