Guardians vs. Twins Game 2 Highlights (8/9/24) | MLB Highlights

Minneapolis game two of a day night double header in the second game of a massive divisional series between the Cleveland Guardians and the Minnesota Twins. Guardians led the division by as many as nine games this year. But after losing game one of those double header today, they've now lost six in a row while the Twins after a rough first month have been quietly among baseball's best face Loland. The ST Paul Minnesota native 21st career starts six of the season for pitch and Kwan los one in the air to left near the line. Walner makes the catch why we saw a lot of that in game one when Steven Kwan's hitting lazy flies, he's just off. So that is out number one and here is Will Brennan and it's in there for a called strike three. Got him with the heater at 96. It was bottom of the zone to down that bring jose ramirez Ramirez whacks one to right field base hit. So a two out single that will bring up Josh Naylor pitch on the way comeback. Varland lets it go over his head. Castro has to pick it up on the move throws to first base and he gets a hustling no runs on a hit. There were no errors and one man left in a scoreless first inning. Alex Cobb has been rehabbing all year. He had an all star season a year ago with San Francisco, but Then he had hip surgery in the off season for torn labrum. So he is fine. Health wise, the hip is good. The arm feels great. He's fresh. We'll see how sharp he is back to back singles and the twins have something going with Matt Walner to the plate. The pitch and he bangs one on the ground to second. Jan Juggles goes to second. That's the only out they can get. So Castro to third Walner at first on a fielder's choice. Nick out at second one down for Royce Lewis. Runner goes pitches inside Lowe throw to second coming home now with a head, first slide beating the throwback is Castro and a steal of home Castro slides in under the tag and the twins lead one on at first and, and a big time run for the twins. The pitch swung on a roller to second to second one. Roo turns the inning ending double play. So the twins steal a run and lead one to nothing after one so far hits Fry and Fry is aboard. Jimenez will be the hitter, swing balls in the dirt. He went around and Jimenez not happy and Jimenez a strikeout victim. First out. Second strikeout here is Tyler Freeman in center field. Freeman batting 216, swung on a weak ground ball to short Castro up with it to second one relay to first not in time two down runner first. Here's Brian two run homer in the opener and he sends this one in the air to straight away. Left Wallner back reaches up and snags it one nothing. Minnesota still on top of Cleveland Santana with a whistling liner in the twins are hitting hard and that will bring up Manuel Margo the pitch and it swung on a bouncer to second to second one gun. Now that's double plays in back to back innings that, that Guardians middle infield has turned bases empty. Two down here's Christian Vasquez, a swing and a little soft liner in the center base hit for Vasquez the fourth for Minnesota that will bring up the number nine hitter and the second baseman austin Mart-n Vasquez ball bounce to the left side of the diamond up with it long throw to first a one hopper and it gets away from Naylor Mart-n Vasquez is going round, he's going to try to score the throw from and the twins lead two. Vasquez was off on the pitch and he never quit running. Twins lead two, two nothing. Minnesota Cleveland with a two out runner at first. We're in the third singled his first time up swinging a ground ball in the hole. Knocked down on the back hand attempt by Castro on the dive rolls into left, he Tres it and jose has a base hit off the glove of Castro. So Brendan to second Ramirez is aboard. Now josh Naylor trying to take advantage of a couple of opportunities here, swung on, hit in the air, left center field Margo chasing after it, man, tracking into the gap makes the catch by, he strands a pair behind him here in a scoreless third to nothing. Minnesota bottom of the third. Two outs. Nobody aboard and he swings and drills a base hit to left center in the gap. It's cut off by freeman going for two as Lewis throw to second head first and tag got him really good throw by Tyler freeman. So a single and Freeman throws Lewis out at second. So a one out base runner for the Guardians now as Tyler Freeman steps in the right field, Kepler is under it two down for Brian Roch. The pitch is swung on and sky left field settling under it making the catch is Walner and that retires the side a little wild with his throws here tonight as Kepler is aboard at first base leading off the inning and now carlos Santana will step in and it's swung on, ripped to first Naylor's up with it throws to second one back to first double play. Nice play by Alex Cobb at the other end as he came over to help out Naylor and be on that backside of a 361 double play and he had to stretch to do it and keep that on the bag and he did Margo bounced into a double play his first time up swing and a miss strike three Margo down on strikes. And that retires the side another good inning for alex Cobb. The Guardians have it set up here with Jose ramirez coming to the plate with only one out Varland who has given the twins a really good effort here into the fifth inning. Now Cleveland has him on the ropes, swung on, popped him up shallow right center out on the grass and making the catch is Mart-n going a long way to do it. Fires at home. So no tag and now it's two down. The dangerous ramirez retired and it's up to Josh Naylor swung on and lifted high and deep to right way back there home run. There's the big swing and this game has been turned around by Josh Naylor, a three run bomb and the Guardians take a 3 to 2 lead and now the twins have it working with two away runners on the corners. Matt Walner will be the batter swung on and hit wally ball and the twins lead it by three man. Did he ever turn it loose? Matt Walmer with a moon shot 107 off the bat. Three runs in the dugout. Here comes Matt Walmer and there's the curtain call for the pride of Forest Lakes lead 53, 5 to 3. Minnesota runner at third two down. Seventh inning. Miranda played in game one. Bosquez bluffed about 40 ft down the line. He got the ball, he got the ball. Christian Vasquez steals a run as Tim Herron call for a ball. Stephen Vogt is out to argue with jim Wolf. Haren's arms are extended. He is furious. Now, vote is furious. He's in jim Wolf's space. Vote's not gonna be long for this ballgame nose to nose with wolf. They bump a little bit and he's gone. Stephen Vogt has been ejected of the first career ejection of Stephen Vogt. This is just a very frustrated Cleveland ball club right now. Time of the order, stephen Kwan , the last hope one for four with a single. The next pitch swung on, lifted in the air deep center Buxton on the run on the track made the catch and the twins, they have swept both halves of this double header. Minnesota is now within a game and a half.