The Indians overcame a couple of base running mistakes and the shortest outing of Josh Tomlin’s career to beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 Tuesday night.
Trailing 4-1 early, Rajai Davis ripped a three-run home run in the second inning and Francisco Lindor provided the game-winning hit in the fourth, an RBI-double off the wall in left-center field.
The Indians’ bullpen, which threw four scoreless innings in Monday’s 1-0 win in extras, combined to throw 7 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball to hold the Twins at bay after Tomlin’s exit. It was highlighted by Dan Otero’s season-high 2 2/3 innings and Andrew Miller’s five-out save, capping an improbable win that early on looked to be trending toward a sizable loss.