RHP Tyler Duffey got a no-decision after allowing six runs andseven hits, including three home runs, in three innings. The three home runs allowed equaled a career high set earlier this month against Tampa Bay. It was the second shortest outing of his major league career behind the two-inning effort in his debut last season.

RHP Tyler Duffey got the loss Wednesday against the Angels after giving up six runs (four earned) on six hits and three walks (one intentional) in 4 1/3 innings. Duffey didn't allow a hit until the fourth inning, but an error by SS Eduardo Nunez got the inning started and resulted in two unearned runs. "First time through (the lineup) was good," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "(But) he's pitching with a lot of emotion out there. Sometimes it works for him, sometimes against him. It seems like those middle innings he starts, you can see the emotion building. I think he needs to learn how to use it positively instead of negatively. You got to keep in control even though you're competing at such a high level, and I think sometimes that works against him."

RHP Tyler Duffey will start Wednesday against the Angels. Duffey was roughed up in his his last start, giving up six runs and 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings of a loss to Boston. He has faced the Angels once in his career, throwing seven shutout innings on Sept. 15.

RHP Tyler Duffey took the loss on Friday, allowing six runs on 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings pitched. Duffey (2-5) has allowed at least four earned runs in each of his last five starts and carries an 8.36 ERA over that span.

RHP Tyler Duffey allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings but did not figure into the decision. He struck out eight, but allowed three home runs, the first time he's allowed multiple homers in an outing since his major league debut against the Blue Jays last Aug. 5. Duffey has surrendered at least four runs in each of his last four starts.

RHP Tyler Duffey (2-4) gave up five runs on 10 hits over 4 2/3 innings in the Twins' 7-4 loss to Oakland on Tuesday night. He struck out six and walked one. "When I went out there in the first inning, I knew it was going to be a rough one just because I couldn't get locked in with that fastball and ended up not giving us a good shot," he said. Duffey served up a two-run homer to 3B Danny Valencia in the third inning.

RHP Tyler Duffey allowed five runs on nine hits and two walks over 6 2/3 innings but still earned his second win Wednesday. Duffey became the first Twins starter to reach two wins in 2016. "They kept battling. I didn't have my best game. I felt good but I left some pitches over the middle," Duffey said. "But we won and that's the biggest thing. Heading into the off day that can create some momentum for us."

RHP Tyler Duffey fell to 0-2 in two career starts against the Blue Jays. Duffey made his major league debut versus Toronto last year and lasted just two innings, surrendering six runs on five hits. He once again gave up six runs to the Blue Jays in Friday's losing effort in 5 2/3 innings of work.

RHP Tyler Duffey pitched seven scoreless innings Sunday to get the win over Cleveland. "I just tried to pitch my game," he said. "(Opposing hitters) have seen me. They know what I do. It's a matter of executing my pitches." In three career starts vs. the Indians, Duffy is 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA, and he's held Indians hitters to a .191 batting average.

CLEVELAND -- The Minnesota Twins came to Cleveland for a three-game series, lugging a seven-game losing streak. They lost the first game Friday night, making it eight losses in a row, but they rallied to win the games Saturday and Sunday to win their first road series of the season.The Twins are now 4-16 on the road, and two of the four wins are against Cleveland. In games against AL Central teams the Twins are 4-2 vs. Cleveland and 0-12 against everyone else."It's nice to come back and win these last two games after losing on Friday," Twins manager Paul Molitor said after the Twins' 5-1 win on Sunday. "Usually starting pitching dictates whether you win or lose and Tyler (Duffey) was very good today. He had to pitch around some base runners, but he put up seven zeros."The Twins are still in last place in the Central Division, and for them to make some progress they are going to need better starting pitching. Entering Sunday's game, the Twins ranked 13th in the American League with a starters' ERA of 4.92. Duffey lowered that slightly by pitching seven shutout innings. In four starts since his recall from Triple-A Rochester, Duffey is 1-2 with a 1.85 ERA.In their two wins in Cleveland, Twins starting pitchers Duffey and Ervin Santana combined to pitch 13 innings, allowing one run on 11 hits with 11 strikeouts and two walks.More starts like that from their starters will go a long way toward helping the Twins climb out of the early-season hole they've dug for themselves.

RHP Tyler Duffey (0-2) absorbed the loss Sunday despite setting a career high with nine strikeouts in seven innings. Duffey allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks. "I felt pretty good, but I left a couple over the plate and gave up some hits," Duffey said.

RHP Tyler Duffey allowed four runs, one earned, over 6 1/3 innings on Saturday. He gave up five hits and walked none while striking out seven. Duffey has a 2-1 record with a 1.93 ERA in three career starts against Detroit, allowing two runs or fewer in all three starts.

RHP Tyler Duffey was called up from Triple-A to make the start Sunday against Washington. He left the game for precautionary reasons with a right arm contusion after he was hit by a liner to lead off the fifth by Matt den Dekker, who had homered in the first against Duffey. He gave up five hits and one run in four innings plus one batter and did not figure in the decision. "I was confident in what I was doing. I just kept throwing my game," he said. He won five games last year in his first big league season but did not pitch well in spring training and didn't make the team. Duffey, from Houston, made three starts at Rochester before he was called up. He was teammates at Rice with Washington's Anthony Rendon, a third baseman. Rendon was 0-for-2 against Duffey.

RHP Tyler Duffey will be called up from Triple-A Rochester to make the start Sunday against the Nationals. RHP Ervin Santana strained his back Friday during batting practice and won't make the start on Sunday. Duffey was 5-1 in 10 starts with the Twins last year. He was slated to start Saturday for Rochester but was held out.

RHP Tyler Duffey was optioned to Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday.Duffey was considered the front-runner for a rotation job but he had a 7.30 ERA after four Grapefruit League starts as he worked on a changeup."I came in thinking, or at least hearing, that I was No. 4, so I worked on stuff and didn't get ready to go," Duffey said. "That showed in the last two outings, when I needed to execute, and I didn't have that. ... I've been through it now. Now I know the ropes for next time around."