MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -Carlos Gomez capped a three-run seventh inning against All-Star Cliff Lee with an RBI groundout, and the Minnesota Twins came back again to beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3 Sunday and send them to their eighth straight loss.

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Lee (11-2) lost for the first time in nine starts, hurt by a rare lack of control in the seventh that helped the resourceful Twins put together another one of their small-ball rallies. They batted eight times that inning and hit the ball out of the infield only twice.

Lee needed 37 pitches to finish the seventh, hours after he was named to the AL squad. He walked two, including Denard Span with the bases loaded, and wasted a 3-1 lead cushioned by Jhonny Peralta's two-run homer in the sixth.