BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Gavin Williams struck out 11 over seven innings to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon at Target Field. Williams (10-4) allowed three hits and two earned runs. Cade Smith earned his 27th save with a perfect ninth inning, striking out two. Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey each hit solo home runs for Cleveland, which improved to 48-46. Brayan Rocchio doubled in two runs in the seventh inning. The Guardians scored one run in the second, one in the sixth, two in the seventh and one in the ninth while collecting six hits. The Twins’ Royce Lewis went 2 for 4 with a home run, and Minnesota scored single runs in the fifth and seventh on just three hits. Kendry Rojas (1-1) took the loss. Bailey Ober struck out five over five innings for Minnesota. Attendance was 22,221. The game lasted 2 hours, 23 minutes. Cleveland snapped a two-game skid after dropping the first two of this series.