MINNEAPOLIS — 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.
It was the second straight walk-off win for the Twins, who have won eight of 11. Polanco had a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to beat Tampa Bay on Sunday. Minnesota last had consecutive walk-off wins Sept. 13-14, 2017.
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 and Luis Arraez had a pair of hits for Minnesota. Zimmer and Amed Rosario each had two hits for Cleveland.
Cal Quantrill survived an early scare to toss five innings for the Indians, allowing three earned runs on eight hits. He struck out four.
A first-inning line drive from Donaldson drilled Quantrill in the left wrist. After a visit from the trainer, the right-hander stayed in the game.
That came three batters after Kepler hit his second leadoff home run in three games, but Zimmer countered with a two-run blast to center in the second. Polanco slid headfirst into home to score from first on a single to right-center in the third to tie the game.
Minnesota starter Griffin Jax gave up seven hits and four runs — two earned — in six innings. The Twins committed four errors behind him.
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