CLEVELAND Emotional Sabathia keys Tribe past Twins

The father-to-be won his 13th game as Cleveland won 4-3.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- C.C. Sabathia didn't hide his emotions and didn't want to. He may be about to become a first-time father, but he's got no love for these Twins.
Sabathia, pitching with more on his mind than baseball, matched his win total of last season and Jhonny Peralta hit a three-run homer to lead the Cleveland Indians over Minnesota 4-3 Friday night.
The Twins are trying to repeat as AL Central champions, but not if Sabathia can help it.
"Anybody but Minnesota," he said. "I got friends over in that locker room, but we battle on the field."
Sabathia (13-8) allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 in innings. The left-hander took the mound while his wife, Amber, awaited the birth of the couple's first child. She was due on Wednesday.
Also, Sabathia's father has been ill, causing the 23-year-old to leave the Indians to be with him. Yet despite the distractions, Sabathia was locked in on the Twins, whose only runs off him came on Torii Hunter's homer in the fourth.
On his walk back to the dugout after being replaced in the seventh, Sabathia pointed to his father, C.C., who has improved enough to travel to Cleveland.
"My emotions were really high tonight," he said. "We got a baby on the way and my dad's doing better. So things are OK right now."
Not enough
Hunter also saved two runs, robbing Casey Blake of a two-run homer in the seventh with a leaping catch against the wall in deep center
Minnesota, coming off two big wins against the White Sox, failed to hold a two-run lead and remained tied with Chicago for first place in the AL Central. The White Sox lost 7-4 in Boston.
"The series in Chicago was intense. I guess some guys came to Cleveland and relaxed," Hunter said. "You can't relax against them. They've got a good club. They want to kick some butt. Can't you tell?"
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire agreed with Hunter's assessment that his team was flat.
"It's a disappointing loss," he said. "We didn't execute well fundamentally. We made some mistakes pitching."
Peralta's fourth homer in the fifth gave the Indians a 3-2 lead off Kenny Rogers (11-8), who limited Cleveland to two singles through the first four innings.
Bradley pleads innocent
Cleveland Indians outfielder Milton Bradley pleaded innocent Friday to charges of speeding and fleeing when a Cuyahoga Falls officer tried to ticket him.
Bradley was driving 52 mph in a 25-mph zone Aug. 30, according to a police report. A patrolman stopped Bradley and issued him a speeding citation, but Bradley refused it and drove away, according to the report. An officer briefly pursued him.
Bradley called the police the next day to say he wanted to pick up the ticket. He did so and also signed a signature bond.