JACOBS FIELD Minnesota rallies to top Indians, 5-3

Doug Mientkiewicz hit the tie-breaking single in the eighth inning.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cleveland manager Eric Wedge knew his team was in trouble when the Minnesota Twins got an out on a ball that bounced off outfielder Mike Ryan's head.
Ryan shaded his eyes uncertainly, then lowered his glove and the ball bounced off his head -- but was caught on the rebound by center fielder Dustan Mohr in the Twins' 5-3 victory Sunday.
"When it bounced right to Dustan I kind of figured it wasn't going to be easy to beat these guys on this day," Wedge said. "I've never seen anything like that."
Doug Mientkiewicz homered and hit a tie-breaking single in the eighth inning to help the Twins remain tied with the Chicago White Sox for the AL Central lead.
It was 3-all when Jhonny Peralta began the Cleveland seventh with a fly to right-center.
"It was embarrassing more than anything," said Ryan, sporting a large welt over his left eye. "I had three balls hit my way and lost every one in the sun. I saw that last one off the bat and never saw it again."
A woozy Ryan eventually got to his feet, walked to the dugout, and was replaced by Torii Hunter.
"It felt like I was stung," Ryan said.
Pulling ahead
Minnesota took the lead in the eighth after Danys Baez (2-9) hit the first two batters he faced, Hunter and Cristian Guzman.
Shannon Stewart sacrificed the runners over. Hunter was thrown out trying to score on Luis Rivas' grounder to second baseman Brandon Phillips, but Mientkiewicz followed with his go-ahead hit.
Juan Rincon (5-6) worked a hitless seventh and Eddie Guardado pitched a perfect ninth for his 36th save in 39 chances.
Ryan's RBI single put Minnesota ahead 1-0 in the fifth.
Cleveland went up 2-1 in the bottom half against Eric Milton. Victor Martinez singled and rookie Travis Hafner hit his 12th homer -- but first off a left-handed pitcher.
Back and forth
Mientkiewicz put Minnesota back on top 3-2 with a two-run shot, his 11th in the sixth off Indians starter Cliff Lee.
"Things went pretty good except for that one pitch," Lee said. "It was right where I wanted it, but obviously right where he wanted me to throw it, too."
Jody Gerut hit the first pitch from reliever Rick Reed for his 22nd homer in the Indians' sixth -- tying it at 3 and depriving Milton of a win in his first start since last October.
"I was very pleased," said Milton, who allowed two runs and five hits over five innings. "I wouldn't take one pitch back. Even the home run was a good pitch. It was a fastball inside. I tip my hat to him."
Mohr made it 5-3 with an RBI single off Jack Cressend in the ninth.