Game 101: Twins at Guardians

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 14: Joe Ryan #41 of the Minnesota Twins delivers a pitch during the 2026 MLB All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park on July 14, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies/Getty Images)

FIRST PITCH: 540p Central
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After a wildly disappointing couple of losses to the Chicago Cubs in the Friendly Confines (how many times was that said on the telly or radio this weekend…), the Minnesota Twins truck on over to the Buckeye State for an important four-game set against the Cleveland Guardians. Nothing much has changed since these foes met a little over a week ago before the All Star Break. The Twins are three games back from the Spiders, so a sweep in Cleveland can sling-shot Minnesota into second place in the American League Central. (Just let me dream, alright?)

It’s a prime pitching matchup to kick things off, and a re-match for the starting pitchers from early May. The Spiders call upon Tanner Bibee while Joe Ryan answers the bell for the Twins. The game in early May was the one where Byron Buxton homered off of Bibee on the third pitch of the contest. Kyle Manzardo had an RBI single off of Ryan to tie it up in the bottom of the fourth. Then it was goose eggs until Buxton doubled in the top of the 11th to bring in Matt Wallner (remember him?) and Luis Garcia (remember him, too?) shut things down for once.

Good news: Buxton has been activated off of the injured list and is in the lineup tonight. The corresponding move was optioning Tristan Gray to St Paul, so we won’t have to see him flop around like a fish at shortstop… for the time being.

GO TWIMS GO

Lineups:

TWINS​	SPIDERS​
Trevor Larnach – LF	Steven Kwan – LF
Byron Buxton! – CF	Travis Bazzana – 2B
Kody Clemens – 2B	Chase DeLauter – RF
Josh Bell – DH	Brayan Rocchio – SS
Royce Lewis – 1B	Rhys Hoskins – DH
Victor Caratini – C	Daniel Schneemann – 3B
Brooks Lee – 3B	David Fry – 1B
Alan Roden – RF	Patrick Bailey – C
Ryan Kreidler – SS	Petey Halpin – CF
Joe Ryan – RHP	Tanner Bibee – RHP

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