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MINNEAPOLIS -- Danny Valencias questionable decision wound up leading to a loss for Minnesota.Thats the way this woeful season has been playing out for the Twins. Even their former teammates have been taking advantage of them.Coco Crisp snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single after Valencia started the decisive rally, and the Oakland Athletics ended a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over Minnesota on Monday.Kendall Graveman (4-6) stopped a recent slide by the As rotation, allowing three hits and one run in 6 2/3 innings. Twins starter Ricky Nolasco (3-7) was on track to top him, but the momentum shifted in the seventh.Valencias leadoff double halted his 0-for-17 slump, and he aggressively reached third on a grounder to shortstop when Eduardo Nunezs high throw after a slight hesitation was a hair late. Valencia was called out on the field, but the replay challenge by As manager Bob Melvin brought a reversal after review.I think that a good throw, Twins manager Paul Molitor said, and hes probably out by a fair margin.Valencias foot hit the base barely before Miguel Sanos tag on the back.I felt I was safe the whole time. Just trying to be aggressive out there, said Valencia, a 19th-round draft pick by the Twins in 2006 who played for them in parts of three seasons. The As are his fifth team since Minnesota traded him in 2012.Suddenly, the roll that Nolasco was on screeched to a stop. Stephen Vogts single drove in Valencia to tie the game, and Nolasco was removed for Taylor Rogers. With two outs, Crisp smacked a single up the middle on the fourth two-strike pitch he faced. Second baseman Brian Dozier made a diving attempt but just missed.Just tried to get deep in the game, said Nolasco, who has lasted at least five innings in 16 of his 17 starts this season.The Twins, after totaling 24 hits in their previous two games, managed only four. That included a two-out triple by Eddie Rosario in the ninth, but Ryan Madson recovered from that hit and a walk to earn his 16th save in 19 attempts.Not enough offense, Molitor said, repeating a lament hes expressed many times this year.Rookie reliever Ryan Dull was the bridge between Graveman and Madson, and the right-hander breezed through four batters.Dull retired Nunez on a fielders choice after a slick play by shortstop Marcus Semien. That stretched Dulls record streak of inherited runners stranded to 36 since the start of the season. Thats the longest in major league history since the expansion era began in 1961, according to the As. Opponents have one hit in 47 at-bats with runners in scoring position against Dull this year.MAUER POWER?Joe Mauer, who entered in a 4-for-36 slump, had two hits and a walk for the Twins in his first multihit game in almost two weeks. The double was only his eighth of the season.BULLPEN SHUFFLEThe Twins optioned LHP Buddy Boshers to Triple-A Rochester after the game to make room for RHP Trevor May, who will be reinstated from the DL before Tuesdays game. May has missed 23 games with a lower-back injury and started a rehab assignment a week ago.TRAINERS ROOMBackup INF Eduardo Escobars sore hamstring will likely keep him out until Thursday, but he is expected to avoid the DL.UP NEXTOakland rookie left-hander Sean Manaea (3-4, 5.40 ERA) takes the mound Tuesday in the middle game of the series, opposite Minnesota LHP Tommy Milone (0-2, 6.23). Manaea beat the Twins last month with eight strikeouts in six innings and only one run allowed. 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I know he wont push me over my limit, Walton said. We usually push the limit.Zak Irvin scored 15 points for the Wolverines (2-0), who scored the final 13 points of the first half to take a 43-32 lead. They held on to win comfortably despite 22 points from IUPUIs Darell Combs.Moe Wagner scored 13 points for Michigan and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman contributed 12.Matt OLeary scored 13 points for the Jaguars (0-2), and Kellon Thomas added 10. IUPUI had also played Friday, losing at Eastern Kentucky.Im proud of the boys, IUPUI coach Jason Gardner said. To have a one-day prep, really almost like a walkthrough, and guys to be locked in defensively, I thought that was a step as far as showing growth.Michigan trailed 32-30 before Abdur-Rahkman made a 3-pointer with 3:47 left in the first half. Baskets by Ibi Watson and Mark Donnal pushed the lead to five, and then Donnal added two free throws. Abdur-Rahkman and Irvin added baskets in the final minute to make it an 11-point game.BIG PICTUREIUPUI: The Jaguars could have used more scoring from players other than Combs if they were going to make a serious bid for an upset in this game. Against Eastern Kentucky, Combs scored 28 points and none of his teammates had more than 11.dddddddddddd. It was a similar story against Michigan.Michigan: The Wolverines are making things easy on themselves with their foul shooting. After going 23 of 26 from the line in the win over Howard, Michigan was 16 of 18 against IUPUI. It will be hard for the Wolverines to keep that up, but its certainly an encouraging development for them so far.TOUGH INSIDEMichigan backup D.J. Wilson finished with quite a line: seven points, 14 rebounds and five blocks in 30 minutes. Beilein is pleased with the versatility he provides on defense.D.J. Wilson is really changing the way we guard, where we can switch more because he can guard really five positions right now, Beilein said. Thats really going to help us.FOULSAlthough Michigan shot a terrific percentage from the line, the Wolverines had only 18 attempts. That was an improvement for IUPUI, which allowed 56 free-throw attempts against Eastern Kentucky.I think we reached too much on Friday, Gardner said. I think we were trying to be more mindful -- not reaching, not lunging.UP NEXTIUPUI: Sundays game was part of the 2K Classic, which benefits Wounded Warrior Project. The Jaguars host Howard on Friday as the event continues.Michigan: The Wolverines head to New York to play in a 2K Classic semifinal against Marquette on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.---For more college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister ' ' '