Runs Aplenty After Lineup Shakeup As Indians Pound Twins 8-3; Three Takeaways From the Win

1. Lineup Changes Pay Off

After watching his team score 27 runs over the first 11 games in the month of May (2.4 runs per game), Tribe manager Terry Francona had seen enough, and tinkered with the lineup with a huge payoff.

Francona moved second basemen Jason Kipnis to the top of the order, and he had a huge day with two homers, nearly a third, and four hits total in five at-bats with four runs batted in.

The other move was putting Carlos Santana to the five hole, and he also responded with a homer, his 4th of the year, to put the Tribe up at the time 5-0 in the third inning.

Right now as anemic as the offense has been, the Indians have nothing to lose by playing around with the order, and Sunday it paid off with Kip and Carlos both having big days with big blasts at the plate.

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