Minnesota Twins (31-27) vs Cleveland Guardians (25-32)
Saturday, June 03, 2023 at 7:15 pm
Minnesota will look to seal the series victory on Saturday behind their ace, right-hander Sonny Gray (4-0, 1.94 ERA).
While Gray allowed just 10 earned runs over 25 1/3 innings spanning five starts in May (3.55 ERA), the Twins had little to show for it.
Minnesota went 1-4 in games Gray started last month and would have gone winless if it hadn't rallied for a 7-5, 10-inning win against the Houston Astros on Monday in his latest outing. Gray allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits with three strikeouts and three walks in six-plus innings.
Gray hasn't been dominant against the Guardians, going 6-4 with a 3.63 ERA in 16 career starts. He faced Cleveland on May 6 and yielded three runs on four hits in five innings, with three walks and six strikeouts.
The Twins hope Gray can duplicate the start turned in by Bailey Ober on Friday. Ober allowed four hits and no walks with three strikeouts in six innings before Jovani Moran, Brock Stewart and closer Jhoan Duran combined to blank the Guardians over the final three innings.
Cleveland will give the ball to left-hander Logan Allen (2-2, 2.72 ERA), who is coming off the best start of his brief career.
The 24-year-old rookie allowed just three hits while recording a career-high 10 strikeouts and walking two over seven innings in a 5-0 win over the host Baltimore Orioles on Monday.