The Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on May 8, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Byron Buxton went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Connor Prielipp pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Travis Bazzana went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Parker Messick pitched 5.2 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Austin Martin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Wallner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Keaschall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Prielipp | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Kody Funderburk | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Banda | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Orze | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Bazzana | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Angel Martinez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Petey Halpin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Messick | 5.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Festa | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Colin Holderman | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous May 7, 2026: MIN 5, WSH 7 · Next May 9, 2026: MIN 2, CLE 1
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous May 7, 2026: CLE 8, KC 5 · Next May 9, 2026: MIN 2, CLE 1