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- Updated: August 4, 2016
CLEVELAND — Coupled with a quartet of homers, Mike Clevinger did just enough to snap the Indians’ starting pitching slump as Cleveland captured the series with a 9-2 victory over the Twins in the finale on Thursday. With the win, the Indians snap a three-game skid and remain the only team in baseball without a losing streak of more than three games this season.
Minnesota left-hander Hector Santiago took the loss in his debut with his new team, allowing four runs on five hits. Two of those hits were home runs from Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santana. Kipnis hit a solo shot to right-center in the first, which marked his career-high 18th homer of the season.
Santana hit what turned out to be the decisive three-run blast to left in the third. Francisco Lindor crushed a two-run homer in the seventh to break the game open, and Jose Ramirez launched a solo shot in the eighth to round out the Cleveland infield slugfest.
Clevinger rejoined the rotation on Thursday due to an injury to Danny Salazar, and the rookie hurler tossed 4 1/3 innings of two-run ball. He was the only Tribe starter to complete four innings in the four-game set with the Twins after Salazar, Carlos Carrasco …
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