MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Interstat) — Emmanuel Rodriguez homered in his major league debut, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Saturday evening, Sept. 12, 2026, at Target Field. Minnesota scored four times in the second inning and totaled seven hits. Cleveland scored once in the first and twice in the fourth, finishing with five hits. Connor Prielipp earned the win, allowing three earned runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings with one strikeout. A.J. Minter recorded the save with a perfect inning and two strikeouts. Franco Aleman took the loss. Joey Cantillo struck out eight over four innings of one-hit ball for Cleveland. Craig Yoho added 1 1/3 hitless innings with two strikeouts, and Daniel Espino worked two innings of one-hit relief with two strikeouts. Jeff Hoffman struck out three in a perfect inning for Minnesota, while Kody Funderburk fanned three in two-thirds of an inning. Andrew Morris also tossed a scoreless inning. Attendance was 26,158. The game lasted 2 hours, 39 minutes. Cleveland fell to 78-75, and Minnesota improved to 70-79.