Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Indians continue to find
ways to lose.
Tsuyoshi Nishioka drove in the go-ahead run during a three-run ninth inning,
as the Minnesota Twins sent the Indians to their 11th consecutive loss on
Tuesday with a 7-5 win at Progressive Field.
One outing removed from blowing a three-run, ninth-inning lead in Detroit on
Sunday, Chris Perez (0-4) coughed it up again as the Tribe tied their longest
losing streak since dropping 11 straight from September 13-24, 2009.
Josh Willingham got the rally started with a one-out single and pinch-runner
Darin Mastroianni swiped second before scoring the tying run on a grounder to
first by Justin Morneau that kicked off the first base bag and into short
right field.
Ryan Doumit then ripped a ball into the right-center field gap for a double
and Nishioka trotted home with the go-ahead score on a sacrifice fly. Brian
Dozier followed with a single to bring home Doumit.
Tyler Robertson (1-0) earned his first major league win with two scoreless
innings and Glen Perkins nailed down his fourth save of the year with a
perfect ninth inning for the Twins, who have won five of their last six games.
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