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Minnesota Twins @ Cleveland Guardians

2026-07-21 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 19714 · 83°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 13 mph, L To R · 2:40

Cleveland Guardians defeated Minnesota Twins 5–2. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Ryan Jeffers homers (9) on a fly ball to left field. Cleveland Guardians took the lead in the 3rd — Brayan Rocchio singles on a line drive to right fielder Luke Keaschall. Steven Kwan scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Royce Lewis reaches on a fielding error by pitcher Parker Messick. Josh Bell scores. Royce Lewis to 2nd. Royce Lewis advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by second baseman Travis Bazzana — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
CLE	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	9	2

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Austin Martin LF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Trevor Larnach LF	1	0	1	0	0	0
Byron Buxton CF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Jeffers C	4	1	1	1	0	0
Josh Bell DH	4	1	1	0	0	2
Royce Lewis 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0
Victor Caratini 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kody Clemens 2B	4	0	2	0	0	1
Luke Keaschall RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan Kreidler SS	3	0	0	0	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Steven Kwan LF	3	1	1	1	2	0
Brayan Rocchio SS	4	0	2	1	0	0
Chase DeLauter DH	4	0	2	0	0	1
Kyle Manzardo 1B	2	1	0	0	0	0
Rhys Hoskins 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kahlil Watson RF	2	1	1	0	0	0
David Fry RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Bazzana 2B	2	1	1	1	1	0
Gabriel Arias 3B	4	0	2	0	0	2
Austin Hedges C	2	1	0	1	1	0
Petey Halpin CF	2	0	0	1	0	0