Twins Use Pitching, Power to Beat Cleveland

Tommy Milone returned from the disabled list and pitched five innings, Kurt Suzuki had two key RBIs and the Minnesota Twins beat Carlos Carrasco and the Cleveland Indians 4-1 on Sunday afternoon.

Kluber (8-12) gave up just a solo home run to Joe Mauer and struck out seven in his fourth complete game of the season as the Twins dropped their second consecutive home game.

“My curveball has been my go-to since I’ve been pitching”, said Duffey, 24. “We were just mixing up offspeed (pitches) on a lot of different counts, keeping those guys off balance”. Tonkin has a 5.73 ERA in 16 games covering three stints with the Twins this season….

Milone began to use the curve ball more frequently as the game progressed, and Molitor said it’s a good sign to see that working after his brief hiatus. Mauer is hitting. 335 in 138 games against Cleveland after going 4-for-12 with a home run in three games last weekend, when the Indians took of three.3. In fact, Francisco Lindor’s double with one out in the sixth – right about the point where one starts to wonder about a no-no – was the Indians’ first and only hit off Duffey in the Twins’ 4-1 victory. In 23 starts this season, Hughes has allowed 28 home runs and 172 hits, the highest respectively among all American League pitchers.

Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Phil Hughes walks off the field…

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) -Jason Day led wire-to-wire Sunday at Whistling Straits to close out a record-setting PGA Championship and capture his first major title. The Indians’ chance for more runs was thwarted as Chisenhall was thrown out at the plate by Twins left-fielder Eddie Rosario to end the inning. 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.

I don’t expect a ton of scoring here so my free pick is the under. His WHIP as a starter is 1.37 while as a reliever it is 1.26. Tomlin missed the first three months of the season with an injury to the AC joint in his right shoulder.

Tyler Duffey recovered in a big way from his rough major-league debut, and earned another start in the process.

NOTES: Indians manager Terry Francona said OF Michael Brantley (shoulder) was scheduled to hit in the cage before Sunday’s game and might be available to pinch hit.