MINNEAPOLIS -- Logan Allen threw eight scoreless innings as the Guardians completed a doubleheader sweep of the Twins on Saturday with an 8-0 win in the nightcap at Target Field.

The victory was Cleveland’s tenth straight and 15th in its last 16 games, and it brings the Guardians (84-71) to within one game of first-place Detroit in the AL Central , with a three-game series against the Tigers at Progressive Field on tap next for the rivals. The Guardians, who trailed the Tigers by as many as 15 1/2 games in early July, haven’t been this close to first place since they were a half-game out on April 25.

In the longest start of his career, Allen (8-11) one-upped rotationmate Slade Cecconi, who tossed seven scoreless frames in the opener. Allen allowed four hits, walked one and struck

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