Normally a back-and-forth game is fun. But a back-and-forth game between two bad teams? Not so much. And make no mistake, the Cleveland Guardians and the Minnesota Twins are both bad. That much is clear after watching nearly four hours of these two teams in a tightly contested struggle that ended with the Twins prevailing, 5-4, in the tenth inning.
After the Guardians squandered their own scoring opportunity in the top of the tenth, the Twins went to work making the most of theirs. With Ryan Jeffers standing on second base to start the inning, Nick Wittgren gave up a single to Nick Gordon and intentionally walked Max Kepler to load the bases before Rob Refsnyder grounded into a 5-2 double play.