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CLEVELAND -- Brandon Kintzler threw the pitch he wanted, where he wanted it, to Jason Kipnis in the bottom of the 10th inning.It wound up extending the Twins season-long losing streak to 11 games.Kipnis singled to left field with one out, scoring Chris Gimenez from second base to give the American League Central-leading Cleveland Indians a 1-0 victory over Minnesota on Monday night.The ball was down, almost on the ground, but Kipnis beat me on my best pitch, the closer said with a shrug. Youve just got to tip your hat to a guy like that. He made a great swing and got the job done.Kipnis RBI single handed the Twins their first 1-0, extra-inning defeat since May 23, 1981, at Kansas City. It also gave Minnesota its longest losing streak since an 11-gamer from Sept. 9-21, 2011, three shy of its franchise record.This is kind of the nature of the beast right now for us, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. We havent had a game of that quality in quite a while. But thats baseball, you never know from day to day if youre going to be in a pitchers duel or a slugging contest.Trevor Plouffe, Jorge Polanco and Juan Centeno each had two hits for Minnesota, which went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 on base.The Twins loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the 10th against Cleveland closer Cody Allen, but Zach McAllister (3-2) entered and induced a fly out to center by Max Kepler to end the threat.Kintzler (0-1), who equaled his season high by throwing 1 2/3 innings, said he felt no fatigue. The right-hander did blame himself for allowing Gimenez to single on an 0-2 count after Abraham Almonte led off the inning with a hit.Brandon went over and above the call of duty by going out for a third inning, Molitor said. And I thought he pitched well for the most part. He got that nice sinker down, but Kipnis found a way to get it.Left-hander Hector Santiago started for Minnesota and allowed three hits over 6 1/3 innings, walking four and striking out two. It was his first quality start since being acquired from the Angels on Aug. 1.Entering the evening, Santiago was 0-4 with a 10.89 ERA in four outings with the Twins.I thought I pitched smart today and got out of some tough situations, he said. This is what I know I can do when I pitch aggressive.Before the game, the Twins placed center fielder Danny Santana on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left shoulder.BACK IN THE BIG LEAGUESTwins CF Logan Schafer was taking a shower Sunday when he received word of his promotion from Triple-A Rochester. The 29-year-old lefty batted ninth, going 0 for 2. Obviously, Im ridiculously excited to be here, said Schafer, who played for the Brewers from 2011-2015. It was definitely a big surprise, but a great one.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: LHP Buddy Boshers (left elbow inflammation) was scheduled to pitch one inning Monday for Triple-A Rochester. He has been on the 15-day DL since Aug. 11.Indians: C Yan Gomes (right shoulder separation) has begun hitting drills and will serve as the designated hitter on his upcoming minor league rehab assignment.UP NEXTTwins: LHP Andrew Albers, who was recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Aug. 26, makes his first start of the season. He has a 4.32 ERA in two relief appearances with Minnesota.Indians: RHP Josh Tomlin has lost his last five starts, allowing 30 earned runs in 25 innings (10.80 ERA) since the start of August. He is 11-8 with a 4.70 ERA on the season. Gary Payton Jersey . The defence is doing its part, too. Drew Brees threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half and the guys on the other side made sure that was enough, sending the Saints to a 17-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night. 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It was a 3-pointer.Curry finished with 28 points, 23 in the third quarter alone, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Trail Blazers 127-104 on Tuesday night to extend their early season winning streak to three games.Ian Clark came off the bench with a career-high 22 points for the Warriors, who have rebounded after a season-opening loss to San Antonio. Kevin Durant added 20 points and Golden State rested its starters down the stretch after leading by as many as 35 points.Damian Lillard had 31 points for the Blazers, who fell in five games to the Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals last season. Playing the first of a back-to-back, Portland coach Terry Stotts also went to his reserves with eight minutes left.The Blazers beat the Warriors 137-105 in Portland last February, with Oakland native Lillard scoring a career-high 51 points against his hometown team. It was one of just nine losses for the Warriors. Lillard averaged 36.5 points against the Warriors last season.They played their game. In the first half, we were right there. In the second half, they stuck with it, Lillard said. Their defense was more consistent than ours, and their offense was more free than ours was. We needed to have more of a presence.Lillard scored with 0.3 seconds left to give the Blazers a 115-113 win at Denver on Saturday. He finished with 37 points.Clark, who averaged fewer than 3.0 points in Golden States first three games, scored 16 in the first half. Clarks 3-pointer midway through the second quarter extended Golden States lead to 47-38. Clark hit his first 3-point attempt after going 1 for 7 from the perimeter in the Warriors first three games.Lillards 3-pointer pulled the Blazers within 55-51 but Golden State led 59-53 at the break. Lillard finished the first half with 22 points in just under 18 minutes.CJ McCollum, who finished with 16 points, made consecutive 3s to pull Portland within 76-69.Curry made a layup and a free throw to put the Warriors up 94-71 late in the third quarter as the game slipped out of reach for Portland.Ive never seen anybody quite like him who can turn it on that quickly and turn a horrible game into a brilliant game, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said.ddddddddddddThats what makes Steph who he is.Golden State was coming off a 106-100 victory over Phoenix on Sunday.TIP-INSWarriors: Kerr was asked pregame if the team was in danger of looking past Portland to the Thunder and Durants first game against his former team on Thursday. I dont know how youd look past the Blazers, Kerr said. ... Durant scored 94 points in his first three games as a Warrior. Only Wilt Chamberlain had more, with 120 points in his first three games with the Philadelphia Warriors.Trail Blazers: The sellout crowd was enthusiastic, even giving Lillard a standing ovation for an early 3-pointer that put Portland up 14-7. ... Lillard has scored at least 25 points against the Warriors in seven straight games.QUOTABLE:I told him he looked like Riley Curry in the first half and Steph Curry in the second half, Kerr said about his postgame chat with Curry. For the record, Riley Curry is 4 years old.WHO IS THAT GUY?:Jake Layman came off the bench in the fourth quarter for the Blazers, essentially in garbage time, and scored 17 points in eight minutes, including five 3-pointers.Hes the first Blazer ever to make five 3s in a debut, and finished one shy of the franchise record in a quarter. He had the most points for a first game with the Blazers since Lillard had 23 as a rookie in 2012.Layman was a second-round pick in last Junes NBA draft out of Maryland.In the position Im in, no matter when you go in youve got to play hard. Thats what was going through my mind, Layman said.AND HOW ABOUT CLARK?In his third fourth year out of Belmont, Clark averaged 3.0 points and 7.9 minutes in 119 games with one start going into this season. He was 8 of 8 from the field against the Blazers, becoming the first Golden State reserve to hit at least eight field goals in a game without a miss since Chris Mullin in a game against Milwaukee in 1996.BEEN A LONG TIME:Durant extended his streak of games with at least 20 points to 68, which is the longest since Michael Jordans 69-game streak in 1990-91, according to the Warriors.UP NEXTWarriors: Host the Thunder on Thursday, reuniting Durant with his former team.Trail Blazers: Open a three-game trip against the Suns on Wednesday night. ' ' '