The Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on May 9, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Byron Buxton went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Joe Ryan pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Tanner Bibee pitched 6.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 9 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 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brooks Lee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Matt Wallner | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Royce Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ryan | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Orze | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Morris | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Funderburk | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Kwan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Angel Martinez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Bazzana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| David Fry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Bibee | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Peyton Pallette | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Colin Holderman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 11.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 1 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous May 8, 2026: MIN 4, CLE 6 · Next May 10, 2026: MIN 5, CLE 4
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous May 8, 2026: MIN 4, CLE 6 · Next May 10, 2026: MIN 5, CLE 4