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CLEVELAND -- Jason Kipnis came through in the clutch and survived a mobbing from his teammates.Monday nights 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins in 10 innings wasnt easy on any front for the Cleveland Indians.Kipnis single scored Chris Gimenez and gave the Indians a much-needed victory after a 2-5 road trip.Kipnis lined a 1-0 pitch from Brandon Kintzler (0-1) with one out to left-center to finally break up the scoreless game, sending the Twins to their 11th straight loss.Clevelands second baseman faced another challenge after his game-winner. His teammates chased him into center field where they wrestled him to the ground and piled on top of him.It probably wasnt my best idea to keep screaming `You guys cant bring me down to the rest of them, he said.Cleveland has scored one run or less in seven of its last eight games, but that wasnt a major concern following the game.At this time, its nice to get a win in any form, Kipnis said. Hopefully the more wins we get, the more relaxed we can be.Indians manager Terry Francona isnt picky about how his team goes about winning.We talk about it all the time, he said. You want to be one run better. Winning 1-0 in extra innings is heck of a lot better than losing 1-0.Abraham Almonte pushed a bunt past Kintzler and beat the throw to first to start the inning. Gimenez fouled off two bunt attempts before poking a single through the right side with Almonte moving to second.Third baseman Miguel Sano fielded Rajai Davis slow roller and tagged Almonte. Kipnis then hit the second pitch from Kintzler to end the tight game, which drew only 11,327 fans.Zach McAllister (3-2) worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th, retiring Max Kepler on a fly ball to end the inning.The losing streak is Minnesotas longest since Sept. 9-21, 2011.Neither starter was involved in the decision. Trevor Bauer allowed five hits in six innings for Cleveland while Hector Santiago gave up three hits in 6 1/3 innings for the Twins.Andrew Miller of the Indians struck out two with runners on first and third to end the seventh.The AL Central leaders have struggled against the last-place Twins this season. Cleveland is 6-8 versus Minnesota and 29-9 against the rest of the division.When youre trying to find a way out of something like this, you need to make your breaks or have things go your way, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. But thats baseball, you never know from day to day if youre going to be in a pitchers duel or a slugging contest.THE ROAD BACKIndians outfielder Michael Brantley has his right arm in a sling after having season-ending surgery for biceps tendinitis on his shoulder Aug. 15. He had the stitches removed Monday and is expected to be ready when spring training begins. 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The teams, and a few thousand fans, waited nearly four hours from the 7:05 scheduled start time before an announcement was made shortly before 11 p.Rising Star winner Callum Mills is adamant he will be cherry ripe for the AFL grand final, with both Sydney and the Western Bulldogs upbeat there will be no late changes on Saturday at the MCG.With Mills set to return from a hamstring strain, Swans co-captain Jarrad McVeigh was also selected after overcoming a calf issue.The Bulldogs included ruckman Jordan Roughead (eye) and defender Dale Morris (achilles) in their side, with coach Luke Beveridge declaring both will be right to play.Mills hasnt played a full game since August 20, having tweaked his hamstring during the Swans loss to Greater Western Sydney in week one of the finals.But the 19-year-old harbours no fear about breaking down during the high-stakes contest.Weve done all the possible steps we can and are very confident going into tomorrow that the hamstring will be strong, Mills said.Ive been training for a couple of weeks now, so its not really at the forefront of my mind.Mills dismissed the idea his run at the MCG on Friday morning was a fitness test.I didnt have to do anything extra today. It was just a normal week and, if I got through the week, Id be fine, he said.I hadnt done a hamstring before so ... I wasnnt too positive straight away but, when we got the scans, we knew Id be in with a shot.ddddddddddddMcVeigh hasnt progressed as far in his rehab but is likewise bullish.Theres always risks but weve had players play with this injury before, he said.(The plan) was to train Wednesday, do a bit of running and then do a lot more than the boys today.I did that, I feel great and Im ready to go.Meanwhile, Beveridge revealed the full extent of Morris recent setback.It was in the warm-up last week; he just had something going on with his achilles which was a bit alarming, Beveridge said.We thought for a second we were going to have to pull him out of the game.It just turns out its a minor little thing. Hes been fine.Beveridge expressed similar sentiments about Roughead but suggested selecting Matt Suckling would have been a risk.Suckling, nursing a sore achilles this month, missed the Bulldogs preliminary final. But hes been named as an emergency for the grand final.Its disappointing for Matty, but it was just too hard to omit one of his teammates, he said. ' ' '