The Indians managed just two hits in a 5-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Monday night at Progressive Field.

Blue Jays starter Brett Cecil had a perfect game through six innings before Grady Sizemore walked with one out in the seventh. Cecil lost the no-hit bid three batters later on a single from Jhonny Peralta.

ELYRIA — A 16-year-old girl hit by a freight train yesterday afternoon is in good condition today, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

Katlyn Bartram of Elyria was hit about 4:20 p.m. as she walked on or near the railroad tracks just east of the West Bridge Street overpass that crosses West River Road North.

“We don’t know exactly what she was doing,” Elyria fire Capt. Jamison Norris said. “She was near the train when we found her.”

Elyria police reported that Katlyn was bleeding from her head and complaining of back and shoulder pain.

Herb de la Porte with LifeCare Ambulance Service said the girl was in serious condition and was taken to EMH Regional Medical Center first before she was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.

“We called Life Flight before we left the scene,” de la Porte said.

Police interviewed train conductor John W. Kimbel, who said the train was westbound when engineer David Aguirre noticed two people walking beside the tracks over a train trestle.

The engineer sounded the train’s horn, but said the two individuals, a male and a female, never looked back, and he heard a loud thump.

The train was stopped, and the engineer went to check on the condition of Katlyn. According to the engineer, he believes she was struck by the iron railing of stairs leading to the side of the engine.

The 15-year-old boy who had been walking with Katlyn told police she was wearing headphones and listening to an iPod. The teen said both her iPod and his cell phone were in her bra and knocked into the river when she was hit.

CLEVELAND — Even with Francisco Liriano not at his best, the Indians mustered little against the Twins ace. Unfortunately for Cleveland, hitting wasn’t a problem for Minnesota.

With their ace enduring an off day by his standards, the Twins picked him up offensively, and then some, as Indians pitchers allowed a season-high 20 hits in an 8-3 loss in the rubber match of a three-game series at Progressive Field.

It could have been worse from an Indians’ perspective. Minnesota left 16 runners on base.

“They hit us around today,” said Indians manager Manny Acta, whose pitchers allowed three home runs and five extra-base hits. “That was an awful lot of hits. They made Progressive Field look small.”

The offensive assault began early, with the Twins scoring twice in the first off David Huff, both on Orlando Hudson’s second homer of the season.

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Minnesota hit all of its homers, including one from former Indian Jim Thome, off Huff, who allowed four runs on 10 hits over five innings.

“David didn’t have good command at all,” Acta said. “It seemed like when he needed to throw a strike, he threw a ball, and when he needed to throw a ball, he threw too many over the plate. He threw a lot of balls right down the middle and they really hurt him.”

Huff seemed to disagree with his manager’s assessment when asked if he struggled with command.

“No, not at all,” said Huff, who has allowed five homers in his last two starts and seven in five starts on the season. “I just left a few up in the zone in the first inning. After that, I made the adjustment to keep it down. I felt like I was hitting my spots. I just tip my cap to them.”

The Twins collected at least one hit in all nine innings, and every player in the lineup save Michael Cuddyer had at least one hit. That included catcher Wilson Ramos, who was called up to make his big league debut in place of an injured Joe Mauer, and went 4-for-5 with a double. Ramos was the first Twins player to collect four hits in his debut since Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett in 1984.

It appeared that the Indians would take advantage of a shaky Liriano when they scored twice in the first to snap the left-hander’s scoreless-innings streak at 23.

But Liriano found his groove, limiting Cleveland to a run over his final six innings. He yielded three runs on eight hits, striking out nine.

From the first out of the second to the first out of the fourth, Liriano struck out six of the eight batters.

“I felt like we had a few opportunities to score more runs but we weren’t able to land that knockout blow,” Acta said. “Francisco seemed to get better later in the game after we let him off the hook.

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“It’s been a struggle offensively all season long for seven or eight guys. We need a couple of them to get going.”

The Twins broke a 2-all tie in the fifth on back-to-back homers from Thome and Delmon Young.

At that point, Huff had to be thinking the game was over, with Liriano back on track against the Indians’ flailing offense.

“I think about what I need to do to keep our team in it, and it was tough today,” Huff said.

Even with a subpar performance from Huff, the Indians were still in the game, down by just a run before reliever Jamey Wright allowed two runs in the seventh inning. The Twins capped their eventful offensive effort with two more in the ninth.

Thome’s homer was the 569th of his career, moving him into a tie with Rafael Palmeiro for 11th place on the all-time list. Thome, Cleveland’s franchise leader in long balls (334), has belted the most home runs at Jacobs/Progressive Field with 184.

Contact Chris Assenheimer at 329-7136 or cassenheimer@chroniclet.com.

CLEVELAND — The long-awaited rehab assignment for Kerry Wood is finally set to take place.

The Indians announced Sunday that the veteran closer, who has been inactive since sustaining a strained right lat muscle shortly into spring training, would begin a rehab stint with Double-A Akron today.

Wood is expected to make at least two appearances for the Aeros, pitching one inning in each outing.

“He’s got to go over there and just compete and be able to throw all his pitches, and then come back and do it again,” said Indians manager Manny Acta.

Wood will be re-evaluated after the rehab stint and could be activated before the end of the week.

Right-hander Chris Perez has been filling in for Wood, and though he struggled early, has converted four of his five save opportunities. Perez hasn’t allowed a run in his last seven appearances.

Sweet Lou

Embroiled in a season-long slump, catcher Lou Marson is beginning to pick up steam at the plate.

Marson has produced four straight multihit games, going 2-for-4 with a double Sunday. Both hits came off Twins ace Francisco Liriano.

Next up

The Indians continue their homestand with a three-game series against Toronto that begins tonight at 7:05.

Mitch Talbot (3-1, 2.05 ERA) opens the set, opposing LHP Brett Cecil (1-1, 3.55), while Jake Westbrook (0-2, 5.53) goes Tuesday (7:05 p.m.) against LHP Ricky Romero (2-1, 2.25).

Fausto Carmona (3-1, 4.05) will start the finale Wednesday (12:05 p.m.), the Jays countering with RHP Brandon Morrow (2-2, 5.46).

Minor details

• Triple-A Columbus’ Chris Gimenez produced his fourth multihit game in the last six Saturday, going 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI in the Clippers’ 13-2 victory over Syracuse. Gimenez, who entered Sunday batting .321 with five homers and 11 RBIs, went 10-for-21 with two homers and six RBIs over the six-game span.
• In just his third game of the season, Columbus’ Jordan Brown went 2-for-4 with a career-high six RBIs in the win over Syracuse. Brown, who led the International League with a .336 batting average last year, missed the first month while recovering from right knee surgery that was performed during spring training.

Roundin’ third

• The Indians have scored nearly 50 percent (42-of-85) of their runs with two outs.
• Cleveland has four wins when trailing after seven innings, accomplishing as much just eight times last year.
• The Avon Lake marching band performed the national anthem.

Contact Chris Assenheimer at 329-7136 or cassenheimer@chroniclet.com.