The top two contenders in the AL Central came to play Tuesday night, delivering a back-and-forth affair that saw the Cleveland Guardians prevail, 6-5, in extra innings over the Minnesota Twins.
After both teams failed to score in the tenth inning, Andrés Giménez lined a one-out RBI single to center field in the eleventh, scoring the go-ahead run to give the Guardians a 6-5 lead. Emmanuel Clase took it from there, pitching a scoreless ninth — albeit, with the third out coming on the warning track in left field — to secure the hard-fought win for Cleveland.
Cleveland opened up a 3-0 lead in the first three innings, thanks to a two-out RBI double by Oscar Gonzalez in the first inning and a two-run homer by Josh Naylor in the third inning.