Steven Kwan homered on the second pitch of the game and Bo Naylor also went deep for the Cleveland Guardians in a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night that stopped their season-long seven-game losing streak and created some space in the narrowing AL Central race.
Cleveland Guardians ' Steven Kwan celebrates his solo home run in the dugout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins , Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS — Steven Kwan homered on the second pitch of the game and Bo Naylor also went deep for the on Saturday night that stopped their season-long seven-game losing streak and created some space in the narrowing AL Central race.
Gavin Williams gave the Guardians six strong innings on just the right night, allowing one run on four hits and no walks with three strikeouts in the best of his eight starts this year. Woods Richardson was just as good as Williams, logging a career-high seven innings and allowing only two other baserunners — both singles — beyond the homers. The rookie threw only 89 pitches.
But the two costly pitches, to Kwan and Naylor, were uncatchable. Naylor’s ninth home run on a first-pitch fastball led off the sixth, before the Twins responded in the bottom of the inning with a double by Willi Castro and consecutive groundouts to advance him and cut the lead to 2-1.
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