Minnesota 5 at Cleveland 1 - Recap

CLEVELAND -- Tyler Duffey pitched seven scoreless innings and Jorge Polanco hit his first major league home run as the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 Sunday at Progressive Field.

Minnesota took two of three games in the weekend series, halting their eight-game losing streak with a win on Saturday, and adding another victory on Sunday.

In seven innings Duffey (1-2) threw 110 pitches and gave up six hits, all singles. He struck out six and walked one.

Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer (3-1) pitched well, but got no run support. Bauer pitched 6 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on five hits with two walks and a season-high eight strikeouts.

The Indians' only run came on a home run by Jason Kipnis, leading off the eighth inning, off reliever Trevor May

The Twins took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Byung Ho Park led off with a double to left field. Bauer retired the next two batters, but Eddie Rosario singled to right field scoring Park with the first run of the game. Juan Centeno followed with a double to center field to extend the Minnesota lead to 2-0.

Following Centeno's double, Bauer retired the next 12 batters he faced, and 14 of the next 15. However, that streak was halted with one out in the seventh inning when Polanco hammered a 2-2 pitch over the wall in center field to make it a 3-0 Twins lead.

It was the first home run of Polanco's major league career, marking the second consecutive day a Cleveland pitcher gave up the first career homer to a Twins hitter. On Saturday, Centeno hit his first major league homer off Corey Kluber.

The Twins scored two more runs in the ninth inning off reliever Jeff Manship. Park and Polanco singled and both scored on a triple by Rosario.

The Indians had some scoring opportunities against Duffey, but they failed to get the big hit. Duffey retired eight of the first nine batters he faced, but with two outs in the third inning, Carlos Santana singled and went to third on a two-out single by Kipnis. Duffey ended that threat by striking out Cleveland's No. 3 hitter, Francisco Lindor.

In the fourth inning Jose Ramirez singled and went to second on a two-out single by Tyler Naquin. But again Duffey was equal to the task. With runners at first and second and two outs, Duffey retired Chris Gimenez on a grounder second, ending the inning.

In the sixth inning Ramirez singled again, and stole second. But again Duffey got an out when he needed it, as Juan Uribe grounded out to end the inning.

May and Kevin Jepsen pitched the last two innings for the Twins.

NOTES: Indians OF Lonnie Chisenhall is expected to be activated off the bereavement list on Tuesday. ... INF Jose Ramirez has been a valuable utility player for Cleveland manager Terry Francona, starting games at third base and left field. Ramirez, playing left field and hitting fifth, went into Sunday's game hitting .306 overall and .700 (7-for-10) with two outs and runners in scoring position. ... The Twins traded RHP J.R. Graham to the Yankees for cash considerations. Graham was 1-1 with a 4.95 ERA in 39 appearances with the Twins last year. He was 0-2 with a 10.80 ERA in eight relief appearances at Triple-A Rochester this year.