Twins 6, Indians 4
Scott Baker overcame a shaky first inning and the Minnesota Twins extended their season-high winning streak to five games with a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.
The Indians have lost a season-high five in a row and seven straight at Progressive Field, where they won 14 in a row earlier in the season.
Baker (3-4) allowed four runs in seven-plus innings. He was removed after the first two hitters in the eighth reached base.
Matt Capps pitched the ninth for his eighth save.
Baker was behind after two batters. He gave up a double to Michael Brantley and a two-run homer to Asdrubal Cabrera, but kept Cleveland (33-25) in check after that. Brantley hit a solo homer in the fifth, but the Twins had scored five times by that point.
Minnesota (22-37) tied the game in the second on Matt Tolbert's two-run single against Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin. The Twins took the lead with a three-run fifth. Drew Butera's bunt single scored the go-ahead run. The other runs scored on Alexi Casilla's double-play ground ball and Josh Tomlin's wild pitch.
Delmon Young added an RBI double in the sixth.
Tomlin (7-3) allowed six runs and six hits in six innings.