Jorge Polanco hit a sacrifice fly and Donovan Solano added a three-run triple in Minnesota's five-run eighth inning as the Twins pushed their lead in the AL Central to seven games over second-place Cleveland with an 8-3 win over the Guardians on Tuesday night.
Polanco hit a shot deep enough to right off Trevor Stephan to score pinch-runner Joey Gallo and break a 3-3 tie. Later in the inning, Solano's liner to center skipped past outfielder Myles Straw and rolled to the wall, clearing the bases.
More importantly, they probably put away the defending division champion Guardians with just 23 games left. Stephan's wild pitch made it 5-3, and the right-hander walked two and hit a batter to set up Solano's knockout blow.Griffin Jax struck out two in one inning after coming on for starter Sonny Gray. Caleb Thielbar worked the eighth and Emilio Pagán finished up for Minnesota.
The Guardians got a solid outing from rookie Tanner Bibee, who held the Twins to two runs and four hits in five innings one night after Minnesota unloaded on Lucas Giolito — nine runs, three innings — in his Cleveland debut.Lewis connected for his third slam in eight games Monday, becoming the first rookie and fourth player to hit three in a span of eight games or less. The others: Jim Northrup , Lou Gehrig and Larry Parrish .
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