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Morrison grounded into fielder's choice, pitcher Allen to shortstop Lindor to third baseman J.Ramírez, Forsythe out.

Grounded into fielder's choice, pitcher Allen to shortstop Lindor to third baseman J.Ramírez, Forsythe out.

Encarnacion hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cave, Lindor scored.

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Brantley grounded out, shortstop J.Polanco to first baseman Morrison, Gomes scored, Lindor to second.

Grounded out, shortstop J.Polanco to first baseman Morrison, Gomes scored, Lindor to second.

Lindor homered to right on the first pitch, Kipnis scored, Guyer scored.

Homered to right on the first pitch, Kipnis scored, Guyer scored.

Indians first.  Lindor doubled to center.  Brantley safe at first on fielding error by center fielder Cave, Lindor to third.  J.Ramírez popped out to third baseman Sanó.  Encarnacion hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cave, Lindor scored.  Brantley stole second.  Alonso lined out to right fielder Kepler.

Twins fourth.  Sanó doubled to left.  Kepler popped out to shortstop Lindor.  Forsythe doubled to left, Sanó scored.  Morrison grounded out, shortstop Lindor to first baseman Alonso, Forsythe to third.  Garver flied out to right fielder Cabrera.

Indians fifth.  Gomes singled to right.  Guyer hit an infield single to third, Gomes to second.  Lindor grounded into fielder's choice, second baseman Forsythe to shortstop J.Polanco, Gomes to third, Guyer out.  Brantley grounded out, shortstop J.Polanco to first baseman Morrison, Gomes scored, Lindor to second.  J.Ramírez was intentionally walked.  May pitching.  Encarnacion flied out to right fielder Kepler.

Twins ninth.  Allen pitching.  Sanó homered to right on a 2-1 count.  Kepler struck out.  Forsythe singled to left.  On Allen's wild pitch, Forsythe to second.  Morrison grounded into fielder's choice, pitcher Allen to shortstop Lindor to third baseman J.Ramírez, Forsythe out.  Garver walked.  Adrianza pinch-hitting for Field.  Adrianza struck out.

Indians ninth.  E.Rosario in as center fielder.  Adrianza in as left fielder.  Hildenberger pitching.  Davis struck out.  Kipnis singled to left.  Gomes flied out to right fielder Kepler.  Guyer singled to left, Kipnis to third.  Lindor homered to right on the first pitch, Kipnis scored, Guyer scored.

 Minnesota swept a three-game series from Kansas City over the weekend, recording exactly 11 hits in each game. As a team, the Twins batted .330 (33-for-100) in the series, their highest mark in any series this season.

 Cleveland took two of three against the Angels, and have won seven of 10 overall. The Indians are 5-7 against the Twins this season, with two series losses. Against the rest of the AL Central, Cleveland is 27-8 with only one series loss.

 Jose Ramirez hit his 33rd home run of the season in the first inning last night to tie J.D. Martinez for the AL and MLB lead. Ramirez is also tied for the AL lead in stolen bases with 26. The last player to lead the AL in both categories (outright or tie) in a season was Ty Cobb in 1909 (9 HR and 76 SB).

 Trevor Bauer is currently averaging 11.42 strikeouts per nine innings while limiting opponents to 0.41 home runs per nine innings. The last pitcher to average 11.0+ K/9 and less than 0.5 HR/9 over a full season was Pedro Martinez in his 1999 Cy Young season (among qualified pitchers -- 1 IP/team game).

 In three starts against Cleveland this season, Kyle Gibson has a 2.89 ERA and has limited hitters to a .156 average against. Gibson has limited opponents to a .581 OPS on the road this season, the third-lowest mark in the American League among qualified pitchers.

 Among players with at least 100 career plate appearances at Progressive Field, Eddie Rosario's .673 slugging percentage there ranks second all-time (Albert Belle - .681). Rosario is slashing .333/.404/.725 with six home runs, 11 RBI and 12 runs scored in 12 games against Cleveland in 2018.

HP - Additon, 1B - Johnson, 2B - Hudson, 3B - Gibson

CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis is grinding through the worst season of his career, but manager Terry Francona hasn't lost faith in his second baseman, who is expected to be in the starting lineup Wednesday night, when Cleveland hosts the Minnesota Twins in the third game of a four-game series at Progressive Field.
The two teams have split the first two games.

Odorizzi, Clevinger get nods for Twins, Indians

CLEVELAND (AP)  Francisco Lindor skipped down the third-base line, crossed home plate and suddenly couldn't breathe.
He wasn't alone.

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Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Guardians on August 8, 2018

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