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09/11 22:06 CDT Angel Martinez homers and doubles as Guardians rally to beat
Twins 5-2
Angel Martinez homers and doubles as Guardians rally to beat Twins 5-2
By PATRICK DONNELLY
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Angel Martnez hit a two-run homer and his double in the
ninth inning keyed the game-winning rally as the Cleveland Guardians beat the
Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Friday night.
The Guardians moved two games ahead of Toronto in the race for the AL's third
wild-card spot.
Martnez gave the Guardians a 2-1 lead in the seventh with his 15th homer of
the season.
After the Twins tied it on Kalen Culpepper's RBI single in the seventh,
Martnez hit a one-out double off Yoendrys Gmez (2-3) that moved Travis
Bazzana to third. Bazzana scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by Gmez and
Brayan Rocchio brought home two more with a double.
Hunter Gaddis (4-3) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings and Cade Smith retired the
side in the ninth for his 36th save.
Twins starter Taj Bradley gave up one hit and four walks while striking out six
in six scoreless innings.
Parker Messick held the Twins to three hits and one run with two walks and five
strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Bradley walked the leadoff hitter in each of the first three innings and
allowed Bazzana's leadoff single in the fourth, but the Guardians didn't get a
runner past second base.
The Twins didn't do much against Messick, with just two hits through the first
five innings. But the hits were back-to-back in the second inning --- Kody
Clemens' single and Royce Lewis' double --- and produced the game's first run.
Up next
The Guardians have not announced their starting pitcher for the middle game of
the series on Saturday, though LHP Joey Cantillo (9-9, 4.00 ERA) is expected to
pitch the bulk of the innings. The Twins will start LHP Connor Prielipp (4-7,
5.25).
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