Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	10	0
CLE	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	0	—	13	19	0

Joe Ryan (6-5, 3.38 ERA) got the ball for Minnesota, with Tanner Bibee (3-9, 3.89 ERA) countering for Cleveland in a 6:40 PM ET first pitch. Bibee's last outing was actually his best of the stretch, a 6.2-inning, 1-run win over Miami, so there was real reason to think he'd steadied things despite that ugly win-loss record.

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Twins(49-51)

LLWWW

4

-1.5+141-120o7.5-102

Guardians(52-48)

LWLPW

13

+1.5-144+117u7.5+102

Best BetGuardians +100

Postgame

Cleveland cruised to a 13-4 win, cashing the home moneyline pick with room to spare.

Pregame

Cleveland went off at plus money at home, which was live value given Bibee's encouraging last start and a Twins offense that had just gone cold against the Cubs. Backing the home dog here was a bet that Minnesota's rotation trouble would eventually show up on the scoreboard, and it did in a hurry.

The bigger swing factor sat on Minnesota's pitching depth chart, where the injury list keeps growing. David Festa is now dealing with a possible recurrence of thoracic outlet syndrome and is headed to Atlanta for a second opinion, while Mick Abel isn't even up for re-evaluation until September. Add Pablo Lopez's elbow to the pile and the Twins are already down three rotation arms before accounting for whatever Ryan gave them on this night.

Joe Ryan

(6-7)·3.52 ERA

Jul 11 vs Angels

ND

6.0IP

2ER

6K

2BB

94P

07/20 Lineup

Tanner Bibee

(4-11)·3.81 ERA

Jul 11 @ Marlins

W

6.2IP

1ER

3K

4BB

94P

07/20 Lineup

Cleveland, meanwhile, is still playing without Jose Ramirez, who's been out since a hand injury but has reportedly been picking up ground balls and taking full workouts as he nears a return. That's a lineup missing its best hitter walking into this one, which made the pregame moneyline price on the Guardians look like a number worth having a stance on.

Minnesota Twins

(49-51)

Jul 19L@ Cubs1-10

Jul 18L@ Cubs2-6

Jul 18W@ Cubs5-2

Jul 12Wvs Angels4-2

Jul 11Wvs Angels5-3

Cleveland Guardians

(52-48)

Jul 19Lvs Pirates1-7

Jul 18Wvs Pirates5-3

Jul 18Lvs Pirates1-7

Jul 17Pvs Pirates0-0

Jul 12W@ Marlins5-2

Minnesota had won 3 straight before dropping 2 ugly ones to the Cubs, including a 1-10 blowout the day before this series opener — so the form going in was genuinely mixed, not a hot streak riding into Cleveland. The Guardians' own last 5 wasn't much cleaner, with a tie and 2 losses mixed into their split with Pittsburgh. Neither team arrived playing especially clean baseball.

Minnesota Twins

(8)

• 15-Day-ILMarco Raya (RP) — Raya (shoulder) struck out two and allowed two earned runs on one hit and one walk across one inning in a rehab appearance Saturday with Triple-A St. Paul.07/20
• 15-Day-ILConnor Prielipp (SP) — Prielipp (finger) struck out three and allowed no hits and one walk over three scoreless innings Sunday in a rehab start with Triple-A St. Paul.07/20
• 15-Day-ILAnthony Banda (RP) — Banda underwent surgery to repair his left lat strain and will miss the remainder of the 2026 season, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.07/09
• 15-Day-ILCole Sands (RP) — Sands (forearm) tossed a perfect inning in his rehab appearance with Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday.07/08
• 60-Day-ILDavid Festa (SP) — Twins general manager Jeremy Zoll said that Festa (shoulder) is scheduled to visit Dr. Robert Bowers in Atlanta on Tuesday and Wednesday to receive an additional medical opinion after the right-hander recently showed symptoms of a potential recurrence of thoracic outlet syndrome, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.07/20
• 60-Day-ILMick Abel (SP) — The Twins plan to re-evaluate Abel (elbow) on Sept. 1, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.07/20
• 60-Day-ILGarrett Acton (RP) — Acton (shoulder) struck out a batter and allowed three earned runs on one hit and three walks over two-thirds of an inning in a rehab appearance Tuesday in the rookie-level Florida Complex League.07/15
• 60-Day-ILPablo Lopez (SP) — The Twins placed Lopez (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Thursday.05/08

Cleveland Guardians

(3)

• 10-Day-ILAngel Martinez (LF) — Martinez (foot) started in right field and went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles, a sacrifice fly and an RBI for Triple-A Columbus on Sunday.07/20
• 10-Day-ILJose Ramirez (3B) — Ramirez (hand) may not require a rehab assignment before his activation from the 10-day injured list, MLB.com reports.07/19
• 15-Day-ILTim Herrin (RP) — Herrin (elbow) struck out three batters in a scoreless inning for Triple-A Columbus on Saturday.07/19

None of that ambiguity survived the first few innings. Cleveland put a run on the board in the 1st and never let up, stacking crooked numbers in 6 of its 8 innings at the plate and finishing with 19 hits to Minnesota's 10. Ryan's start unraveled in a way his last outing against the Angels didn't foreshadow, and Bibee, shaky record and all, got the last laugh in the head-to-head.

It was the kind of laugher that swings a series and a mood. The Twins now have real rotation questions heading into the stretch run, while the Guardians got a much-needed reminder of what their offense looks like at full tilt — even with Ramirez still watching from the side.