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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 7, Minnesota 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 20, 2014
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Manny Gonzalez, 2B - Jim Reynolds, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 28316

Indians 7, Twins 3:
Yan Gomes went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs as visiting Cleveland remained in the race for a playoff berth.

Mike Aviles drove in a pair of runs and Michael Bourn added an RBI for the Indians, who climbed within 3 1/2 games of Kansas City for the second American League wild-card spot. T.J. House (4-3) posted his third straight victory, allowing two runs and six hits over five innings to improve to 3-0 lifetime against Minnesota, and Marc Rzepczynski notched the final four outs - three by strikeout - for his first save of the year.

Brian Dozier doubled, homered and scored two runs for the Twins, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. Jordan Schafer and Kennys Vargas each recorded an RBI while Trevor May (3-5) was tagged for seven runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 frames.

Cleveland jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning as Aviles delivered a two-out, two-run triple and scored on Bourn's infield single. Minnesota got back a run in the bottom half, loading the bases with no outs before settling for only an RBI fielder's choice by Schafer.

Gomes restored the three-run advantage with a run-scoring single in the third, but Vargas plated a run with a groundout in the bottom of the inning to keep the Twins within two. Gomes put more distance between the division rivals in the fifth with a two-out, three-run blast that ended May's evening.

GAME NOTEBOOK: House retired nine straight batters after Dozier led off the third with a double, striking out the side in the fifth. RHP Zach McAllister relieved House after Minnesota opened the sixth with a pair of singles and also fanned three straight. ... Dozier opened the eighth inning with his career-high 21st blast of the season. ... Cleveland LF Michael Brantley extended his hitting streak to 11 games by registering his eighth multi-hit performance during the run.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Minnesota
T.J. House Player Trevor May
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 4.2
5 Strikeouts 3
6 Hits 8
3.60 ERA 13.50
Hitting
Cleveland   Minnesota
Yan Gomes Player Brian Dozier
3 Hits 3
4 RBI 1
1 HR 1
6 TB 7
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 10 1 17 .278 14 5 7 4 0 0
Minnesota 10 1 14 .278 22 14 3 1 0 0