Game 18: Slowey stops Tribe
April 25, 2009
Minnesota @ Cleveland (Game 2 of 3)
Kevin Slowey was nearly flawless on the mound in Cleveland as he led the Twins to a 7-1 victory at Progressive Field. Slowey held the Indians to five hits while striking out seven and took a complete game shutout going into the ninth inning. Slowey returned to pitch the ninth inning but quickly gave up three hits before being taken out of the game. Luis Ayala came in and gave up one hit allowing one run to score before getting the three outs needed to end the game.
Jason Kubel led the Twins offense with two solo home runs, one off of Carl Pavano in the fifth and the other off of Masa Kobayashi in the ninth. Joe Crede followed Kubel and homered off of Kobayashi in the ninth to give the Twins back-to-back home runs. Delmon Young, who went 3-4, Justin Morneau, and Mike Redmond also had RBI singles and Denard Span knocked in a run on a sacrifice fly.
The win against the Indians brings the Twins back up to .500 and a half game out of first place in the AL Central.
Attendance: 23,186 (Progressive Field)
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