Published: Sunday, September 17, 2006
Twins top Tribe to lift playoff hopes
Carlos Silva's pitching and Mike Redmond's bats led Minnesota's 4-1 triumph.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Silva put Minnesota's playoff pursuit back in gear, pitching seven strong innings Saturday to out-duel C.C. Sabathia, and Mike Redmond had three RBIs in the Twins' 4-1 win over the Cleveland Indians.
Silva (10-13) allowed a run in the first inning before shutting out Cleveland on three hits over the next six as the Twins remained two games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers in the AL Central. Minnesota increased its lead in the AL wild-card race to three games over Chicago, which lost to Oakland 7-4.
The right-hander, who began the season 2-8, gave up five singles, struck out two and walked one.
Dennys Reyes and Juan Rincon worked through the eighth, and Joe Nathan closed out the combined six-hitter for his 33rd save in 35 attempts.
Redmond, getting a rare start as the Twins rested Joe Mauer, had a run-scoring groundout in the third, an RBI double in the fifth and he added an insurance run with a single in the ninth.
Hunter, Castillo aid win
Torii Hunter homered and Luis Castillo had three hits as the Twins won for the seventh time in nine games.
Sabathia (11-10) leads the majors with six complete games, but he lasted seven innings and dropped to 1-3 in four starts against the Twins this season. Sabathia allowed three runs and 10 hits.
Cleveland's starting lineup came in with a combined .429 career average against Silva, but the Indians rarely had the right-hander in trouble and he pitched his way out of the few troublesome spots.
MINNESOTA CLEVELAND
ab r h bi ab r h bi
LCstillo 2b 5 1 3 0 Szmore cf 4 1 2 0
Punto 3b 3 1 1 0 Mchels lf 4 0 1 0
Rdmnd c 4 0 3 3 VMrtnz c 3 0 1 1
Cddyer rf 5 0 3 0 Garko 1b 3 0 0 0
Mrneau 1b 5 0 0 0 Blake dh 4 0 1 0
THnter cf 4 1 1 1 Boone 3b 4 0 1 0
RoWhte lf 4 0 1 0 Inglett 2b 4 0 0 0
LFord lf 0 0 0 0 Gutirrz rf 3 0 0 0
Nevin dh 4 0 1 0 JhPlta ss 3 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0
Totals 38 4 14 4 Totals 32 1 6 1
Minnesota 001 110 001 — 4
Cleveland 100 000 000 — 1
E—JhPeralta (16). DP—Minnesota 1, Cleveland 2. LOB—Minnesota 10, Cleveland 6. 2B—Redmond (12). HR—THunter (26). S—Punto 2.
IP H R ER BB SO
Minnesota
CSilva W,10-13 7 5 1 1 1 2
DReyes 2-3 1 0 0 0 1
JRincon 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Nathan S,33 1 0 0 0 0 1
Cleveland
Sabathia L,11-10 7 10 3 3 1 3
Sikrski 1 1-3 4 1 1 0 2
Lara 2-3 0 0 0 0 0
HBP—by CSilva (Garko). Umpires—Home, Marvin Hudson; First, Jerry Layne; Second, Bob Davidson; Third, Mark Wegner. T—2:39. A—26,757.
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