Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Guardians

May 8, 2026

7:15 PM (Eastern Time)

MLB

Final

Minnesota Twins

Cleveland Guardians

Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota Twins	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	4	13	1
Cleveland Guardians	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	6	8	0

Hits MIN 13 · CLE 8

Errors MIN 1 · CLE 0

Away Batting

Minnesota Twins

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
CFByron Buxton HR 2B	5	2	3	2	0	1	0	.255
LFAustin Martin 2B	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	.333
CRyan Jeffers	4	0	1	1	1	2	3	.300
DHJosh Bell	5	0	1	0	0	3	3	.216
2BLuke Keaschall	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.236
SSBrooks Lee	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.278
1BVictor Caratini	4	0	1	0	0	3	4	.209
1BKody Clemens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193
RFMatt Wallner	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.179
3BRoyce Lewis	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	.173
Totals	38	4	13	3	2	11	19	—

Away Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Connor Prielipp (L, 1-1)	5.0	4	4	1	2	6	1	93-61	3.32
Kody Funderburk	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	22-15	2.87
Eric Orze	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	16-10	4.67
Anthony Banda	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	22-11	8.27
Yoendrys Gómez	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	6.11
Totals	8.0	8	6	3	3	6	1	—	—

Home Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
LFSteven Kwan 2B	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	.221
RFAngel Martínez	4	1	0	0	0	1	5	.261
3BJosé Ramírez	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.219
1BRhys Hoskins	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	.195
DHDavid Fry	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.240
2BTravis Bazzana HR	4	2	1	2	0	1	1	.200
SSBrayan Rocchio	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.264
CAustin Hedges	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.306
CFPetey Halpin	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.118
Totals	32	6	8	5	3	6	15	—

Home Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P‑S	ERA
Parker Messick (W, 4-1)	5.2	7	1	1	1	7	0	95-60	2.30
Matt Festa (H, 5)	0.2	3	2	2	0	2	1	17-13	5.30
Colin Holderman (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	14-6	1.42
Tim Herrin (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11-10	0.00
Cade Smith (S, 11)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	15-13	3.44
Totals	9.0	13	4	4	2	11	1	—	—

Scoring Plays

Inn	Score (A-H)	Play
B1	0–1	José Ramírez reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Luke Keaschall. Steven Kwan scores. Angel Martínez to 3rd.
B1	0–2	Rhys Hoskins out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Matt Wallner. Angel Martínez scores.
B1	0–4	Travis Bazzana homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. José Ramírez scores.
T6	1–4	Ryan Jeffers singles on a ground ball to right fielder Angel Martínez. Austin Martin scores.
T7	3–4	Byron Buxton homers (12) on a fly ball to left center field. Royce Lewis scores.
B7	3–5	José Ramírez singles on a line drive to left fielder Austin Martin. Steven Kwan scores.
B8	3–6	Austin Hedges singles on a sharp ground ball to second baseman Luke Keaschall, deflected by pitcher Anthony Banda. Travis Bazzana scores. Brayan Rocchio to 3rd.
T9	4–6	Ryan Jeffers grounds into a double play, shortstop Brayan Rocchio to second baseman Travis Bazzana to first baseman Rhys Hoskins. Byron Buxton scores. Austin Martin out at 2nd. Ryan Jeffers out at 1st.

Game Details

Progressive Field

Probable Starting Pitchers

Connor Prielipp

Minnesota Twins Away

ERA

3.86

WHIP

0.929

K/9

9.64

BB/9

3.21

14.0

Last 3 Starts ERA 4.12 WHIP —

Parker Messick

Cleveland Guardians Home

ERA

2.40

WHIP

0.919

K/9

9.58

BB/9

2.18

41.3

Last 3 Starts ERA 1.96 WHIP —

Betting Odds

Team	Moneyline	Run Line	Total
Minnesota Twins	+129	+1.5 (-175)	O 7.5 (+106)
Cleveland Guardians	-141	-1.5 (+156)	U 7.5 (-119)

Closing line · May 8

Weather & Conditions

Temp55°F

Wind 13 mphSSW · out

Humidity74%

SkyPartially cloudy

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