A couple things from from the doubleheader loss in Cleveland:

GIBSON KNOCKED DOWN BUT NOT OUT: Kyle Gibson fell to 11-11 with thud, giving up seven runs over three innings during the Twins' 8-2 loss to Cleveland. Gibson has toyed with fans' emotions this season, looking fantastic at times but horrible at others. On Thursday, he just couldn't make the mechanical adjustments needed to get the ball inside. He ended up putting too many pitches in hittable spots of the strike zone. ``When you have this many lefties (in Cleveland's lineup) you have to speed them up," he said. ``and to make the offspeed effective you have to be able to locate in, and i didn't do that at all today." He seems to understand what he needs to do to be successful, but his execution is not there all the time. But it's not time to give up on Gibson, who is in his first full season in the majors. However, next year will be huge for him. He's got to take a couple steps forward and become the No. 2 or 3 starter the Twins need him to be. He has the stuff to win on this level.

LEWIS THORPE UPDATE: Lewis Thorpe is an 18-year old lefthander the Twins signed out of Australia two years ago who filled out and watched his fastball jump to the low-90's with good, hard sink. He joined Class A Cedar Rapids during the season and went 3-2, 3.52 in 16 starts. He was warming up for a postseason appearance when he felt something in his elbow. He was in the Twin Cities today for a examination and has been diagnosed with a strained ulnar collateral ligament. Brad Steil, the Twins director of minor league operations, said Thorpe will try rehabilitation for an undetermined amount of time. ``We'll see how it goes," he said.