They did add one more, courtesy of a former Twin making his first trip back to Minnesota. Carlos Santana hit a Cole Sands fastball into the right-field seats, giving Cleveland an insurance run. Santana homered in both games, and now ranks 14th in Target Field history with 29 career home runs.
The suspended game ended with Kody Clemens providing a walk-off single in the ninth inning. The game started on Monday night, and the Tuesday resumption was rained out.
Clemens gave the Twins the fourth-inning lead with a liner that Nolan Jones turned into an RBI triple, then lined one past Angel Martínez in the ninth, leading the Twins to their 14th win in 15 games. Clemens was on the bench for Monday’s portion; the Twins were fortunate to use him in the conclusion. In four plate appearances, Clemens tripled, laid down a sacrifice bunt that set up an eighth-inning run, then contributed the third walk-off hit of his career in the ninth.
With one out in the ninth, Ty France was hit by a pitch from Guardians reliever Cade Smith. It was the seventh time France has been hit this season, tying him for the AL lead.
Jonah Bride, like Clemens a midseason emergency acquisition, then contributed his third hit of the game, a single that moved France to second base. After getting ahead 3-0, Clemens fouled off a fastball, then drilled the next one from Smith over Martínez’s glove for the game-winner.