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Guardians

Gonzalez flied out to center fielder DeShields.

Buxton popped out to third baseman Ramírez.

Twins

Santana singled to left, Lindor scored, Hernández to second.

Singled to left, Lindor scored, Hernández to second.

Santana singled to right, Lindor scored, Hernández to third.

Singled to right, Lindor scored, Hernández to third.

Reyes hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kepler, Hernández scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kepler, Hernández scored.

Gonzalez homered to right on a 2-0 count, Wade Jr. scored.

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

Jeffers homered to center on a 2-2 count, Wade Jr. scored.

Homered to center on a 2-2 count, Wade Jr. scored.

Donaldson homered to center on the first pitch.

Lindor hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Rosario, Naylor scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Rosario, Naylor scored.

Gonzalez hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Naquin, Cruz scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Naquin, Cruz scored.

Indians first.  Lindor singled to center.  Hernández hit an infield single to second, Lindor to second.  Ramírez struck out.  Santana singled to left, Lindor scored, Hernández to second.  On left fielder Rosario's throwing error, Hernández to third, Santana to second.  Reyes struck out.  Naquin struck out.

Indians third.  Lindor singled to left.  Hernández singled to right, Lindor to second.  Ramírez struck out.  Santana singled to right, Lindor scored, Hernández to third.  Reyes hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kepler, Hernández scored.  Naquin grounded out, shortstop Polanco to first baseman Sanó.

Twins third.  Wade Jr. walked.  Gonzalez homered to right on a 2-0 count, Wade Jr. scored.  Jeffers grounded out, third baseman Ramírez to first baseman Santana.  Kepler struck out, catcher León to first baseman Santana.  Donaldson popped out to third baseman Ramírez.

Twins fourth.  Polanco struck out.  Cruz homered to left on the first pitch.  Rosario popped out to left fielder Naylor.  Sanó struck out.

Twins fifth.  Wade Jr. was hit by a pitch.  Gonzalez struck out.  Jeffers homered to center on a 2-2 count, Wade Jr. scored.  Quantrill pitching.  Kepler popped out to center fielder Mercado.  Donaldson homered to center on the first pitch.  Polanco struck out.

Indians sixth.  Naylor walked on a full count.  León walked on a full count, Naylor to second.  Mercado grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Polanco to second baseman Gonzalez, Naylor to third, León out.  May pitching.  Lindor hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Rosario, Naylor scored.  Mercado stole second.  Hernández popped out to shortstop Polanco.

Twins sixth.  Cruz singled to center.  Rosario hit an infield single to third, Cruz to second.  Sanó struck out.  Karinchak pitching.  Wade Jr. walked on a full count, Cruz to third, Rosario to second.  Gonzalez hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Naquin, Cruz scored.  On Karinchak's wild pitch, Rosario to third, Wade Jr. to second.  Jeffers walked.  Kepler fouled out to third baseman Ramírez.

Indians eighth.  Adrianza in as second baseman.  Gonzalez in as first baseman.  Naquin doubled to right.  Naylor flied out to center fielder Buxton.  León singled to right, Naquin scored.  DeShields pinch-running for León.  Freeman pinch-hitting for Mercado.  DeShields stole second.  Freeman struck out, catcher Jeffers to first baseman Gonzalez.  Lindor flied out to center fielder Buxton.

 The Twins are 4-3 against Cleveland this season, including winning the first series at Target Field, 3-1, from July 30 to August 2. Minnesota outscored Cleveland, 10-2, in the last three games of the series, the fewest runs the Indians have scored in any three-game stretch this season.

 Cleveland comes into the series following three straight losses to Kansas City. The Indians have just one four-game losing streak this season from July 31 to August 3, which included three defeats in Minnesota.

 The Twins have won six of their last seven home games, with all those coming against division foes Chicago and Detroit. Minnesota's 18-5 home record (.783) is the best in baseball and the Twins' best start to a season at home since 2001 (also 18-5).

 Franmil Reyes has gone just 3-for-23 over his last seven games (.130), recording three singles in that time. Reyes was batting .336 through September 2nd, second-best in the American League behind DJ LeMahieu (.392 -- min. 100 PA).

 Nelson Cruz is batting .500 so far in September (12-for-24), and is one of just two players hitting .500 or better this month (min. 20 PA; DJ Stewart - Bal), though he's struggled against Indians pitching in 2020, going just 4-for-25 (.160), failing to reach base in his last 10 plate appearances against Cleveland (5 K's).

 Shane Bieber is off to a 7-0 start this season, including a pair of wins over the Twins already. He was on the mound for Cleveland's only win at Target Field this year (2-0 on July 30), allowing no runs on just three hits in eight innings. That's the only time the Twins have failed to score in their last 39 home games.

HP - Hoye, 1B - Estabrook, 2B - Whitson, 3B - Carlson

Right-hander Michael Pineda makes his third start of the season as the Minnesota Twins try for a three-game series sweep of the Cleveland Indians on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Pineda (1-0, 2.77 ERA) missed the first 36 games of the season while finishing up a 60-game suspension for taking a banned diuretic. He is 1-0 with a 2.81 ERA in three career starts against the Indians.

Twins turn to Pineda to finish sweep of Indians

MINNEAPOLIS (AP)  Nelson Cruz hit his 16th homer, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 7-5 on Sunday to complete a sweep of their weekend series.
Marwin Gonzalez, Ryan Jeffers and Josh Donaldson also connected, helping Minnesota win for the 10th time in 12 games. The Twins have multiple homers in six straight games, including 11 in the series against Cleveland.

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CLE	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
MIN	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	X

Cleveland Guardians @ Minnesota Twins on September 13, 2020

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