Jorge Polanco doubled with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning to score Max Kepler and give the Minnesota Twins a 5-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night.
Minnesota, which left the bases loaded in the ninth, had them loaded with no outs in the 10th. Rob Refsnyder hit a sharp ground ball to third baseman Jose Ramirez, who stepped on the bag and threw home to get Ryan Jeffers.
Polanco then lined a double down the right-field line off Nick Wittgren (2-6).
Caleb Thielbar (5-0), Minnesota’s fourth reliever, pitched a 1-2-3 final inning, including strikeouts of Franmil Reyes and Bradley Zimmer.
Kepler and Ryan Jeffers homered, and Josh Donaldson had three hits for Minnesota.
Bradley Zimmer and Amed Rosario each had two hits for Cleveland. Zimmer had a two run home run. The Indians were outhit 14-8.
“Just didn’t get a big hit, that sometimes you do and sometimes you don’t” interim manager DeMarlo Hale said.
Cal Quantrill survived an early scare to battle through five innings for the Indians, allowing three earned runs on eight hits. He struck out four.
“That’s the worst I’ve felt in a couple of months now, but that’s part of the game. You’re not going to have your ‘A’ game every day,” said Quantrill, who’d allowed two earned runs and 10 hits over 19 innings in three previous August starts.