Cleveland 7, Twins 4: Nope. - Twinkie Town
Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images Minnesota batters hit a lot of ground balls. Cleveland batters did not, and they won. In the first, the Twins actually led the ballgame, stringing together a miniature two-out rally. Byron Buxton chopped an infield single to short before Nelson Cruz whomped a stand-up triple down the right field line. . (I’m placing a paragraph break here so you all can appreciate that Nelson Cruz hit a stand-up triple.) . Alex Kirilloff then singled off the left field wall to score Cruz, but made the mistake of running on Eddie Rosario and was thrown out at second.