MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Napoli had three hits, including his 19th home run, Carlos Carrasco pitched into the seventh inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Friday night.

The Indians had lost four of their last five games before the All-Star break. They maintained their 6 1/2-game lead over Detroit in the AL Central.

Napoli scored three runs, one on his solo shot into the bullpen in left-center in the eighth inning that stretched Cleveland’s lead to three runs.

That was more than enough for Carrasco (6-3), who allowed two runs on four hits while striking out three in 6 2/3 innings. He won for the fourth time in his last five starts.

Cody Allen pitched a perfect ninth for his 19th save in 21 chances.

Twins starter Ervin Santana (3-8) was coming off a shutout in his last start. But the Indians chased him with three straight singles in the sixth inning, when they took a 4-2 lead. Jose Ramirez lined a pitch that kicked off Santana’s glove and into center field to put Cleveland ahead 3-2, ending Santana’s night.

Brian Dozier drove in both of the Twins’ runs. He had a sacrifice fly in the first inning and a home run in the fourth.

Cleveland took advantage of a throwing error by Twins third baseman Miguel Sano to take a 2-1 lead in the fourth. Ramirez singled home one run and the other scored on an infield grounder by Lonnie Chisenhall.

DON’T RUN ON BUXTON

Napoli led off the second inning with a drive to deep left-center field that looked like a sure extra-base hit. But Twins center fielder Byron Buxton played the ball on the first hop off the fence, spun and fired a strike to second baseman Dozier, who slapped the tag on a sliding Napoli.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Indians: OF Michael Brantley (shoulder) continued his rehab assignment, moving up to Double-A Akron for Friday night’s game. Indians manager Terry Francona said he expected Brantley to play six or seven innings and that he was close to being able to play in back-to-back games.

Twins: Buxton (knee) returned to the lineup after missing most of the last three games before the break. He had not played since slamming his leg into the center field fence trying to make a catch in the first inning of the Twins’ July 8 game against the Rangers.

UP NEXT

Indians: RHP Trevor Bauer (7-3) had won three consecutive starts before his last outing, a 5-4 loss to the Yankees on July 7. He gave up a season-high five earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. That raised his ERA from 3.02 to 3.30, which was still good for ninth-best in the AL at the break.

Twins: Minnesota has scored 48 runs in the last four games started by RHP Tyler Duffey (5-6). The Twins have won all four, and Duffey has earned the victory in the last three. In his most recent outing on July 7 at Texas, Duffey threw six scoreless innings and struck out a season-high nine batters.