Tribe hammers Twins in 10-0 win; three takeaways

CLEVELAND-- The Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins have very different goals in this four-game series. For the Tribe, it's about gaining control in the American League Central. For the Twins, it's about gaining momentum.

With strong pitching from starter Trevor Bauer, and the offense attacking Minnesota starter Kyle Gibson at the plate, the Indians went on to win game one of the series 10-0 and improve to 62-49 and 10 games up on the Twins in the Central.

Here are the three takeaways from tonight's win.

1. Bauer's outing
As mentioned in today's preview, Bauer this season was 1-1 against the Twins before coming into tonight's game. After the win, Bauer improves to 2-1 against the division rival.

Bauer's final line for tonight was six innings, three hits, three walks and striking out 11, earning his 10th double-digit strikeouts. In the third inning, Bauer recorded his 200th strikeout of the year, making him the 11th different pitcher in Indians history to record a 200-strikeout season. He also struck out every Twins batter at least once.

2. Hot bats
The Indians brought out the bats against Gibson tonight. The team recorded 11 hits starting in the first inning with Michael Brantley's single to center. In the first inning, the Tribe scored two runs and never looked back.

The team scored four runs in the fourth inning. The long ball party started with Yonder Alonso hitting a homer to right center field.

It was then made a 10-0 game on Edwin Encarnacion's 25th home run of the year.

3. Gain control
With today's win, the Indians are now up 10 games in first on the Minnesota Twins in the Central. The series is important, but the upper hand goes to the Tribe, for now. Carlos Carrasco will take the hill for the Tribe tomorrow. Since coming off the disabled list, the right-hander hasn't lost a game.