Cleveland Guardians at Minnesota Twins
· Major League Baseball
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Naylor drives in 4 as Guardians beat Twins 6-2 for eighth straight victory
The Guardians (82-71) won for the 13th time in 14 games to pull within 2 1/2 games of the first-place Tigers in the AL Central. Cleveland was coming off a three-game sweep of Detroit, which lost 10-1 to the visiting Braves on Friday with three games looming in Cleveland next week.
José Ramírez had a two-out double off Cole Sands (4-6) in the eighth and Kyle Manzardo was intentionally walked. Ramírez stole his 40th base and Manzardo followed with his second to set the table for Naylor, who lined a full-count pitch to right field for a 4-2 lead.
Steven Kwan and Angel Martínez had two-out RBI doubles in the ninth off Michael Tonkin to cap the scoring.
Kwan led off the game with a single off Pablo López and Ramírez walked with one out. Both advanced a base when Manzardo flied out to left and Naylor followed with a two-out single to right for a 2-0 lead.
The Twins tied it in the sixth on a wild pitch by Parker Messick and Royce Lewis' RBI single off Matt Festa.
Messick struck out nine in 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on five hits. Jakob Junis (4-1) struck out four in two hitless innings for the win.
Lopez left after four innings with right forearm tightness. He allowed two runs on three hits in his third start since missing three months with a right shoulder strain.
Minnesota (66-87) has dropped seven of 10 to the Guardians this season.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Gasper grounded out to second. |
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9th Inning | Larnach flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Clemens struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Smith relieved Junis |
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9th Inning | Schneemann in right field. |
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9th Inning | Schneemann struck out looking. |
Statistics
 CLE |
 MIN |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 6 | Ground Balls | 8 |
| 10 | Strikeouts | 16 |
| 6 | Runs Batted In | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 9 | Hits | 6 |
| 2 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 3 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 6 | Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 36 | At Bats | 33 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 0 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 16 | Runners Left On Base | 8 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 1 | Intentional Walks | 1 |
| 5 | Doubles | 1 |
| 20 | Fly Balls | 9 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 143 | Pitches | 145 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 3 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 14 | Total Bases | 7 |
| 40 | Plate Appearances | 35 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 0.0 |
| 5 | Extra Base Hits | 1 |
| 5.2 | Runs Created | 1.4 |
| .250 | Batting Average | .182 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .389 | Slugging Percentage | .212 |
| .278 | Secondary Average | .121 |
| .325 | On Base Percentage | .229 |
| .714 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .441 |
| 0.3 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.9 |
| 5.2 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 1.4 |
| 45.0 | Batter Rating | 15.0 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 0.0 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 3.58 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.14 |
| .139 | Isolated Power | .030 |
| 0.30 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.13 |
| .075 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .057 |
| .028 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.061 |
| 12.0 | Runs Produced | 3.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.5 | Patience Ratio | 0.3 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
| 86.3 | MLB Rating | 65.0 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 20,159 | Capacity: