Indians pound out 14 hits, Quantrill cruises past Twins 12-3

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cal Quantrill gave Cleveland another strong start, and Oscar Mercado, Bobby Bradley and Franmil Reyes homered to help ignite a lagging Indians lineup in a 12-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.

José Ramírez and Myles Straw each had three of Cleveland's 14 hits, and Mercado and Bradley each drove in three runs. Ramírez had two RBIs to reach 90 for the season for the Indians, who crossed home plate twice their total in their previous five games combined. They had 18 hits in that span.

Miguel Sanó had the only two hits for Minnesota against Quantrill (6-3), including a three-run homer in the seventh inning that followed two walks. The second one to Max Kepler came right after Bradley dropped a foul pop-up in a swirling wind above first base for an error, making all the runs against Quantrill unearned.

Sanó doubled in the second inning, before Quantrill retired 13 straight batters. He finished 6 2/3 innings with three walks and four strikeouts.

Quantrill, the son of former workhorse reliever and 14-year major league veteran Paul Quantrill, has given Cleveland’s rotation a big lift since sliding in from his bullpen role following the shoulder injury to reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber.

Over 12 turns since the All-Star break, Quantrill has gone 5-1 with a 1.79 ERA and allowed only 51 hits in 75 1/3 innings.

Twins starter Griffin Jax (3-4) was done in by a four-run fifth. Cleveland hung a five-run seventh on the bullpen in the club's final game in Minnesota as the Indians. They'll change their nickname to the Guardians for 2022.

The Twins won the season series 11-8.

CAPTAIN JAX

Jax failed to finish the fifth inning for the third time in his last five turns, though two of the five runs he allowed were unearned. In 69...

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