Twins hope they’ve found road to road success

CLEVELAND — The Twins entered Saturday with just two road wins on the season and had yet to win a road series in six tries.

But with their win on Saturday, coupled with their 5-1 victory over the Indians on Sunday, the Twins doubled their road win total and picked up their first road series victory of the season.

Tyler Duffey tossed seven scoreless innings to lead the way, Jorge Polanco hit his first Major League homer and Minnesota improved to 4-2 against Cleveland — although it is 6-24 against everybody else.

“It was nice to come back after a much-needed win yesterday and put together a good game,” manager Paul Molitor said. “You can usually dictate your chance of winning based on how your starting pitcher does, and Tyler put up seven zeros. That was a big difference in the game.”

Duffey, who was the club’s best starter down the stretch last season as a rookie, has again been impressive, having improved to 1-2 with a 1.85 ERA in four starts. He scattered six hits and a walk while striking out six.

Duffey noted that Saturday’s …

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