Recent AAA performers get the Tribe to a 1-0 lead in the 3rd. Joe's pal Jose Ramirez's double plates Murphy who was moved up on Dickerson's walk and Roberto Perez' sacrifice. Trevor Bauer has walked two of the first 8 he's faced, but also fanned 4 and Perez nailed one of those walkers trying to steal.

Now we're even after 3.

Not anymore. Indians managed one more hit in innnigs 4--7. Twins scored two more runs including a solo homer by their own young not-ready-for-primetime prospect Arcia. So we have 2 innings to catch up and go ahead and we all know that Cleveland is the best team in the majors in run scoring from the 7th inning on.

Perez fans to start the 8th.
[im going to unavailable at any moment so you'll have to bring this one home without my assistance.]

The always dangerous Chris Dickerson walks.

Kipnis pops out.

Ramirez beats out an infield single and both runners advance on throwing error. 2nd and 3rd with 2 out for Brantley. LH Brian Duensing enters. Isn't the guy who was torched earlier in the series?

No, not him. He worked yesterday and fanned 3 of the 5 he faced and no one got aboard.

I'm still here. So is Brantley: ball one; swinging strike one; ball two. Pop up. 3 outs.

What a boring game today. The Tribe seemed very flat. Shut down by a reliever making a start.

Brantley hitting his first dead period.

Brantley is hitting 346/919 OPS in July. The dead period is his last three starts, where he's gone 0=11. That's not too serious, yet.

Should not lose 2 out of 3 to the bottom of the AL Central.....

Not when one of our two reliable starters with a solid but losing effort.

With Kluber and Bauer the only guys we can rely on, it's not possible to see this team arising much above .500.

Kluber retired 19 in a row before the perfect game was spoiled just now in the 7th inning. Indians have only two hits, though. No score at the end of 7.

My internet went wacky in the top of the 9th I see they got an unearned run. And we tied it up in the 9th.....I heard that...Gomes scored Santana.

Now its the tenth.....well the bottom of the 10th....I guess we didn't do anything in the top half.

I think we'll pull this one out.