The Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-5 on Jul 8, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Brayan Rocchio went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Guardians.
- Slade Cecconi pitched 3.2 innings for the Guardians, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Kody Clemens went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Connor Prielipp pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Hedges | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Travis Bazzana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gabriel Arias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slade Cecconi | 3.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Colin Holderman | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Festa | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Bell | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Keaschall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Alex Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Prielipp | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Kody Funderburk | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Adams | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Eric Orze | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Jul 7, 2026: CLE 1, MIN 3 · Next Jul 9, 2026: CLE 5, MIN 2
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