The Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on May 6, 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.
- Sonny Gray pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Steven Kwan went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Trevor Stephan pitched 1.1 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 2 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 | 1 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willi Castro | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Donovan Solano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joey Gallo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gray | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jovani Moran | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Zunino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Amed Rosario | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myles Straw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gabriel Arias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Stephan | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Hentges | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| James Karinchak | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous May 5, 2023: MIN 2, CLE 0 · Next May 7, 2023: MIN 0, CLE 2
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous May 5, 2023: MIN 2, CLE 0 · Next May 7, 2023: MIN 0, CLE 2