Woods Richardson allowed just four hits and two runs across a career-high seven innings pitched.
Simeon Woods Richardson gave up just four hits in his seven-inning start, but two of those hits were home runs and the Twins offense didn't provide much run support in a 2-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians Saturday night in front of an announced crowd of 30,314 at Target Field in Minneapolis.Woods Richardson surrendered a home run to Steven Kwan on his second pitch of the day but proceeded to send the next 11 Guardians batters down in order.
Woods Richardson’s seven innings were a career high and he fanned seven while allowing just the four hits and two runs. It was one of his best starts of the season, but he fell to 3-3 with the loss. That's because the Twins had just as much trouble against Cleveland starter Gavin Williams, who surrendered just four hits and one run while fanning three across six innings of work.That one run came in the sixth inning when Willi Castro led off with a double, was advanced to third on Trevor Larnach's groundout and came around to score on a Matt Wallner groundout.
While that made it a one-run Cleveland advantage and anyone’s game, the Twins didn't find any success against Guardians relievers Cade Smith and Hunter Gaddis, who pitched 1-2-3 seventh and eighth innings, respectively. Josh Winder kept the Guardians scoreless in the eighth and ninth innings to keep the Twins within one, but Emmanuel Clase threw a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up the save.The Twins and Guardians meet for the finale of their four-game series at 1:10 p.m. on Sunday.
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