Twins rally past Guardians behind Lee, Larnach home runs

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Brooks Lee homered and drove in four runs as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Guardians 10-6 on Wednesday night at Progressive Field.

Trevor Larnach also homered and drove in three runs for Minnesota, which snapped a two-game skid. Lee finished 2 for 5 with a solo homer in the fourth inning that capped a four-run rally, putting the Twins ahead 7-3. Larnach’s solo shot in the first inning opened the scoring.

Minnesota starter Travis Adams earned his second win, allowing one hit over two scoreless innings of relief after entering in the fourth. Slade Cecconi took the loss for Cleveland, yielding seven hits and three earned runs over 4 2/3 innings while striking out five.

Kyle Manzardo went 3 for 5 with a homer and two RBIs for the Guardians. Brayan Rocchio added two hits and an RBI.

The Twins outhit Cleveland 11-13 but were outhit overall despite scoring 10 runs. Attendance was 22,807, and the game lasted 3 hours, 9 minutes. Minnesota improved to 50-53; Cleveland fell to 54-49.