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Gavin Williams throws seven strong innings, three Guardians homer in 5-2 victory over Twins

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Gavin Williams pitched seven dominant innings, Gabriel Arias, Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey hit home runs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.

Williams (10-4) moved into a tie with Boston’s Sonny Gray for the most victories in the AL with his first win since June 3. He gave up two runs on three hits with a walk, and he tied his season high with 11 strikeouts.

Hunter Gaddis pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Cade Smith earned his 27th save with a perfect ninth.

Twins starter Bailey Ober gave up one run on three hits with a walk and five strikeouts in his first appearance since May 30. He was activated from the injured list on Thursday after recovering from right elbow inflammation.

The Twins saw their four-game winning streak snapped but still won seven of their last eight series.

Williams retired the first 13 batters he faced, eight of them by strikeout, before Royce Lewis dropped a soft line drive into short right field for the Twins' first hit.

Lewis' single seemed to fluster Williams, who walked Alan Roden and hit Luke Keaschall with a pitch to load the bases. Tristan Gray followed with an RBI single through a drawn-in infield to tie the game 1-1.

However, Williams got a force-out at home plate for the second out, then froze Trevor Larnach on a curveball for strike three to keep it tied.

DeLauter broke the tie in the sixth inning with a solo homer onto the right-field plaza off reliever Kendry Rojas (1-1) to give the Guardians a 2-1 lead.

Rojas walked two batters in the seventh, and both scored on Brayan Rocchio's two-out double just over the glove of a leaping Twins third baseman Brooks Lee.

Lewis led off the bottom of the seventh with a long homer to left.

Bailey homered in the ninth off reliever Woosuk Go, who was making his major league debut.

The Guardians head to Miami, where LHP Parker Messick (7-5, 2.80 ERA) faces the Marlins in the series opener Friday. The Twins host the Angels this weekend, with RHP Zebby Matthews (4-5, 4.43) set to start on Friday.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Guardians CLE48-46	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	5	6	0
Twins MIN46-48	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0

Target FieldMinneapolis, MN

W: G. Williams (10-4)L: K. Rojas (1-1)S: C. Smith (27)
HR: CLE - C. DeLauter (8), P. Bailey (1), G. Arias (4), MIN - R. Lewis (8)

CLEGuardians

MINTwins

.G. WilliamsGavin Williams
P
7.0 IP, 2 ER, BB, 11 SO, 103 P
.B. OberBailey Ober
P
5.0 IP, ER, BB, 5 SO, 74 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Bazzana 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	.245	.336	.403	.739	2.0
B. Rocchio SS	4	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	.272	.342	.400	.742	2.5
C. DeLauter DH	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	.279	.345	.436	.780	6.0
K. Manzardo 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.216	.310	.367	.677	0.5
K. Watson RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.215	.250	.308	.558	-0.5
a- D. Fry PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.203	.315	.375	.690	-0.5
P. Halpin RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.182	.222	.404	0.0
G. Arias 3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	.214	.258	.417	.675	5.0
D. Schneemann CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.279	.335	.614	2.0
P. Bailey C	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	.181	.238	.269	.507	8.0
S. Kwan LF	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.220	.331	.275	.607	2.5

HITTERS	AB
T. Bazzana 2B	5
B. Rocchio SS	4
C. DeLauter DH	4
K. Manzardo 1B	3
K. Watson RF	2
a- D. Fry PH-RF	1
P. Halpin RF	1
G. Arias 3B	4
D. Schneemann CF	4
P. Bailey C	3
S. Kwan LF	2

a-fouled out for Watson in the 6th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Larnach LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.281	.374	.430	.804	-1.0
B. Lee 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.249	.305	.426	.731	-0.5
K. Clemens 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.252	.312	.500	.812	-1.5
J. Bell DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.247	.306	.425	.730	-1.0
R. Lewis 1B	4	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	.216	.294	.385	.679	7.0
A. Roden RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	0.5
L. Keaschall CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.255	.345	.349	.694	0.5
T. Gray SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.228	.269	.333	.602	1.5
A. Jackson C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.296	.321	.407	.729	-0.5

