The Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-0 on May 5, 2023 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Max Kepler went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Bailey Ober pitched 7.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Jose Ramirez went 1-for-4 for the Guardians.
- Enyel De Los Santos pitched 1.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Donovan Solano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Ober | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Jorge Lopez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jhoan Duran | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Cleveland Guardians box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amed Rosario | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Zunino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous May 4, 2023: MIN 7, CHW 3 · Next May 6, 2023: MIN 3, CLE 4
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous May 3, 2023: CLE 3, NYY 4 · Next May 6, 2023: MIN 3, CLE 4