Carlos Santana crushes a two-run homer off the facing of the second deck against Reds lefty Justin Wilson. Twins give their bullpen some breathing room with a 6-2 lead in the seventh inning.

Have a day, Brooks Lee. A bases-clearing, three-run triple in the seventh inning. Right fielder Jake Fraley slipped chasing after the ball. Twins take a 9-2 lead.

Brooks Lee hit a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning and added a three-run triple in the seventh as the #MNTwins beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Bobby Nightengale has the story: startribune.com/minnesota-twin…

startribune.com/minnesota-twin… Twins news and notes: -Why Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton were out of the lineup. -Rocco Baldelli says he won’t let Louie Varland’s bad outing Saturday sway him. -Trevor Larnach is battling a sore hamstring. -Justin Topa update.

startribune.com/minnesota-twin… Brooks Lee picked a good time to have the best game of his big-league career and he credited a pregame chat with Jose Miranda. “I feel like I need to be focused, but not put so much pressure on myself at the same time.”

Twins have claimed Orioles LHP Cole Irvin, 30, off waivers. Had three straight scoreless starts in April & May, but has been in bullpen since July. 4.86 ERA, 76 Ks in 107 IP. RHP Randy Dobnak DFA’d to clear space on 40-man, Twins will make active-roster move when Irvin reports.

New podcast: Can #Tigers catch Twins in American League wild-card race? - Twins beat writer Bobby Nightengale (Bobby Nightengale) checks in from Minneapolis. - What has stood out the most in the last 32 games? - Keider Montero, Brant Hurter. - Riley Greene. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/day…

Derek Falvey on waiver claim Cole Irvin: “He could be your prototypical swingman who can pitch out of the bullpen. We don’t have a lefthanded starter in the mix right now either. He just adds another guy that we think can help.” More via Phil Miller: startribune.com/twins-cole-irv…

Twins option RHP Jorge Alcala to St Paul in order to make room for Cole Irvin.

The #MNTwins lost to the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 after Kyle Manzado hit a go-ahead two-run homer off reliever Griffin Jax in the eighth inning Monday night. Phil Miller's game story: startribune.com/minnesota-twin…

Good insight from Phil Miller on Jorge Alcala’s demotion and why Max Kepler’s return is delayed: startribune.com/twins-choice-t…

Loss column in the AL Central: Guardians - 65. Royals (#2 wild card) - 70. Twins (#3 wild card) - 71. Tigers - 73. Twins hold tiebreakers over Royals and Tigers.

Bad news for LHP Brandon Williamson, a Minnesota native. He had family visit Target Field last weekend when the Reds played the Twins.

Tigers win again. The Twins have a half-game lead (1.5 games with tiebreaker) over Detroit for the last wild card with 10 games left. Royals (#2 wild card) have 71 losses. Twins (#3 wild card) have 72 losses. Tigers have 73 losses.

The Detroit Tigers were 55-63 at the end of play on August 10. They are now 80-73 and a half-game out of a playoff spot. The only MLB team ever to make the playoffs in a non-shortened season after being 8+ games under .500 in August or later was the Mets in 1973.

Twins lose in 10 innings to the Guardians, drop three of four games in Cleveland. AL wild card standings with 9 games left: Orioles: 85-68. Royals: 82-71. Twins: 80-73. Tigers: 80-73.

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