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The Twins downed Cleveland 14-3 Monday night to extend the Indians losing streak to 10 games. Minnesota scored 10 runs in the 2nd inning. Justin Morneau was 3-5 with 2 homeruns and 4 RBIs, Ryan Doumit went 2-4 with a homerun and 3 RBIs, Joe Mauer was 3-5 with 3 RBIs and Josh Willingham hit his 29th homerun of the year.

The Twins lost 6-4 in Boston to the Red Sox Sunday afternoon. Minnesota was going for the sweep in the 4-game series and settles for winning 3 of 4. Nick Blackburn allowed 9 hits and 4 earned runs in 5 innings to take the loss for Minnesota. Franklin Morales allowed 3 hits and 1 earned run in 6 innings to get the win for Boston. Ryan Doumit hit a 2-run homerun and Josh Willingham hit a solo homerun for the Twins. Ben Revere was 1-3 with 1 RBI to extend his hitting streak to 19 games.

The Twins traded third baseman Danny Valencia to the Boston Red Sox for minor league outfielder Jeremias Pineda. Valencia was hitting just .198 with 2 homeruns and 17 RBIs for the Twins this season. He was assigned to triple-A Pawtuckett for the Red Sox.

Joe Mauer hit a 3-run homerun in the 9th inning off Boston closer Alfredo Aceves to lift the Twins to a 6-4 win over the Red Sox Saturday night. Minnesota score 4 runs off Aceves in the 9th inning. Ben Revere was 3-5 with a run scored and Jamie Carroll was 2-4 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI for the Twins. Cole DeVries threw 7 innings with 4 hits and 2 earned runs allowed. Alex Burnett earned the win in relief and Jared Burton threw a scoreless 9th inning for the save.

The Twins blanked Boston 5-0 behind a solid performance by Sam Deduno. Deduno threw 6 shutout innings with 2 hits and 4 walks allowed to get the win and improve to 3-0. Glen Perkins threw 2 scoreless inning of relief to get the save, his 6th. Brian Dozier went 3-4 with a 2-run homerun and 2 runs scored and Justin Morneau went 2-4 with a run scored and Ryan Doumit went 1-3 with 1 RBI.

The White Sox down the Twins 3-2 Wednesday afternoon at Target Field. Alejandro De Aza had a infield single in the 8th inning scoring the go-ahead run. Scott Diamond allowed 8 hits and 3 earned runs in 7 1/3 innings to take the loss and drop to 9-5. Ben Revere went 2-4 to extend his hitting streak to 15 games and Danny Valencia hit a solo homerun for Minnesota.

The Twins lost 4-3 at home to the Chicago White Sox Tuesday night. A.J. Pierzynski hit a 2-run homerun off Jeff Gray in the 9th inning to break a 2-all tie. Denard Span went 4-5 with a RBI single in the 9th inning for the Twins. Danny Valencia was 1-4 with 1 RBI. Nick Blackburn allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs in 8 innings for the Twins.

The Twins defeated the White Sox 7-6 Monday night on a Jamey Carroll's walk-off sacrifice fly scoring Alexi Casilla from 3rd base. Danny Valencia went 2-3 with 2 RBIs, Josh Willingham was 2-3 with a run scored and 1 RBI and Denard Span was 2-3 with a run scored. Span also added 2 great catches in centerfield. Glen Perkins threw a scoreless 9th inning to get the win. He is 2-1.

The Twins completed a 3-game sweep of Cleveland at Target Field 5-1 Sunday afternoon. Brian Duensing replaced Francisco Liriano in the rotation and threw 6 innings with 5 hits and 1 earned run allowed to get the win. Justin Morneau was 3-4 with a 2-run homerun, Ben Revere went 2-4 with 2 RBIs and Brian Dozier was 2-4.

The Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians 12-5 at home Saturday night after beating Cleveland 11-0 Friday night. Alexi Casilla was 2-4 with 4 RBIs, Ben Revere was 3-5 with 2 RBIs and Josh Willingham hit a 2-run homerun, his 27th. Sam Deduno allowed 5 walks, 2 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings to get the win. He had 6 strikeots and is now 2-0 this season.