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Hernández flied out to right fielder Kepler.

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Lindor homered to right on a 0-2 count, Ramírez scored.

Homered to right on a 0-2 count, Ramírez scored.

Indians third.  Mercado flied out to left fielder Rosario.  Hernández grounded out, shortstop Polanco to first baseman Sanó.  Ramírez singled to right.  Lindor homered to right on a 0-2 count, Ramírez scored.  Santana walked.  Reyes struck out.

 The Indians and Twins are two of the four AL teams with 4+ wins this season (also Tampa Bay and Detroit -- both 4-2). Cleveland and Minnesota have finished 1-2 in the AL Central in each of the three previous seasons (Cleveland won division in 2017 and 2018; Minnesota in 2019).

 The Indians have won four straight season series against the Twins, but it has been by the slimmest of margins, 10-9, in three of the four seasons, including 2019. Cleveland is 18-9 at Target Field since 2017, the best record by any team with at least four games played in Minnesota.

 In 2016, the Twins started the season 0-9, but in the last four seasons, Minnesota has done well in the first week: 2017 started 5-1, 2018 started 4-2, 2019 started 4-1 and this season 4-1 through five games.

 Francisco Lindor's 11 home runs against the Twins since 2018 are the most by any player. Carlos Santana (54 runs, 52 RBI) is the only non-Twin (never played for the Twins from 2010-20) to accumulate 50+ runs and 50+ RBI at Target Field.

 Max Kepler's six home runs against Cleveland in 2019 were the most by any player against the Indians. Unfortunately for Max, five of the six home runs were off Trevor Bauer and he is now a Cincinnati Red. Kepler's 14 career home runs against Cleveland are his most versus any opponent.

 Two 2019 All-Stars face off in this one, but they are coming off two very different Opening Day starts. Cleveland's Shane Bieber dominated the Royals last Friday, throwing six scoreless innings, allowing just four hits and one walk while striking out 14. Jose Berrios, on the other hand, struggled last Friday at the White Sox, allowing five earned runs in just 4.0 innings of work and struck out just one.

HP - Hickox, 1B - Baker, 2B - Rehak, 3B - Meals

After a record-setting, 14-strikeout performance in his season debut, right-hander Shane Bieber makes his second start of the season on Thursday night when the Cleveland Indians open a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis.
Bieber (1-0, 0.00 ERA), who finished fourth in American League Cy Young Award voting in 2019, moved to the front of the 2020 list after a 2-0 victory over Kansas City on Friday. He allowed just four hits and a walk in six innings while setting a club record for strikeouts for an Opening Day performance.

Indians' Bieber seeks encore vs. Twins

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)  Cleveland's Shane Bieber tied the major league record for strikeouts in a pitcher's first two starts of the season, punching out 13 Minnesota Twins over eight innings in the Indians' 2-0 victory on Thursday night.
Bieber (2-0) fanned 14 over six scoreless innings on Friday against Kansas City. His 27 strikeouts in the two games matched the record set by Karl Spooner of the Brooklyn Dodgers in September 1954 during the first two starts of his short career.

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

Cleveland Guardians @ Minnesota Twins on July 30, 2020

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