Postgame: Indians ran on Tonkin, just as Molitor warned

Three leftovers from the Twins' third one-hit night of the season:

— Twins manager Paul Molitor was surprised by Michael Tonkin's night. He said before the game that one thing he emphasized to the righthanded reliever, when he was sent to the minors in June, was that he needs to focus on holding runners better, limiting the running game.

When he entered the game in the sixth, however, that message hadn't seemed to sink in, and Molitor sounded a little mystified.

"Yu wouldn't think a guy would be nervous, with as much experience as he has up here. But bang, bang, he misses his spot [and gives up a double to Mike Aviles on his first pitch], and then comes back and doesn't check the runner on a guy we know likes to steal third," Molitor said. Sure enough, Aviles ran on the very next pitch, and was easily safe at third. Two batters later, Francisco Lindor singled Aviles home — then stole second base, too. That's four bases stolen on Tonkin in 12 innings this season.

"Those are things we're hoping you go down there and work on," Molitor said. "Tonight, we got the converse result."

— Even Eddie Rosario didn't think he could throw out Lonnie Chisenhall when he had to range so far into the left-field corner to catch Jose Ramirez' fly ball in the second inning.

"This play, I think I don't get an out. Too far," the rookie said. "I was surprised. Out?" he said, shrugging his shoulders and laughing.

"He's making people aware if you're going to run on him, you're in a little bit of peril there," Molitor said. "I didn't think he had much of a shot [to get Chisenhall]. I was thinking maybe we were better off cutting the ball. But he got behind it, and made an accurate throw. Chances were slim, but somehow he made the play."

Rosario threw out Lindor in the ninth inning, picking up a ground ball and hustling it into second base, where Lindor was trying to stretch a single.

That's 10 this season, eight of them in left field, where only Yoenis Cespedes has more assists. Rosario ranks fifth among all outfielders in the AL, behind only Detroit's J.D. Martinez and Texas' Leonys Martin, who have 13 apiece, and Tampa Bay's Kevin Kiermaier and Chicago's Avasail Garcia, who have 12.

— Trevor May seemed a little underwhelmed with his night, and I don't blame him — it's hard for a starting pitcher to take much pride in a three-inning start, even when it's only because of a pitch limit. May gave up five hits and two runs in three innings, using 49 pitches, and said all was fine. It just sounded like he would have liked to have a greater effect on the game.

"I felt good. There was no physical problem. I didn't feel much different than I did my last start," said May, who had made 13 relief appearances since that July 1 start. The home run he allowed to Giovanny Urshela in the second inning was a change, and not really a terrible one. "It was down," he said. "Might have just been the wrong pitch."