Josh Tomlin making his season debut against Twins

Ten days after allowing six runs in two innings at Toronto, Duffey (1-1) took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning Saturday night, pitching the Minnesota Twins to a 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Milone will be activated to start Sunday. Milone did his job on a pitch count in his return to action, and getting through that fifth was critical.

Lindor’s gapper was the only ball hit to the outfield off Duffey, who got nine outs on the ground. “They can’t just look for fastball”. The second-round pick from Alabama was hurt in the first quarter and came to the sideline. Four Twins relievers held the Indians scoreless over the final four innings, capped by Glen Perkins working the ninth for his 31st save. Minnesota (59-58) climbed back above.

An Abraham Almonte sacrifice fly in the second inning gave the Indians a 1-0 lead. “Any time you get on the field is a blessing, especially to get a hit right out of the gate was great”, said Raburn, who missed several games after a death in the family. The Twins scored twice off Zach McAllister in the eighth.

Giovanny Urshela had two hits, including a two-run homer for Cleveland. A one-out double by Francisco Lindor in the sixth was the only hit Duffey (1-1) permitted before leaving at the end of the inning.

The bullpen threw four shutout innings to seal with win, MLB.com reports.

Assuming the Indians can keep up their total domination of the Twins that they have enjoyed recently; this could be the flawless spot for Tomlin to debut.

That was all the scoring Minnesota could muster against Carrasco (11-9), who struck out seven in seven innings. In 23 starts this season, Hughes has allowed 28 home runs and 172 hits, the highest respectively among all American League pitchers.

“He’s not going to be in the buzz saw of facing the Blue Jays in a hard environment”, Molitor said, adding: “We just hope that the results are better and he can be a little bit more composed and be himself”. “But to his credit, he kind of collected it and he stayed out there and gave up two”. You know what? We have some more games. “But it’s just good to be back here doing whatever I can do to help this team win”. The complete game was the seventh of Kluber’s career and fourth this season. In any case, he’s had a strong rookie season for the Twins and had one of the more exciting plays Sunday. I’m forever thankful and glad we have guys with cannons out there.

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