The Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Jul 21, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Ryan Jeffers went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Mike Paredes pitched 3.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
- Brayan Rocchio went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Parker Messick pitched 5.2 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Royce Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Paredes | 3.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendry Rojas | 2.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Arias | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Petey Halpin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Fry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Bazzana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colin Holderman | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Jul 20, 2026: MIN 4, CLE 13 · Next Jul 22, 2026: MIN 10, CLE 6
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Jul 20, 2026: MIN 4, CLE 13 · Next Jul 22, 2026: MIN 10, CLE 6