Will Brennan had a double with two RBIs, 5 Cleveland pitchers mixed for a two-hitter and the Guardians edged the visiting Minnesota Twins 2-1 to salvage the finale of a three-game sequence Wednesday afternoon.
Andres Gimenez had a double and scored twice for Cleveland (67-73), which snapped a three-game shedding streak with the victory over first-place Minnesota. The Guardians additionally received the season-series with the Twins, taking seven of the 13 video games.
Rookie right-hander Gavin Williams (2-5), making his fifteenth main league begin, picked up his first win since July 8 in opposition to the Kansas City Royals, snapping a nine-start winless streak.
Williams, who carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning and endured a 66-minute rain delay within the third, allowed one run on one hit over 5 innings. He walked 4 and struck out 4.
Emmanuel Clase pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his thirty eighth save. Sam Hentges, Reynaldo Lopez and Nick Sandlin every adopted Williams with a scoreless inning of aid.
Minnesota (73-67), which amassed 28 runs and 31 hits in profitable the primary two video games of the sequence, managed simply two singles within the loss.
The Twins completed their six-game highway journey, which started at Texas, with a 4-2 mark. They return residence to open a sequence with the New York Mets on Friday holding a six-game lead within the American League Central with 22 video games remaining.
Cleveland’s Joe Ryan (10-9) gave up two runs on 4 hits over 4 innings with one stroll and three strikeouts.
Cleveland took a 1-0 lead within the second inning when Gimenez led off with a ground-rule double down the left discipline line, superior to third on a flyout by Gabriel Arias and scored on a single by Brennan.
The Guardians prolonged the lead to 2-0 within the fourth. Gimenez singled with one out and stole second. After Arias struck out, Brennan doubled into the hole in right-center to drive in Gimenez.
Minnesota lower it to 2-1 within the fifth when Willi Castro led off with a stroll, stole second and scored on a one-out ground-ball single to left by Andrew Stevenson.
—Field Level Media
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