Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians
Final
Recap
CLEVELAND -- Byron Buxton doubled off the wall in left-center with one out in the 11th inning, scoring automatic runner Matt Wallner, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Saturday night. Buxton also drove in Minnesota’s first run and had its only other hit, belting his 22nd career leadoff homer on the third pitch of the game from Tanner Bibee. The Twins and Guardians each finished with two hits. Cleveland loaded the bases with one out in the ninth and 10th, but Eric Orze (1-1) worked his way out of both jams in his 1 2/3 innings. Luis García pitched the 11th for his first save.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCLE -118 · 53% to win
UpsetRun LineMIN -1.5
CLE coveredTotalO/U 8 · 3 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
2Hits2
1Home runs0
3Walks9
17Strikeouts7
0Stolen bases3
178Pitches thrown178
7Pitching strikeouts17
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kody Clemens1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Matt WallnerRF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Austin MartinPH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor LarnachLF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor CaratiniC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh BellDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Byron BuxtonCF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Keaschall2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Royce Lewis3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooks LeeSS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric OrzeP | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody FunderburkP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoendrys GomezP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor RogersP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luis GarciaP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe RyanP | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrew MorrisP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
