Twins edge Guardians 5‑4 to win series

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Kody Clemens had three hits and Kendry Rojas earned his first major league win as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Sunday. Brooks Lee’s tiebreaking single in a four-run fifth inning lifted the Twins, who took two of three in the series from their AL Central rivals. Rojas (1-0) allowed one run and five hits over 3 1/3 innings, striking out five and walking three. Yoendrys Gómez pitched a perfect ninth for his second save. Gavin Williams (5-3) took the loss after giving up five runs on 10 hits in six innings. Brayan Rocchio had four hits for Cleveland, and Chase DeLauter drove in two runs. The Twins (18-23) scored once in the third before breaking through in the fifth. Cleveland (21-21) answered with single runs in the third, fifth, sixth and eighth but could not complete the comeback. Attendance was 22,475, and the game lasted 2:53.