Aaron Civale was solid in his return to the mound Friday night, but the Cleveland Guardians’ league-worst lineup offered no run support in a 1-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
The Twins’ lone run of the game came in the seventh inning against Nick Sandlin, who didn’t allow an earned run in the entire month of May. He is not off to the best start in June after surrendering a two-out RBI double to Jorge Polanco to break a scoreless tie and give Minnesota the lead.
It was the only run the Twins needed thanks in large part to Minnesota starting pitcher Bailey Ober, who has yet to even break a sweat against Cleveland this season.