Ober (1-2) allowed two earned runs on five hits with three strikeouts through six innings, taking the loss in Tuesday's 3-1 defeat to Cleveland.
Ober blanked Cleveland through four innings until Daniel Johnson took him deep for a two-run homer in the fifth. The right-hander then gave up an unearned run before getting the hook from manager Rocco Baldelli. Tuesday marked the first time Ober has been deeper than 5.1 innings in his major-league career, but he owes that more to his efficiency on the night (no walks, 69 pitches) than to a change in his deployment. The Twins clearly want to be careful with the 26-year-old, as he has eclipsed 90 pitches just once in 14 starts and has never thrown more than 80 innings in a season in his professional career.