Tribe officially in ‘June Swoon’

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

Their home-field magic has disappeared, vanishing almost as unexpectedly as it arrived. The timely, two-out hits are dropping for the other guys now.

For two months, the Cleveland Indians were baseball’s biggest surprise.

Now, they’re shocked.

“What comes around goes around,” Indians manager Manny Acta said.

Cleveland lost for the sixth time in seven games on Wednesday as Ben Revere’s two-out RBI single in the 10th inning off closer Chris Perez gave the coming-to-life Minnesota Twins a 3-2 win over the slumping Indians, who can’t seem to shake free of their June swoon.

The Indians, who were once 14-2 at Progressive Field, went 1-6 on their homestand, losing four straight to Texas and two of three to Minnesota, which has the majors’ worst record.

“Everything that could have gone wrong went wrong,” Acta said.

After Drew Butera doubled with two outs off Perez (2-2), Revere flared his base hit into shallow left. Butera scored sliding ahead of outfielder Michael Brantley’s one-hop throw that skipped past catcher Lou Marson, helping the last-place Twins take the series and win for the sixth time in seven games.

Matt Capps (2-3) got the win after giving up Jack Hannahan’s tying, two-out homer in the ninth — a shot that briefly had the Indians believing they would win again. But after Carlos Santana hit a two-out double in the 10th, Phil Dumatrait retired Shin-Soo Choo on a comebacker for his first career save.

Grady Sizemore homered for Cleveland, which has lost eight of nine at home and is 2-6 overall this month. The Indians, who are missing DH Travis Hafner, are 1 for 40 since June 2 with runners in scoring position.

“We’re not getting the big hits. It’s not a secret,” Brantley said. “I’ve got to do a better job of getting big hits and so does everybody. We have to put some hits together at the same time.”

The road isn’t going to get easier. The Indians play four in New York against the Yankees before visiting second-place Detroit.