All of a sudden Cleveland's lost four straight

Just like that, the Guardians have lost four games in a row. The latest loss came at the hands of the Minnesota Twins, who scored a run in the bottom of the ninth inning to walk off Cleveland 6-5.

Cleveland is fortunate. Chicago also lost, and the Guardians remain just a game out of first place in the American League Central with a 47-46 record.
The Guardians couldn’t protect leads of 3-0 and 5-3 in losing for the second straight night to the Twins. Bryan Rocchio and Rhys Hoskins hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning to give Cleveland an early 3-0 lead. It was Rocchio’s seventh homer of the season and Hoskins' ninth dinger and second in two nights.
Cleveland was put out of its agony in the bottom of the ninth inning when Alan Roden’s deep single to center field drove home the winning run. It was Roden’s second RBI of the night.
Cleveland was coming off a sloppy 3-1 loss on June 9, its third straight loss.
That game was marked by sloppy defensive effort, which featured a critical error by rookie second baseman and newly minted American League All-Star Travis Bazzana. The blunder led to a two-run Minnesota second inning and a Twins win in the series opener. The innings also featured a bad throw by Rocchio and a play in which first baseman Kyle Manzardo locked up on a ball he fielded, resulting in everyone being safe.
Cleveland.com Guardians beat writer Paul Hoynes called it the Guardians' sloppiest game of the year.
"Brutal defense...just brutal defense. They look like they were hungover or something from the Chicago series."
Cleveland just finished up a four-game series with division leader Chicago. They split the four-game series, and three of the four games were one-run affairs. Cleveland won the first two, but dropped the final two,

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