Twins, Diamond Beat Blue Jays 4-3

The Twins downed Toronto 4-3 Sunday afternoon at Target Field.  Scott Diamond threw 7 shutout innings with 5 hits allowed, no walks and had 4 strikeouts to get the win and improve to 2-0.  Diamond has thrown 14 shutout innings since he's been called up from triple-A.  Jared Burton struggled for the Twins allowing 3 earned runs in 1/3 of an inning.  Glen Perkins recorded the final 2 outs of the 8th inning.  Matt Capps threw a scoreless 9th inning to grab his 7th save.

Brian Dozier had 2 hits including his first major league homerun and Ryan Doumit had 2 hits and 2 RBIs for Minnesota.

The Twins are 10-24 and will host Cleveland beginning a 2-game series Monday night at 7:10, pregame on WJON at 6:40.  Righthander Carl Pavano (2-3) gets the start on the  mound for the Twins and righthander Jeanmar Gomez (2-2) toes the rubber for the Indians.