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The Cleveland Guardians shocked Andres Gimenez's visit to the Minnesota Twins in the ninth inning, celebrating two consecutive goodbye home runs when he won 5-3 on Thursday.
Gimenez's ninth home run of the season was two outs, moving an estimated 411 feet to the center right. It touched on a wild celebration by the Guardian near the home plate.
Teammate Josh Naylor defeated a two-run home run on Wednesday and defeated the Twins 7-6. Closer to
, Emanuel Klaas (2-2) won on Thursday with no points in 9th place.
Losing pitcher Tyler Thornburg (0-1) threw 1 2/3 innings, allowing 2 hits, 4 runs (3 wins) and 3 walks. He did not strike out the batter.
The Guardians gathered in just one hit and two runs in the eighth. Thornberg attacked Guimenez on the pitch and walked Franmil Reyes and Sandy Leon to load the base. Myles Straw struck a sharp grounder between the short and the third. Shortstop Carlos Correa stopped diving, but threw it roughly in 3rd place. Guimenez scored with an infield hit, and Reyes returned home with a throwing error and drew a score 3-3.
Minnesota's right-handed Chris Archer (2006 Cleveland Draft Topic Back) allowed the first Hosera Milles a single hit. However, he continued only four innings, walked six batters, and hit two batters. Archer threw 45 and 90 pitches for a strike.
The Guardians starter Shane Bieber was also unable to get the job done. He threw 6 innings, abandoned 3 runs, 5 hits, 2 walks and hit 5. This is the fifth time he has won his fourth win of the season.
The Twins then jumped to the beaver on their third three runs. The three-run double to the right center gap of Jose Miranda gave Luis Arráez, Correa and Max Kepler a 3-1 advantage.
Cleveland is one game behind the American League Central. The Guardians have won the 5 Game Series 3-2.
– Field-level media
