CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Travis Bazzana hit his first major league home run and Parker Messick tossed 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Friday night at Progressive Field.

Cleveland struck for four runs in the first inning, aided by a fielding error and Bazzana’s two-run homer. Minnesota chipped back with a run in the sixth on Ryan Jeffers’ RBI single. Byron Buxton’s two-run homer in the seventh tied the game 4-4.

José Ramírez reached 1,700 career hits with a go-ahead single in the bottom of the seventh. Austin Hedges added an RBI single in the eighth.

Messick (4-1) allowed seven hits, struck out seven and walked none. Connor Prielipp (1-1) took the loss, surrendering four runs — one earned — in five innings. Cade Smith earned his 11th save despite allowing a run in the ninth.

Buxton had three hits for Minnesota, which has lost three of four on its six-game trip. Cleveland won its third straight, improving to 21-19. Attendance was 19,030. Time of game was 2:57.