It's been a frustrating stretch for quite a while for me, but I think it's the right thing to do. Miller compared his soreness to what he experiences in spring training. It's the third stint on the DL this season for Miller, who has been limited to just 27 games. Before the game, the team placed left-hander Andrew Miller on the disabled list with shoulder soreness. ''But I wouldn't mind accomplishing that.''Īllen's latest outing wasn't the only issue with Cleveland's bullpen. ''It's not going to save your season by beating the Indians 10 of 19 ,'' manager Paul Molitor said.
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With a win Thursday, Minnesota can take the season series from Cleveland - a consolation prize against a team the Twins have chased all season. Trevor May (3-0) picked up the win and Trevor Hildenberger worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifth save as the Twins improved to 9-9 against the AL Central leaders. And for me personally, that's just how it is right now.'' ''We've seen this year, myself and our bullpen at times as a whole, that third out can be kind of elusive. Was able to get two quick outs and I just couldn't get that third out. Didn't make any good pitches that whole inning. ''Even the first two guys, quality pitches weren't great. Allen came in earlier than usual to protect a one-run lead in the seventh and got two quick outs before walking Logan Forsythe.Įddie Rosario singled and Allen gave up a four-pitch walk to Miguel Sano, drawing boos from Indians fans before Grossman ripped his two-run single through the right side. Twins rookie Willians Astudillo hit his first career homer in the third.Īs Allen looks to find his command, Francona is looking for other places to use him than in the ninth. Mauer doubled and scored on Eddie Rosario's double in the fifth to join Hall of Famers Kirby Puckett (1,071) and Harmon Killebrew (1,047). Minnesota's Joe Mauer became the third player in club history to score 1,000 career runs. He'll work and for us to get to where we want to go we need him real bad, so we'll work with him.'' ''I'm sure it's not at an all-time high,'' Indians manager Terry Francona said. Last Friday, he blew a save and the game by giving up consecutive homers in the ninth inning at Kansas City. In his last five appearances, Allen has allowed six runs in four innings.
Cleveland's struggling closer gave up a two-out, two-run single to Robbie Grossman in the seventh inning as the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 4-3 over the Indians on Wednesday night.ĭown 3-2, the Twins came back against Allen (4-6), the Indians' career saves leader who has not been himself of late.
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