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July 9, 2026 · AL Cent

Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins

July 9, 2026Target FieldSunny 79°F · 6 mph, In From LF
AWAY
Cleveland Guardians
48-46
5
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
46-48
2

Game Highlights

Published July 9, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Gabriel Arias Gabriel Arias homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. CLE 1, MIN 0
B5 Tristan Gray Tristan Gray singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Kahlil Watson. Royce Lewis scores. Alan Roden to 3rd. Luke Keaschall to 2nd. CLE 1, MIN 1
T6 Chase DeLauter Chase DeLauter homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. CLE 2, MIN 1
T7 Brayan Rocchio Brayan Rocchio doubles (14) on a ground ball to left fielder Trevor Larnach. Patrick Bailey scores. Steven Kwan scores. CLE 4, MIN 1
B7 Royce Lewis Royce Lewis homers (9) on a fly ball to left field. CLE 4, MIN 2
T9 Patrick Bailey Patrick Bailey homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. CLE 5, MIN 2

Box score

  123456789 R
CLE 010001201 5
MIN 000010100 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Guardians AWAY 5

Gavin Williams started for Guardians, leaving with a 4–2 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Gavin Williams Starter 7.0 103 2 11 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Gavin Williams threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 62% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 34 33% 9 5 7 9 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 33 32% 3 8 9 11 2
    Curveball 26 25% 1 4 6 10 5
    Sinker 10 10% 0 2 6 0 2
  • Hunter Gaddis Setup 1.0 6 0 1 HLD
  • Cade Smith Closer 1.0 17 0 2 SV
Twins HOME 2

Bailey Ober started for Twins, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Kendry Rojas took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Bailey Ober Starter 5.0 74 1 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Bailey Ober threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 74% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 26 35% 1 2 6 13 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 20 27% 2 5 5 4 4
    Slider 14 19% 1 2 4 3 4
    Sweeper 11 15% 5 0 1 4 1
    Curveball 2 3% 0 0 1 1 0
    Sinker 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Kendry Rojas Middle 2.0 47 3 3 L
  • Kody Funderburk Setup 1.0 10 0 0
  • Woo-Suk Go Middle 1.0 18 1 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 6th · off Rojas
  • DeLauter HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Travis Bazzana 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 .245 .336 .403 .739 2B
Brayan Rocchio SS 4 0 1 2 0 3 .272 .342 .400 .742 2B
Chase DeLauter DH 4 1 1 1 0 0 .279 .345 .436 .781 HR (9)
Kyle Manzardo 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .216 .310 .367 .677
Petey Halpin RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .182 .222 .404
Gabriel Arias 3B 4 1 1 1 0 2 .214 .258 .417 .675 HR (5)
Daniel Schneemann CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .212 .279 .335 .614 2B
Patrick Bailey C 3 2 1 1 1 0 .181 .238 .269 .507 HR (3)
Steven Kwan LF 2 1 0 0 2 1 .220 .331 .275 .606
Kahlil Watson RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .215 .250 .308 .558
David Fry RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .203 .315 .375 .690
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Trevor Larnach LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .281 .374 .430 .804
Brooks Lee 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .249 .305 .426 .731
Kody Clemens 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .252 .312 .500 .812
Josh Bell DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .247 .306 .425 .731
Royce Lewis 1B 4 2 2 1 0 2 .216 .294 .385 .679 HR (9)
Alan Roden RF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .286 .375 .286 .661
Luke Keaschall CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .255 .345 .349 .694
Tristan Gray SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 .228 .269 .333 .602
Alex Jackson C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .296 .321 .407 .728

Pitching lines

AWAY · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Gavin Williams 7.0 3 2 2 1 11 1 103 3.81 W
Hunter Gaddis 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.83 HLD
Cade Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 2.76 SV
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Bailey Ober 5.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 74 4.40
Kendry Rojas 2.0 2 3 3 3 3 1 47 2.95 L
Kody Funderburk 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.07
Woo-Suk Go 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18 9.00

Manager comparison

AWAY · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 2.5 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · MIN
Derek Shelton
Lineup 2.5 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · CLE
3-6 L3 -10 run diff
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HOME · MIN
5-5 W1 -5 run diff
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Season series: 3-3 with CLE listed first across 6 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.