CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians were flabbergasted after their 11th consecutive defeat Tuesday night, tired of all the cruel and unusual ways they're finding to lose.
Meanwhile, the Twins preferred to focus on all the creative ways they're finding to win. They even got Tsuyoshi Nishioka in on the fun this time.
For the third time in five games, the Twins pulled off a big comeback, defeating the beleaguered Indians 7-5 at Progressive Field.
"It appears we're scoring enough to win," Cleveland manager Manny Acta said. "But our two biggest strengths -- our defense and bullpen -- betrayed us."
The Twins trailed 5-1 in the seventh inning, when Cleveland made two errors, leading to three unearned runs.
Clinging to a one-run lead in the ninth, Acta turned to closer Chris Perez, who'd blown a three-run, 10th-inning lead in Sunday's 10-8 loss at Detroit.
Josh Willingham hit a one-out single off Perez, and then pinch runner Darin Mastroianni stole second base. Justin Morneau followed with a spinning grounder down the line, and first baseman Casey Kotchman misplayed it for yet another error, as Mastroianni scored the tying run.
An announced crowd of 14,813 unleashed some loud boos, and Ryan Doumit quickly made things worse for them, lining a double into the right-center gap to put runners at second and third.