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Guardians

Rosario fouled out to third baseman Ramírez.

Kepler grounded out, second baseman Miller to first baseman Santana.

Grounded out, second baseman Miller to first baseman Santana.

Twins

Gonzalez doubled to center, Cruz scored, Cron scored.

Doubled to center, Cruz scored, Cron scored.

Twins seventh.  Cruz singled to left.  Rosario struck out.  Cron singled to center, Cruz to second.  Gonzalez doubled to center, Cruz scored, Cron scored.  Schoop was hit by a pitch.  Castro struck out.  Buxton flied out to center fielder Martin.

The Indians took the season series with the Twins in 2018, 10-9, winning eight of the last 11 games after the Twins won six of the first eight.

Cleveland won the AL Central last year with a 91-71 record. The Indians have won 90+ games in three straight seasons for the first time since 1999-2001. They have only ever done so in four straight seasons one time in franchise history -- six straight years from 1950-1955.

The Twins finished second in the AL Central behind the Indians with a 78-84 record, one year after losing the AL Wild Card game. Minnesota hasn't won a playoff series in 16 consecutive seasons, the second-longest active streak in the AL behind the Mariners (17 straight).

Corey Kluber finished third in the AL Cy Young voting after posting a 2.89 ERA with 222 strikeouts. He notched the 1400th strikeout of his career in his 199th game on September 28, 2018 -- the only other pitcher in MLB history to reach 1400 strikeouts within the first 200 games of his career is Randy Johnson, who did so in his 196th game.

Jose Berrios has improved his ERA (3.94 in 2018), WHIP (1.14) and opponent batting average (.222) in each of the first three seasons of his career. In his last start against Cleveland, he gave up four earned runs and six walks in just 4.0 innings.

Eddie Rosario was one of five MLB players to lead his team in hits (161), runs (87), home runs (24) and RBI (87) last season. He batted .311 with 19 home runs before the All-Star break but regressed to a .240 batting average with just five homers after the break.

HP - Hallion, 1B - Cuzzi, 2B - Tichenor, 3B - Hamari

The Cleveland Indians begin their quest for a fourth consecutive American League Central Division championship against the team that is expected to be their toughest challenger, the Minnesota Twins, on Thursday afternoon at Target Field in Minneapolis.
Both teams will have a much different look since last fall when the Indians finished 91-71 and 13 games in front of the second-place Twins (78-84). In Minnesota's case, it was planned. Not so much for the injury-plagued Indians.

Indians open season against upstart Twins

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)  When the time came for Rocco Baldelli to remove Jose Berrios from the game, the new manager of the Minnesota Twins clapped as he reached the mound and extended his right hand for a rare congratulatory shake with his ace-in-the-making.
This opening day victory over Corey Kluber and the Cleveland Indians was clearly an occasion to celebrate.

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CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X

Cleveland Guardians @ Minnesota Twins on March 28, 2019

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