HITTERS	AB
T. Larnach LF	4
B. Lee 3B	4
K. Clemens 2B	4
J. Bell DH	4
R. Lewis 1B	4
A. Roden RF	2
L. Keaschall CF	2
T. Gray SS	3
A. Jackson C	3

2B - T. Bazzana (14), B. Rocchio (14), D. Schneemann (11)
HR - C. DeLauter (9), G. Arias (5), P. Bailey (3)
RBI - B. Rocchio 2 (42), C. DeLauter (43), G. Arias (10), P. Bailey (13)
2-Out RBI - B. Rocchio 2 (2), G. Arias
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - T. Bazzana, B. Rocchio, C. DeLauter

HR - R. Lewis (9)
RBI - R. Lewis (27), T. Gray (29)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - T. Larnach 2 (2)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
G. Williams (W, 10-4)	7.0	3	2	2	1	11	1	3.81	1.15	29.5
H. Gaddis (H, 16)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.83	1.40	3.5
C. Smith (S, 27)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.76	1.11	11.0

PITCHERS	IP
G. Williams (W, 10-4)	7.0
H. Gaddis (H, 16)	1.0
C. Smith (S, 27)	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ober	5.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	4.40	1.19	12.5
K. Rojas (L, 1-1)	2.0	2	3	3	3	3	1	2.95	1.64	-5.5
K. Funderburk	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	1.44	3.0
W. Go	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	9.00	1.00	1.5

PITCHERS	IP
B. Ober	5.0
K. Rojas (L, 1-1)	2.0
K. Funderburk	1.0
W. Go	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - G. Williams 103-73, H. Gaddis 6-5, C. Smith 17-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - G. Williams 8-5, H. Gaddis 1-0, C. Smith 0-1
Batters Faced - G. Williams 26, H. Gaddis 3, C. Smith 3

Pitches-Strikes - B. Ober 74-48, K. Rojas 47-25, K. Funderburk 10-7, W. Go 18-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - B. Ober 2-4, K. Rojas 3-2, K. Funderburk 3-0, W. Go 2-1
Batters Faced - B. Ober 19, K. Rojas 11, K. Funderburk 3, W. Go 4

.G. WilliamsGavin Williams
P
7.0 IP, 2 ER, BB, 11 SO, 103 P
.B. OberBailey Ober
P
5.0 IP, ER, BB, 5 SO, 74 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Guardians CLE48-46	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	5	6	0
Twins MIN46-48	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0

Target FieldMinneapolis, MN

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Bazzana 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	.245	.336	.403	.739	2.0
B. Rocchio SS	4	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	.272	.342	.400	.742	2.5
C. DeLauter DH	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	.279	.345	.436	.780	6.0
K. Manzardo 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.216	.310	.367	.677	0.5
K. Watson RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.215	.250	.308	.558	-0.5
a- D. Fry PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.203	.315	.375	.690	-0.5
P. Halpin RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.182	.222	.404	0.0
G. Arias 3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	.214	.258	.417	.675	5.0
D. Schneemann CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.279	.335	.614	2.0
P. Bailey C	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	.181	.238	.269	.507	8.0
S. Kwan LF	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.220	.331	.275	.607	2.5
Total	33	5	6	5	3	4	9	9	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
T. Bazzana 2B	5
B. Rocchio SS	4
C. DeLauter DH	4
K. Manzardo 1B	3
K. Watson RF	2
a- D. Fry PH-RF	1
P. Halpin RF	1
G. Arias 3B	4
D. Schneemann CF	4
P. Bailey C	3
S. Kwan LF	2
Total	33

a-fouled out for Watson in the 6th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Larnach LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.281	.374	.430	.804	-1.0
B. Lee 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.249	.305	.426	.731	-0.5
K. Clemens 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.252	.312	.500	.812	-1.5
J. Bell DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.247	.306	.425	.730	-1.0
R. Lewis 1B	4	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	.216	.294	.385	.679	7.0
A. Roden RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	0.5
L. Keaschall CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.255	.345	.349	.694	0.5
T. Gray SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.228	.269	.333	.602	1.5
A. Jackson C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.296	.321	.407	.729	-0.5
Total	30	2	3	2	1	1	14	6	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
T. Larnach LF	4
B. Lee 3B	4
K. Clemens 2B	4
J. Bell DH	4
R. Lewis 1B	4
A. Roden RF	2
L. Keaschall CF	2
T. Gray SS	3
A. Jackson C	3
Total	30

