Cleveland’s James Karinchak cracked for the first time this season in the tenth inning against the Minnesota Twins. He allowed a three-run home run to Kyle Garlick before recording an out. As a result, Hansel Robles earned a blown save and a Minnesota win with the 8-5 result.
Both teams hit momentum-shifting home runs; they also each managed to retaliate. Sometimes the team that strikes first wins, but today, maybe the team that got tired first lost.
Minnesota did almost of their damage with two swings of the bat. A three-run shot in the fourth and the final blow in the tenth provided six runs; the other two came via single and groundout in the fourth.