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MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesotas comeback was fueled by a couple of recent minor league call-ups, and Philadelphias bullpen faltered again. The stage for this late lead shift, though, was set much earlier by Mike Pelfrey. Clete Thomas came home on a wild pitch for the go-ahead run in the eighth after Pelfrey kept the game close with a season-high seven innings, and the Twins stuck the Phillies with their fifth straight loss, 4-3 on Wednesday night. "He looked stronger at the end, which is a good sign," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. Thomas went a career-best 4 for 4 with two RBI doubles. He drove in Oswaldo Arcia both times, including in the eighth when his drive off the tall wall in right field against Antonio Bastardo (2-2) tied the game at 3. "That was great. Hit a ball hard, and hes going to score," said Thomas, summoned from Triple-A Rochester just nine days ago. Arcia came up on Monday. Delmon Young and Ben Revere hit RBI singles for the Phillies against their former team, but Twins relievers outpitched their counterparts anew. Brian Duensing (2-1) picked up the victory by stranding runners at first and second in the eighth inning by striking out Ryan Howard on a call the slugger disputed with home plate umpire David Rackley and getting Domonic Brown to pop out. Then Glen Perkins pitched a perfect ninth for his 15th save in 17 tries. Minnesotas bullpen entered the game with a 2.91 ERA, the fourth-best mark in the majors. Philadelphia, at 4.48, was the third-worst in baseball. "Lefties-lefties, righties-righties. We couldnt get them out. Bottom line, we couldnt get the job done," manager Charlie Manuel said. Arcia went 3 for 4 and scored three times, all after hits that led off an inning. Eduardo Escobars bunt that followed the tying hit by Thomas in the eighth had just the right amount of backspin to nestle into the grass along the first-base line for a single, putting the Twins in position to take the lead. Justin De Fratus relieved Bastardo and retired Pedro Florimon on a hard line drive right at second baseman Freddy Galvis, but the right-hander let one get away that reached the backstop and Thomas scored easily. "If we knew the problem, obviously wed fix it," said starter Tyler Cloyd, who was fortunate to leave after five innings with a 3-1 lead. He gave up six hits and three walks and left seven men on base. Pelfrey was the better pitcher, despite never having a lead. He tossed a season-most 112 pitches with his surgically repaired right elbow. His 6.22 ERA entering the game was still the worst in the majors among pitchers with a qualifying amount of innings, but he has slowly begun to round into form, a little more than a year after the Tommy John ligament replacement procedure. This was his fourth start this season of six innings or more and three runs or less. He struck out seven, gave up five hits and walked one. "If I wouldve known how the first two months wouldve gone, I wouldve waited and I probably wouldve been a little more patient. But I busted my tail to get back, and hopefully this will keep going from here," Pelfrey said. Revere, the second batter of the game, was ruled safe by first base umpire Bruce Dreckman for an infield single after third baseman Jamey Carroll made a lunging stop of a sharp grounder and zipped a throw across the diamond. First baseman Justin Morneau appeared to slap Reveres chest with his glove just after the ball landed in the webbing, but the arguments by Morneau and Gardenhire didnt matter. Revere scored on Browns sacrifice fly. Then Young followed with a soft single that stretched the lead to 2-0. Michael Youngs two-out double in the fifth interrupted a string of 12 straight batters retired by Pelfrey. Reveres single sank fast enough into shallow centre field to keep Thomas from catching it, putting the Phillies up 3-1. But Manuels pregame concerns about his teams struggling hitters played out during the evening. Youngs was the only extra-base hit, and the Phillies had six three-up, three-down innings at the plate. Arcia and Thomas, instead, were the ones making all the solid contact. "Those guys are going up there and swinging. They bring some life," Gardenhire said. NOTES: The Twins have won six of their last seven one-run games. ... 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Jon Duplantier Jersey .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final.Jens Keukeleire won stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana as Nairo Quintana retained the leaders red jersey ahead of Chris Froome.The 193.2km stage from Los Corrales de Buelna to Bilbao ended in a much-reduced sprint finish, and Orica-BikeExchanges 27-year-old Norwegian Keukeleire took victory ahead of Etixx-QuickSteps Maxime Bouet and Trek-Segafredos Fabio Felline for his first Grand Tour stage win.The main protagonists in the general classification battle were not far behind, with Quintanas teammate Alejandro Valverde taking eighth place on the day.Quintana crossed the line 26th, five places behind Froome, but with no time splits in the pack there was no change in the battle for red. Quintana leads Froome by 54 seconds after Froomes stage 11 victory in Pena Cabaarga on Wednesday.ddddddddddddValderde is third, a further 11 seconds back on Froome. Orica-BikeExchanges Simon Yates sits seventh, three minutes and 25 seconds behind Quintana.Froomes teammates Peter Kennaugh and David Lopez were part of the days breakaway, but the group splintered on the second of two laps of a circuit around Bilbao, which included the category two climb of Alto el Vivero.IAM Cyclings Dries Devenyns launched a late bid for glory as a spritely looking Alberto Contador of Tinkoff led the contenders up the climb, but it all came back together on the streets of the city before Keukeleire made his move in the sprint. ' ' '