Tribe's Jeremy Sowers shuts down the Twins in 11-0 win

The rookie tossed a complete game and allowed four hits.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Rookie Jeremy Sowers shut down the hottest-hitting team in baseball on four hits, and the Cleveland Indians beat Minnesota 11-0 on Saturday night to snap the Twins' eight-game winning streak.
Sowers (2-3) baffled a club that had accumulated 11 or more hits in every game during its winning streak. The left-hander, Cleveland's first-round draft pick (No. 6 overall) in 2004, allowed four singles, walked one and struck out four. He went to a three-ball count only once, on a third-inning walk to No. 9 hitter Jason Bartlett.
He became the first Indians rookie to pitch a shutout since Billy Traber had a one-hitter against the New York Yankees on July 8, 2003.
Sowers did not allow a runner to reach second base in his fifth start since being called up June 24 from Triple-A Buffalo, where he went 9-1 with a 1.39 ERA.
The performance gave a lift to the sagging Indians, who won for only the third time in nine games since the All-Star break.
Minnesota, which had 18 hits in a 14-6 win Friday night, lost for only the eighth time in its last 38 games.
Hafner hits two-run shot
Travis Hafner gave Sowers all the offense he needed with a two-run homer, his 29th, in the first inning off Scott Baker (3-6). Grady Sizemore doubled to left, and one out later Hafner hit an 0-1 pitch over the wall in right for a 2-0 lead.
Jason Michaels' RBI single in the fifth made it 3-0 and Cleveland scored three more in the sixth.
Jhonny Peralta doubled with one out and scored on a single by Todd Hollandsworth. Joe Inglett followed with an RBI single into the right-field corner and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ramon Vazquez.
Baker allowed six runs and nine hits over 5 2-3 innings, striking out four and issuing an intentional walk in his second start since being recalled from a six-week stint in the minors.
Inglett had an RBI single, Sizemore a two-run double, Michaels a sacrifice fly and Hafner an RBI double in a five-run eighth off Willie Eyre.
Notes
The Twins also won eight straight from June 11-20 and 11 in a row from June 22-July 3. ... Sizemore went 2-for-2 off Baker, making him 6-for-11 in his career against the right-hander. ... Twins LF Rondell White came in hitting .522 (12-for-23) with 10 RBIs over his last six games, but went 1-for-3 and hit into a double play. ... Twins C Joe Mauer came in hitting .478 (11-for-23) during a six-game hitting streak, but was 0-for-3 with a strikeout. ... Hafner is 6-for-11 with three homers in his career against Baker. ... Inglett went 3-for-4 starting at second base in place of Ronnie Belliard, sidelined with a strained left hamstring.
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