Article: CLEVELAND 10, TWINS 4; The slide reaches five; Jhonny Peralta hit two homers to lift the Indians to victory over a Twins team that has lost five consecutive games and is looking more and more unlikely to make a playoff push.(SPORTS)

Byline: La Velle E. Neal III; Staff Writer

Cleveland, Ohio -- After a third consecutive night of flat play led to a third consecutive rout on Friday, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire had seen enough.

Gardenhire, after a 10-4 loss to the Indians at Jacobs Field, tore into the Twins after they ran their losing streak to a season-worst five games.

"It's getting embarrassing. That's what I told the baseball team," Gardenhire said. "It's one thing to get beat. It's another to get embarrassed and we're getting embarrassed. Can't handle that. It doesn't happen around here and it is not going to start.

"We won't get embarrassed."

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