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Twins hoping to ‘dig deep,’ snap early skid
- Updated: May 14, 2016
CLEVELAND — Powered by a season-high four homers that went a combined 1,722 feet, the Twins appeared primed to snap their seven-game losing streak and pick up their third road win of the year.
Alas, the Twins let another one get away, as Trevor May couldn’t hold a one-run lead in the eighth, giving up three runs. The Twins got a run back in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single from Eduardo Nunez, and had two runners on base, only for Byung Ho Park — who homered twice — to strike out swinging and end the game in a 7-6 loss to the Indians that extended Minnesota’s losing streak to eight games.
“A lot of drama at the end with Nunez getting a big hit for us, and I thought we had a chance to add on there, but we didn’t and it was costly,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “Trevor couldn’t execute his pitches there, and the walk to [Jose] Ramirez really hurt. They capitalized with the big double to center [from Marlon Byrd] and another two-strike knock [from Juan Uribe]. We gave it a go in the ninth, which was good to see, …
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