The Guardians built a 7-0 lead Friday night, backed by a pair of home runs from Oscar Gonzalez, and Cleveland needed all seven of those runs to escape with a narrow 7-6 victory as the Minnesota Twins mounted a furious comeback over the final five frames.
Twins starting pitcher Dylan Bundy was exactly what the doctor ordered for the Guardians. After Amed Rosario and Jose Ramirez reached on back-to-back infield singles with one out in the first inning, Josh Naylor’s RBI single scored Rosario to give Cleveland the early lead. But it was Oscar Gonzalez who broke the game open with a laser shot to the stands in left field, homering off an 0-2 slider to make it a 4-0 score in favor of the Guardians.