GAME RECAP
IMPACT PLAYER
Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland
In his final tuneup for the playoffs, the rightander shut out the Twins for 8⅓ innings on six hits and one walk with a season-high 14 strikeouts. He has a career-high 226 strikeouts this season.
BY THE NUMBERS
3 Times the Indians won at least 100 games in a season — this is their first time since 1995, when they advanced to the World Series.
6 Games between the Twins and Indians decided by two or fewer runs this year, of the 19 they played.
5-5 The Twins' record on their final road trip of the year: 0-3 at New York, 4-0 at Detroit and 1-2 at Cleveland.
423 Distance in feet of Jay Bruce's home run in the eighth inning off Twins lefthander Nik Turley.
La VELLE E. NEAL III
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