Perkins plays catch, on track for Tuesday

Perkins earns 31st save 0:40 8/16/15: Glen Perkins gets Mike Aviles to fly out to left, sealing the Twins' 4-1 win over the Indians and picking up his 31st save BALTIMORE -- Left-hander Glen Perkins played catch Saturday for the first time since receiving two cortisone shots in his neck and felt great, according to the Twins.

Minnesota's All-Star closer is set to throw a bullpen session Sunday, and if all goes well, he could be back in the bullpen Tuesday. An MRI last Tuesday revealed a bulge between Perkins' C-5 and C-6 vertebrae.

He recently said he had been dealing with the injury for a couple of months and was unavailable for games in Milwaukee and Cincinnati in late June due to the…