Cleveland catcher Roberto Perez came through with a solo home run in the seventh to give the Indians the lead in their 9-7 win over the Minnesota Twins.
The Indians used seven relief pitchers after announcing Carlos Carrasco, their scheduled starter, will be sidelined indefinitely because of a recently diagnosed blood condition.
Cleveland’s comeback win came at the end of a difficult day and a long game that took 3 hours, 26 minutes and was stopped by a rain delay for 1 hour, 43 minutes in the top of the seventh.
Jordan Luplow’s two-run homer in the seventh off Blake Parker (0-2) tied the game for Cleveland, which came back from a 5-1 deficit. Pérez homered two batters later.
Minnesota leads the majors with 114 home runs and displayed its power again. Byron Buxton homered to cap a four-run second — a blast that landed about a half-dozen rows from the top of the bleachers in left-center and traveled an estimated 454 feet.
Nelson Cruz, who returned Tuesday after missing 19 games with a wrist injury, homered in the third. Jorge Polanco hit a solo homer in the fifth and added an RBI single in the seventh.
