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Dozier ties Killebrew's mark with first-pitch homer

CLEVELAND -- The homers keep coming for Brian Dozier, but unfortunately for the Twins, so do the losses.

Dozier homered on the first pitch of Tuesday's game against the Indians, giving him his 31st of the year and his 12th in August, which is the most homers a Twins player has hit in a month since Harmon Killebrew also smacked a dozen dingers in July of 1969. But the solo shot came in another tough loss for the Twins, who dropped their 12th straight in a 5-4 defeat. It's third-longest skid in Minnesota history, and the longest since losing a club-record 14 in a row in 1982.