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ERIE, Pa. Bo Jackson Royals Jersey . -- Dylan DeMelo scored the go-ahead goal 8:12 in the third period as the Mississauga St. Michaels Majors rallied for a 4-2 win over the Erie Otters on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League play. DeMelos goal was one of three scored on the power play as the Majors (8-1-0) went 3-for-6 with the man advantage. He also had two assists in the game. The Otters took a 1-0 lead on rookie Connor Browns second career goal. He stole the puck at the Majors blue-line, raced in and fired a shot under the crossbar with 4:06 left in the first period. The Majors tied it on the power play, as Sergey Kuptsov scored his sixth goal of the season with 49 seconds left in the period. But the Otters capitalized on a power play early in the second. Chris Marchese turned rookie defenceman Travis Woods point shot into a rebound goal 6:37 into the period. Derek Schoenmakers power-play goal tied the score at 3:18 of the third, then the Majors turned a five-minute charging penalty against Otters rookie Tyler McCarthy into their third power-play goal of the game when DeMelo scored with 11:48 left. McCarthy also received a game misconduct. Spencer Cobbold capped the Majors win with his first OHL goal late in the game. Goaltender Spencer Martin earned the win in his OHL debut after being a late addition to the lineup in place of veteran J.P. Anderson. He made 29 saves. Christopher Festarini made 28 saves for Erie (1-6-0). Eric Hosmer Royals Jersey . Five first-round trades were made Tuesday night as well as another involving an early second-round selection. Alex Gordon Authentic Jersey . Fifth-seeded Cilic gained his fourth title in Zagreb and became the third Croat overall to win at least 10 career titles. Cilic also lifted his career record in Zagreb to 22-4, winning 20 of his last 21 matches at the event.CLEVELAND -- Now that the Minnesota Twins are winning, they hope they havent lost Joe Mauer for long. The former AL MVP and three-time batting champion sprained his right thumb and left the Twins 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, Minnesotas fifth victory in six games following a five-game losing streak. "Hopefully Ill be back in there soon," said Mauer, who singled home Minnesotas first run and later walked and scored. "They (trainers) assured me Im day-to-day." The four-time All-Star played only 82 games a year ago because of a leg injury, but has missed only one game this year. Mauer got hurt while striking out in the seventh inning and was lifted for a pinch hitter in the ninth. "I fouled a pitch back and felt it," said Mauer, hitting .298 in 52 games. "It was barking pretty good, so I got some ice on it." Scott Diamond (4-1) cooled off Cleveland bats, allowing three unearned runs and seven hits without a walk over seven innings. In six starts since being recalled from the minors May 8, he has walked only four. Matt Capps pitched the ninth for his 12th save in 13 chances as Minnesota, last in the AL Central, took two of three in the series. Josh Willingham had two RBIs and Alexi Casilla hit two sacrifice flies for the Twins, who got five infield hits, including three bunt singles. Minnesota won despite making three errors. "We manufactured some runs, but missed the ball a few times and let them back in the game," Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Every time they got close, we were able to score and get that lead back." Cleveland fell to 2-7 since sweeping three straight at home from Detroit. They dropped to 4-12 overall against lefty starters this year. "Not a good homestand, especially when you win the first game of both series and youre not able to win another ballgame," Indians manager Manny Acta said. "We continue to struggle as a team." The Indians begin a nine-game trip Tuesday in Detroit and play 18 of their next 24 games on the road. "June is going to be a challenge for us," Acta said. "Were going to have to kick it up a notch." Thats particularly true of the starting rotation. Justin Masterson (2-5) gave up three runs and seven hits over six innings in one of the better outings by a Cleveland starter of late. In their previous eight games, Indians startters went 2-6 with a 9. Norichika Aoki Jersey. 52 ERA. That included a poor outing by Masterson on Tuesday when he gave up nine hits and all the runs in six innings of an 8-2 loss to Kansas City. Gardenhire said strong starts of late have helped the Twins. "It all starts with starting pitching," Gardenhire said. "Diamond did the job. He threw strikes, got ahead in the count and kept attacking the hitters." Diamond said he felt comfortable changing speeds and tried to throw strikes on either side of the plate. "Id rather attack them and give up a hit than walk guys," he said. "I give up a hit, I can get my ground ball and get out of it." Diamond struck out two and got 13 outs on grounders. With the Twins leading 2-0, the teams exchanged sacrifice flies in the fourth. Casilla gave the Twins a 3-0 lead in the top half, then Jose Lopez countered for Cleveland. Shelley Duncans RBI single later in the inning got the Indians within 3-2. Twins shortstop Brian Doziers second error of the game fueled the rally. Willingham and Ryan Doumit singled home runs off reliever Nick Hagadone in the seventh. Ben Revere reached on a bunt and stole second. After replacing his belt, broken on the slide into the bag, Revere scored easily on Willinghams single. "I think we can have three or four guys bunt in a row," Gardenhire said. "That makes it entertaining for the manager, who can just sit and watch them run around for a while." NOTES: Twins LHP Glen Perkins worked a scoreless eighth. Minnesota relievers have held Cleveland to a .175 average and one run in 18 innings this year. ... Gardenhire is awaiting tests on RHP Carl Pavanos sore right shoulder. He showed a sheet of paper to reporters, saying it listed his upcoming rotation. It was blank. Gardenhire said RHP Nick Blackburn, out since May 17 with a strained left quad, could be back soon. ... Twins 3B Trevor Plouffe made an error, but went 3 for 4 and is hitting .423 (11 of 26) in his career at Progressive Field. ... The Twins start a three-game series in Kansas City on Monday. ... Acta is hopeful C Carlos Santana, sidelined since May 26 with a concussion, will return Tuesday. ... Indians 1B Matt LaPorta was 1 for 4 in his first game after being recalled from Triple-A Columbus. ... 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