AL RECAP (OAKLAND-MINNESOTA) MINNEAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Struggling Eric Milton tossed five solid innings and Marty Cordova drove in three runs as the Minnesota Twins completed their first three-game home sweep of the Oakland Athletics in 10 years with an 8-3 victory. Milton (2-4) allowed two runs and three hits with four walks and five strikeouts, helping the Twins sweep Oakland at the Metrodome for the first time since June 26-28, 1989. "I made some good pitches when I had to," Milton said. "I left some runners out there. This pitching staff really did well this weekend with LaTroy (Hawkins), Brad (Radke) and I." Joe Mays allowed a three-run homer to Matt Stairs in the sixth but Travis Miller and Bob Wells combined for 2 2/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen for Minnesota, which has won three straight for the first time this season. The Athletics suffered their sixth straight loss and completed their first winless road trip since going 0-7 against Baltimore and Tampa Bay from July 21-27 of last season. The Twins snapped a six-game losing streak on Friday with a 2-1 victory over the Athletics in 15 innings, then beat Oakland by the same score in 10 innings on Saturday. "The last six games were pretty upsetting on the road, so it was nice to get the sweep this weekend," Wells said. "The staff has thrown really well this weekend, plus we got some offense to back us up." The Twins put away the contest early, rocking Gil Heredia (3-4) for five runs in the bottom of the first. After Heredia hit Cordova with the bases loaded to force in the first run of the inning, Chad Allen followed with a two-run single. A.J. Pierzynski delivered an RBI single and rookie Carlos Guzman added a run-scoring double to complete the uprising. "We did a great job in the first inning going the other way with a couple hits," Minnesota manager Tom Kelly said. "We put up a big number, which always makes it easier for the pitcher." "I feel like this team has a lot of heart, the way they played this weekend," added Twins second baseman Todd Walker, who had three hits. Cordova stroked an RBI double in the second before Walker and Denny Hocking chased Heredia with back-to-back doubles in the fourth. "I didn't do my job today," said Heredia, who allowed eight runs and eight hits over just three innings. "I went out there and tried to battle, but I just didn't get it done. Maybe it was a case of me going out there and trying to do too much today." Cordova greeted reliever Brad Rigby with an RBI single, giving Minnesota an 8-0 cushion. Rigby allowed six hits, but held the Twins scoreless over 3 2/3 innings. "Give credit to Brad Rigby," Heredia said. "When he came in, it was 8-3 and it could have been 20-3, but Brad Rigby did a good job." After sailing through the first five innings, Milton ran into trouble in the sixth, walking Jason Giambi and giving up an infield single to John Jaha. "This was not the prettiest game, but we got it done," Kelly said. "Milton pitched well, but then he had trouble throwing strikes, so we had to get him out of there." After Olmedo Saenz grounded out, Scott Spiezio doubled and took third on Mike Macfarlane's single. But Mays struck out Miguel Tejada and got Tim Raines to fly to center for the final out of the inning. Macfarlane added two hits for the Athletics, who have been outscored 46-12 during their slide, which followed a six-game winning streak. --=-=-- 