Major League Baseball
Cleveland 5, Minnesota 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, August 11, 2024
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Sean Barber, 1B - Ryan Blakney, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 30084

Jose Ramirez and David Fry each belted a solo home run, and the Cleveland Guardians held on for a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.

Brayan Rocchio, Steven Kwan and Will Brennan added one RBI apiece for the Guardians, who earned a split in the four-game series. Cleveland won its second straight game after losing a season-worst seven in a row.

Byron Buxton went 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBIs to lead the Twins. Christian Vazquez finished 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles.

Guardians right-hander Tanner Bibee (10-4) allowed one run on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked none and struck out five.

Twins left-hander Caleb Thielbar (2-3) gave up three runs on one hit in two-thirds of an inning. He walked two, struck out one and surrendered Fry's go-ahead home run.

Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth for his 35th save. He struck out Willi Castro and got Trevor Larnach to ground into a game-ending double play.

The Twins opened the scoring in the bottom of the second. Buxton drilled a 378-foot shot over the wall in left field.

In the fourth, Ramirez homered for the Guardians to even the score at 1-1. He worked a seven pitch at-bat that ended with a 372-foot blast to right-center field for his 31st homer.

The score remained tied until the sixth, when Cleveland scored four runs to grab the lead.

Fry started the scoring with a solo homer with one out. He hit a fastball 405 feet to left-center field for his 11th homer.

Rocchio, Kwan and Brennan added one RBI hit apiece during the inning as the Guardians increased their lead to 5-1. Rocchio singled to right, Kwan singled to left and Brennan doubled to center to each score a runner.

Minnesota trimmed the deficit to 5-3 in the eighth on Buxton's second homer of the game and his 16th of the season. After Royce Lewis hit a one-out double to center, Buxton followed with a two-out blast to left for his third multi-homer game this season.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Minnesota
Tanner Bibee Player David Festa
Win W/L No Decision
5.2 IP 3.1
5 Strikeouts 3
6 Hits 3
1.59 ERA 2.70
Hitting
Cleveland   Minnesota
Jose Ramirez Player Christian Vazquez
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 5
.400 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 9 2 16 .250 24 7 5 7 2 0
Minnesota 11 2 21 .297 14 9 3 1 0 1