2B - T. Bazzana (14), B. Rocchio (14), D. Schneemann (11)
HR - C. DeLauter (9), G. Arias (5), P. Bailey (3)
RBI - B. Rocchio 2 (42), C. DeLauter (43), G. Arias (10), P. Bailey (13)
2-Out RBI - B. Rocchio 2 (2), G. Arias
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - T. Bazzana, B. Rocchio, C. DeLauter

HR - R. Lewis (9)
RBI - R. Lewis (27), T. Gray (29)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - T. Larnach 2 (2)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
G. Williams (W, 10-4)	7.0	3	2	2	1	11	1	3.81	1.15	29.5
H. Gaddis (H, 16)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.83	1.40	3.5
C. Smith (S, 27)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.76	1.11	11.0
Total	9.0	3	2	2	1	14	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
G. Williams (W, 10-4)	7.0
H. Gaddis (H, 16)	1.0
C. Smith (S, 27)	1.0
Total	9.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ober	5.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	4.40	1.19	12.5
K. Rojas (L, 1-1)	2.0	2	3	3	3	3	1	2.95	1.64	-5.5
K. Funderburk	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	1.44	3.0
W. Go	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	9.00	1.00	1.5
Total	9.0	6	5	5	4	9	3	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
B. Ober	5.0
K. Rojas (L, 1-1)	2.0
K. Funderburk	1.0
W. Go	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - G. Williams 103-73, H. Gaddis 6-5, C. Smith 17-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - G. Williams 8-5, H. Gaddis 1-0, C. Smith 0-1
Batters Faced - G. Williams 26, H. Gaddis 3, C. Smith 3

Pitches-Strikes - B. Ober 74-48, K. Rojas 47-25, K. Funderburk 10-7, W. Go 18-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - B. Ober 2-4, K. Rojas 3-2, K. Funderburk 3-0, W. Go 2-1
Batters Faced - B. Ober 19, K. Rojas 11, K. Funderburk 3, W. Go 4

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

2ND INNING
G. Arias homered to center 1 0
5TH INNING
Gray singled to shallow right, R. Lewis scored, Roden to third, Keaschall to second 1 1
6TH INNING
C. DeLauter homered to right 2 1
7TH INNING
Rocchio doubled to left, S. Kwan and P. Bailey scored 4 1
R. Lewis homered to left 4 2
9TH INNING
P. Bailey homered to right 5 2

2ND INNING
	G. Arias homered to center	1	0

5TH INNING
	Gray singled to shallow right, R. Lewis scored, Roden to third, Keaschall to second	1	1

6TH INNING
	C. DeLauter homered to right	2	1

7TH INNING
	Rocchio doubled to left, S. Kwan and P. Bailey scored	4	1
	R. Lewis homered to left	4	2

