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Juan Centeno took Corey Kluber deep for his first major league homer, Ervin Santana allowed one run in six innings and the Minnesota Twins ended an eight-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday. Centeno's two-run homer in the fifth landed in the right field seats and put Minnesota on top for good. Santana (1-2) gave up five hits and struck out five in his second start since returning from a back injury. Continue to Article

May 14, 2016 7:37:pm EST

Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.   With Clayton Kershaw off to a historic start for the Dodgers and Jake Arrieta picking up where he left off as last season's NL Cy Young winner, there hasn't been a lot of attention left over for other starting pitchers. That has to change now though. Chicago White Sox left-hander Chris Sale belongs in the conversation when it comes to baseball's best hurler, and he showed us why again in Friday's 7-1 win against the Yankees . [ Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now ] The 26-year-old left-hander went the distance, limiting New York to one Chase Headley home run and five other hits as he became the first eight-game winner in the MLB this season. Even more amazing, it's only taken Sale eight starts to get there, which obviously puts him on a historic pace.  It's highly unlikely will continue winning games at this pace. There are too many factors involved that have to work in his favor every time he starts. But Sale has done an outstanding job controlling what he can control and leaving as little to chance as possible. Friday marked the seventh time he's pitched at least seven inning, and the second time he's completed a game.  When Sale is dialed in, that leaves little margin for error for his opponents. The White Sox has given him strong support as well, scoring 31 runs over his last four starts. It shows there's a lot going right for the White Sox as we reach the mid-point of May. But most would agree it all hinges on Sale continuing to pitch like one of the baseball's elite.  TOP PERFORMERS   Adam Jones: Baltimore's center fielder picked an excellent time to launch his 200th career home run. Jones went yard against Detroit's Justin Verlander in the sixth inning on Friday, and that would hold up as the only run in an Orioles 1-0 win . Credit Baltimore starter Chris Tillman as well. He tossed scoreless innings before giving way to Darren O'Day and Zach Britton. Troy Tulowitzki: It was a night for milestones as Tulowitzki also connected for his 200th career homer in  a Blue Jays 5-0 win against the Rangers . In doing so, Tulowitzki became only the tenth player who has played over 50-percent of his career games at shortstop to reach that number.   [Elsewhere: Rangers call up Matt Bush seven months after release from prison ] George Springer: To beat the Red Sox these days you have to outslug them, and that's exactly what the Houston Astros did in their 7-6 win . Springer led the way with three hits, including a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth. Springer drove in four runs overall and finished a triple shy of the cycle.   R.A. Dickey: The knuckleball was dancing on Friday. In his best outing of the season, Dickey pitched eight inning scoreless innings and allowed just three hits Dickey fanned six and walked only one.  Joe Panik: For the first time in his MLB career, Joe Panik decided to swing at a 3-0 pitch. The Giants are glad he did, too, as he turned the offering from Shelby Miller in a three-run home run. Those would be the only three runs San Francisco scored in its 3-1 victory over the Diamondbacks . Confirmed via STATS: Joe Panik had seen 37 3-0 pitches in his career before tonight, and hadn't swung at any of them. — Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) May 14, 2016 MUST-SEE HIGHLIGHT   This is why Chicago Cubs' manager Joe Maddon refused to pitch to Bryce Harper last weekend. If you give the Nationals superstar a chance to beat you, chances are he's going to beat you. Case in point, the Marlins pitched to Harper in the seventh inning of a tied game, and Harper made them pay with a go-ahead two-run homer. The home run was Harper's first since May 4, the day before Washington visited Wrigley Field, and it held up as the difference in Washington's 5-3 win .  THE REST OF THE SCOREBOARD Cubs 9, Pirates 4 : Chicago got home runs from Addision Russell and David Ross to win their league-leading 26th win. It's already the 14th time Chicago has won by five or more runs.  Phillies 3, Reds 2 : Philadelphia is now six games over .500 thanks to another quality outing from Jeremy Hellickson. The veteran right-hander allowed two runs (both unearned) over seven innings to earn his third win.   Indians 7, Twins 6 : Cleveland overcame four home runs from the Twins offense. Marlon Byrd drove in three, including the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth.  A's 6, Rays 3 : Oakland snaped a five-game losing with four runs. That includes a pair from Danny Valencia.  Brewers 1, Padres 0 : Milwaukee rookie Junior Guerra pitched six scoreless to pick up his second straight win.  Royals 5, Braves 1 : The Royals will try to get healthy this weekend. It started good here with a strong outing from Edinson Vozquez.  Rockies 5, Mets 2 : Colorado jumped on Matt Harvey for five runs on 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings. Trevor Story's RBI double in the fifth was the decisive run.  Dodgers 8, Cardinals 4 : Rookie Ross Stripling picks up his first MLB win and hit in a memorable game.  Angels 7. Mariners 6: The Angels scored twice in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to overcome a 5-1 deficit. C.J. Cron delivered  the game-winning with a two-run single.  More MLB coverage from Yahoo Sports: - - - - - - - Mark Townsend is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at bigleaguestew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Townie813 Continue to Article

May 14, 2016 1:38:am EST