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MLB: Minnesota 6, Cleveland 4

CLEVELAND, June 6 (UPI) -- Drew Butera bunted in a run and scored on a wild pitch Monday and the Minnesota Twins registered a 6-4 victory over Cleveland, their fifth straight.

With the score tied 2-2, the Twins scored three times in the fifth to take control in the first of three games with the American League Central leaders.

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After Luke Hughes doubled and Matt Tolbert (two RBI) reached on a bunt single, Butera laid down another bunt on a squeeze play that scored Hughes from third.

After Ben Revere singled, Tolbert scored on Alexi Casilla's double-play grounder as Butera went to third, then came home when Indians starter Josh Tomlin (7-3) uncorked a wild pitch.

Scott Baker (3-4) earned his first win in a month, holding Cleveland to four runs (three earned) on nine hits over seven innings, and Matt Capps notched his eighth save with a scoreless ninth.

Tomlin was lit up for six runs on nine hits in a six-inning start as the struggling Indians lost for the seventh time in nine games.

Asdrubal Cabrera went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and Michael Brantley added a solo shot for Cleveland.

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