9TH INNING
	P. Bailey homered to right	5	2

1ST INNING
Guardians
B. Ober Pitching:
T. Bazzana: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Bazzana popped out to second
B. Rocchio: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Rocchio struck out swinging
C. DeLauter: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, DeLauter flied out to deep center
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
G. Williams Pitching:
T. Larnach: Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Larnach grounded out to second
B. Lee: Lee grounded out to second
K. Clemens: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Clemens struck out swinging
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Guardians
B. Ober Pitching:
K. Manzardo: Foul, Foul, Manzardo popped out to shortstop
K. Watson: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Watson struck out swinging
G. Arias: G. Arias homered to center
D. Schneemann: Strike looking, Schneemann flied out to center
Middle of the 2nd (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
G. Williams Pitching:
J. Bell: Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Bell struck out looking
R. Lewis: Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Lewis struck out swinging
A. Roden: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Roden struck out swinging
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Guardians
B. Ober Pitching:
P. Bailey: Strike swinging, Bailey flied out to deep center
S. Kwan: Strike looking, Kwan lined out to center
T. Bazzana: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Bazzana doubled to center
B. Rocchio: Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Rocchio struck out swinging
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
G. Williams Pitching:
L. Keaschall: Strike looking, Keaschall grounded out to third
T. Gray: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Gray struck out swinging
A. Jackson: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Jackson struck out swinging
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Guardians
B. Ober Pitching:
C. DeLauter: Ball, DeLauter fouled out to third
K. Manzardo: Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Manzardo struck out swinging
K. Watson: Watson grounded out to first
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
G. Williams Pitching:
T. Larnach: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Larnach struck out swinging
B. Lee: Ball, Lee flied out to deep left
K. Clemens: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Clemens flied out to deep right
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Guardians
B. Ober Pitching:
G. Arias: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Arias struck out swinging
D. Schneemann: Foul, Ball, Schneemann doubled to right center
P. Bailey: Strike looking, Dirt ball, Strike looking, Bailey popped out to third
S. Kwan: Strike looking, Foul, Dirt ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Kwan walked
T. Bazzana: Foul, Ball, Bazzana grounded out to first
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
G. Williams Pitching:
J. Bell: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Bell struck out swinging
R. Lewis: Foul, Foul, Lewis singled to shallow right center
A. Roden: Dirt ball, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Roden walked, Lewis to second
L. Keaschall: Ball, Keaschall hit by pitch, Lewis to third, Roden to second
T. Gray: Gray singled to shallow right, R. Lewis scored, Roden to third, Keaschall to second
A. Jackson: Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Jackson reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Roden out at home, Keaschall to third, Gray to second
T. Larnach: Strike looking, Foul, Strike looking, Larnach struck out looking
End of the 5th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Guardians
Kendry Rojas relieved Bailey Ober
B. Rocchio: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Rocchio struck out looking
C. DeLauter: Foul, Ball, Ball, C. DeLauter homered to right
K. Manzardo: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Manzardo walked
David Fry hit for Kahlil Watson
D. Fry: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Dirt ball, Ball, Foul, Foul tip, Fry struck out on foul tip
G. Arias: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Arias struck out swinging
Middle of the 6th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
David Fry in right field
B. Lee: Strike looking, Foul, Lee grounded out to first
K. Clemens: Foul, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Clemens struck out swinging
J. Bell: Strike looking, Bell fouled out to left
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Guardians
K. Rojas Pitching:
D. Schneemann: Strike (foul tip), Schneemann grounded out to pitcher
P. Bailey: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Bailey walked
S. Kwan: Ball, Pickoff attempt, Dirt ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Kwan walked, Bailey to second
T. Bazzana: Bazzana flied out to center
B. Rocchio: Rocchio doubled to left, S. Kwan and P. Bailey scored
C. DeLauter: Foul, Strike looking, DeLauter grounded out to second
Middle of the 7th (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
Petey Halpin in right field
R. Lewis: Ball, Ball, R. Lewis homered to left
A. Roden: Ball, Foul, Roden grounded out to third
L. Keaschall: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Keaschall struck out swinging
T. Gray: Gray grounded out to pitcher
End of the 7th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Guardians
Kody Funderburk relieved Kendry Rojas
K. Manzardo: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Manzardo grounded out to shortstop
P. Halpin: Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Halpin grounded out to pitcher
G. Arias: Arias grounded out to second
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
Hunter Gaddis relieved Gavin Williams
A. Jackson: Jackson grounded bunt out to third
T. Larnach: Larnach popped out to shortstop
B. Lee: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Lee struck out swinging
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Guardians
Woo-Suk Go relieved Kody Funderburk
D. Schneemann: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Schneemann grounded out to first
P. Bailey: Ball, P. Bailey homered to right
S. Kwan: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Kwan struck out swinging
T. Bazzana: Ball, Bazzana grounded out to first
Middle of the 9th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
Cade Smith relieved Hunter Gaddis
K. Clemens: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Clemens struck out looking
J. Bell: Strike swinging, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Bell flied out to deep center
R. Lewis: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Strike swinging, Lewis struck out swinging
End of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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