AMERICAN LEAGUE Tribe beats Twins 5-2 in final contest

Cleveland finished 80-82, a 12-game improvement from 2003.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Twins startled the New York Yankees in last year's playoffs by going to the Bronx and taking the first game of their first-round series -- before losing the final three.
Well, here comes Minnesota's second chance.
Ben Broussard hit a two-run homer to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Twins on a strange Sunday afternoon that sent the AL Central champs to Yankee Stadium for the start of the postseason.
"It's going to be a lot of pressure," said Johan Santana, who will start Game 1 on Tuesday night against Mike Mussina. "That's the way this game is. That's what we want. That's what we're ready for."
Won suspended game
Twenty minutes before the originally scheduled game began, Minnesota beat Cleveland 6-5 in 12 innings to finish Saturday's suspended game more than 26 hours after it started. Michael Cuddyer's two-out double scored Jason Bartlett from first base to end it.
Minnesota (92-70), which won its third straight division title, could have started the postseason at home against the wild-card Boston Red Sox with a better finish. After clinching, the Twins went 4-8.
"A little disappointing here at the end, but I'm very proud of this baseball team," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Looking forward to the playoffs."
Tribe improves
The Indians (80-82), who came within a game of the Twins on Aug. 14 before fading, finished with their best record since 2001 and made a 12-game improvement over last year.
"That's a great mark," Broussard said. "We got to see some explosive stuff happen."
Bob Wickman closed the second game with his 13th save in 14 chances after returning from an elbow injury. Cliff Lee (14-8) pitched seven innings and tied Jake Westbrook for the team lead in victories by winning his third straight start.
Cuddyer and Matthew LeCroy each homered off Lee, who gave up two runs, five hits and struck out six.
Kyle Lohse (9-13), who pitched a scoreless 12th to win the first game, came right back after a 20-minute intermission and started the second.
After giving up five hits, three runs and striking out five through four innings, Lohse -- throwing on three days' rest -- left with a blister on his right middle finger.
Josh Phelps, Josh Bard and Ryan Ludwick hit consecutive two-out singles in the second, with Ludwick driving in Phelps to make it 1-0.
Just misses cycle
Grady Sizemore, who fell a double short of the cycle in the first game, hit an RBI triple in the ninth inning of the second game and scored on Grant Balfour's wild pitch to make it 5-2. After collecting a single, a triple and a home run Saturday, Sizemore grounded out leading off the 12th and finished 3-for-5 with three runs.