The Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Sep 11, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Angel Martinez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Parker Messick pitched 5.1 innings for the Guardians, allowing 1 earned run with 5 strikeouts.
- Kaelen Culpepper went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Taj Bradley pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Angel Martinez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo Adell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Bazzana | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| David Fry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Genao | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Messick | 5.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kody Clemens | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaelen Culpepper | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Walker Jenkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Bradley | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| A.J. Minter | 1.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kody Funderburk | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoendrys Gomez | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Sep 9, 2026: CLE 5, BAL 9 · Next Sep 12, 2026: CLE 3, MIN 4
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous Sep 9, 2026: MIN 2, DET 7 · Next Sep 12, 2026: CLE 3, MIN 4