MINNEAPOLIS -AP- Adam Lind hit a three-run homer among his three hits and drove in six runs to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.Lind connected in the third inning, had an RBI double in the eighth and a two-run single in the ninth. Jean Segura and Jonathan Lucroy also went deep for the Brewers, who had lost nine of 11.Joe Mauer had two hits, including a three-run homer, for the Twins (32-22). But Torii Hunter and Kurt Suzuki misplayed flyballs in the eighth inning to allow the majors-worst Brewers (19-36) to break a tie and go on to beat the team with the second-best record in the American League. 
With two outs and Carlos Gomez on second base, Lind hit a laser off of Blaine Boyer (1-2) to right field that Hunter misjudged. It went over Hunter's head and Gomez scored easily for a 6-5 lead. Lucroy then hit a popup in front of the mound and the catcher Suzuki was late to go after it. It fell in front of him and Lind hustled around from second base.Both plays were ruled hits, and the Brewers put three more on the board in the ninth to pull away.Kyle Gibson struck out a career-high nine in seven innings for Minnesota, but gave up five runs on five hits in his first three innings. Segura opened the game with a shot to left, Lucroy led off the second with one to center and Lind put the Brewers up 5-0 in the third inning.The Twins scratched two across in the fifth before Mauer, who was asked to bunt in the ninth inning of a tie game against the Red Sox on Thursday, hit his second homer of the season to tie it at 5.Kyle Lohse gave up five runs and eight hits and struck out four in six innings for Milwaukee. Jeremy Jeffress (2-0) pitched two innings of scoreless relief for the win.
With two outs and Carlos Gomez on second base, Lind hit a laser off of Blaine Boyer (1-2) to right field that Hunter misjudged. It went over Hunter's head and Gomez scored easily for a 6-5 lead. Lucroy then hit a popup in front of the mound and the catcher Suzuki was late to go after it. It fell in front of him and Lind hustled around from second base.Both plays were ruled hits, and the Brewers put three more on the board in the ninth to pull away.Kyle Gibson struck out a career-high nine in seven innings for Minnesota, but gave up five runs on five hits in his first three innings. Segura opened the game with a shot to left, Lucroy led off the second with one to center and Lind put the Brewers up 5-0 in the third inning.The Twins scratched two across in the fifth before Mauer, who was asked to bunt in the ninth inning of a tie game against the Red Sox on Thursday, hit his second homer of the season to tie it at 5.Kyle Lohse gave up five runs and eight hits and struck out four in six innings for Milwaukee. Jeremy Jeffress (2-0) pitched two innings of scoreless relief for the win.
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