Kody Clemens had three hits and Kendry Rojas earned his first major league win with a strong outing in relief as the Minnesota Twins held off the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Brooks Lee hit a tiebreaking single in a four-run fifth inning for the Twins, who took two of three in the series from their AL Central rivals.<\/p>\n
Guardians manager Stephen Vogt was sent home hours before the first pitch due to lingering respiratory issues. Tony Arnerich filled in as acting manager.<\/p>\n
Making his second career appearance, Rojas (1-0) struck out five and walked three over 3 1\/3 innings. He allowed one run and five hits.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old left-hander from Cuba entered to begin the second inning after opener Andrew Morris worked a 1-2-3 first. <\/p>\n
Yoendrys G\u00f3mez pitched a perfect ninth for his third big league save and second this season.<\/p>\n
Brayan Rocchio went 4 for 4 and scored twice for Cleveland, setting a career high for hits. Gavin Williams (5-3) gave up five runs and 10 hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked one.<\/p>\n
Clemens doubled and scored on a wild pitch to give the Twins a 1-0 lead in the third. Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez tied it in the bottom half with an RBI single that scored Rocchio. <\/p>\n
Clemens scored on Lee’s single in the fifth to put Minnesota back in front. Royce Lewis had an RBI double before Josh Bell and Austin Martin each added a run-scoring single to make it 5-1.<\/p>\n
Cleveland got RBI singles from Angel Mart\u00ednez and Chase DeLauter to narrow the gap, and DeLauter trimmed it to 5-4 with an RBI groundout in the eighth.<\/p>\n
The Twins improved to 7-20 in their last 27 one-run games against Cleveland.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Twins: Begin a three-game series at home against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Guardians: LHP Joey Cantillo (2-1, 3.43 ERA) starts Monday night against the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a three-game set.<\/p>\n