A look at the tumbling Twins

July 18, 2019 at 4:59AM

Tumbling Twins

• With Wednesday's loss, the Twins' lead in the AL Central is down to four games over second-place Cleveland. The lead was eight games on July 1, but the Twins have won just five of their past 11.

• They lost their third game in a row for the first time all season.

• They have made six errors in five games since the All-Star break.

• They have given up 26 runs since the All-Star break, 11 of them unearned.

• The bullpen has allowed seven earned runs and three homers in nine innings pitched (7.00 ERA, not including infielder Ehire Adrianza's one-inning stint Wednesday).

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