The Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Jul 9, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Patrick Bailey went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Gavin Williams pitched 7.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 2 earned runs with 11 strikeouts.
- Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Bailey Ober pitched 5.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Bazzana | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Arias | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Patrick Bailey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| David Fry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Petey Halpin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Williams | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trevor Larnach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tristan Gray | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
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 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Kendry Rojas | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Kody Funderburk | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Jul 8, 2026: CLE 5, MIN 6 · Next Jul 10, 2026: CLE 3, MIA 2
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Jul 8, 2026: CLE 5, MIN 6 · Next Jul 10, 2026: LAA 4, MIN 3