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CLEVELAND -- Paul Molitor has learned a major league manager can never relax.Molitor watched his Minnesota team nearly blow an eight-run lead before the Twins hung on to beat the Cleveland Indians 10-6 Tuesday night.Im not sure exactly how to verbalize what transpired there, he said. It was a good tester for our guys and we found a way to win.Minnesota rookie Max Kepler homered for the fourth time in two games. He hit his fourth two-run drive of the series in the third inning, two batters after Brian Doziers two-run shot.The Twins also scored four times in the fourth against Carlos Carrasco (7-5).Any notion the Twins would cruise to a win ended when the Indians scored six times in the fifth and chased starter Kyle Gibson, who took an 8-0 lead into the inning.Carlos Santana and Mike Napoli each hit a two-run homer. Francisco Lindor had an RBI single before Lonnie Chisenhalls RBI double finished Gibson.I dont know if I ever saw it quite this way, Molitor said. You always imagine worst-case scenarios and how to be prepared. When the Indians get things going they can score in a hurry just like a lot of teams, so youre always guarded.Ryan Pressly (6-5), who retired Napoli with two on to end the sixth, pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings.Gibson was three outs from qualifying for what appeared to be an easy win, but Cleveland sent 11 batters to the plate in the fifth. Gibson allowed six runs in 4 2/3 innings.Im not really sure what happened, honestly, he said.Minnesota, in last place in the AL Central, is 7-4 against first-place Cleveland this season. The loss narrowed Clevelands lead over Detroit to three games.I dont know what they do against everyone else, but theyve played us pretty darn well, Indians manager Terry Francona said.Kepler, born in Germany, hit a trio of two-run homers with six RBI in Mondays 12-5 win. He walked three times Tuesday and leads AL rookies in homers (15) and RBI (46).Another good night, Molitor said. His swings locked in. Its fun to watch a young kid figure things out.Eduardo Escobar hit a two-run homer for Minnesota in the ninth. Dozier had three RBI and Miguel Sano added a two-run double.Joe Mauer, who had four hits Monday, doubled twice and drove in a run.Carrasco allowed a career-high eight runs in 3 2/3 innings on a tough day for Clevelands rotation. Danny Salazar was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation.Napolis home run traveled an estimated 454 feet and landed three rows from the top of the bleachers in left field.RISING ROOKIEKepler, who lives in Berlin, was deluged with congratulatory texts about Mondays performance. I enjoyed all the attention and the love from my family and friends, he said before Tuesdays game. Im going to try my best to represent European baseball with honor.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: 3B Trevor Plouffe (broken left rib), on the disabled list since July 2, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester.Indians: RHP Tommy Hunter (broken vertebrae) threw off a mound. Hes been on the 15-day DL since July 17.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Tyler Duffey is 0-2 with a 27.00 ERA over his last two starts. He allowed five runs in a career-low 1 1/3 innings against Atlanta on July 27.Indians: RHP Trevor Bauer will face Minnesota for the 10th time in his career. He is 1-4 with a 5.01 ERA in 55 2/3 innings against the Twins.Dj Lemahieu Jersey . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont. Yankees Shirt Near Me . 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It was 33-to-1 odds against us.The host Canadians, heavy favorites, will play a team made up of eight European countries playing with a tremendous amount of collective pride and a unique sense of community in Game 1 on Tuesday night.Here are some things to watch when the puck drops:THEYRE STREAKING: Canada had won 14 straight games in best-on-best tournaments since losing to the U.S. in the preliminary round of the 2010 Olympics. With superstar Sidney Crosby, who has a World Cup-best seven points, it is difficult to envision any team beating them. Even if Europe can win a game to stop the impressive streak, which is like the Americans run in Olympic basketball, that wont be enough because the Canadians will have to be beaten twice to prevent them from winning the World Cup.BETWEEN THE PIPES: Both teams have a standout goaltender they can lean on in must-win situations. Canadas Carey Price has quieted questions about his health, overcoming a right knee injury that kept him of the Montreal Canadiens lineup for much of last season. He helped the Canadians win gold two years ago and is two wins away from adding to his legacy. Team Europe is among the last two playing in the eight-team field in large part because it has goalie Jaroslav HHalak.dddddddddddd The Slovak made 37 saves against Sweden.MIGHTY MARCHAND: Canadas Brad Marchand, taking advantage of playing on Sidney Crosbys line, has three goals and five points in four games. Crosby and teammate Jonathan Toews are the two players in the star-studded field with as many goals and only Crosby has more points.KOPITAR WATCH: Team Europes best skater, Slovenias Anze Kopitar, has not scored a goal in the tournament. He did, however, have two assists in the semifinals to increase his point total to three. If the Europeans are going to stun Canada with at least one win, the Los Angeles Kings star will likely have to score.COACHING CONNECTIONS: Europes coach, Ralph Krueger, got a much-needed call from Canada coach Mike Babcock shortly after being let go by the Edmonton Oilers after leading them to a 19-22-7 mark during the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season. When I was fired in Edmonton sitting on my daughters bed on Skype, Mike called me 12 hours later to ask me to come to the Olympic Games with Canada, so thats Mike Babcock, Krueger recalled.DEPTH OF FIELD: The one advantage Canada will have in the finals, without a doubt, is their depth. Canada can and will roll four lines of forwards and three pairs of defensemen without a discernible dropoff.---Follow Larry Lage at www.twitter.com/larrylage and follow his work at www.bigstory.ap.org/content/larry-lage . ' ' '