Overview
- Cleveland beat Minnesota 6-2 at Target Field for its eighth straight win and 13th in 14.
- Bo Naylor delivered two two-out, two-run singles — including the eighth-inning tiebreaker — after José Ramírez doubled and logged his 40th steal.
- Rookie Parker Messick fanned a career-high nine while allowing two runs over 5 1/3 innings.
- Jakob Junis struck out four in two hitless innings to earn the win out of the bullpen.
- Cleveland sits 2 1/2 games behind the Tigers in the AL Central and 1 1/2 back of the final AL wild card, while Twins starter Pablo López left with right forearm tightness.