Trevor Larnach and Luke Keaschall delivered back-to-back RBI singles off Erik Sabrowski with two outs in the 12th inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Thursday afternoon.

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Larnach drove in automatic runner Ryan Jeffers and Keaschall plated Royce Lewis with the first hits for either team in extra innings. Sabrowski (3-2) had retired the first two batters before intentionally walking Lewis.

Taylor Rogers (5-3) earned the victory with a scoreless 11th, while rookie Jack Anderson picked up his first major league save with a hitless 12th to wrap up the combined three-hitter. It was the longest game in terms of innings for both teams in 2026.

Pinch hitter Alan Roden singled in Lewis with the tying run in the eighth for the Twins, who hadn’t advanced a runner past second base up to that point. Hunter Gaddis walked Lewis and Keaschall before being replaced by closer Cade Smith.

Cleveland went up 1-0 in the fifth on Patrick Bailey’s 420-foot homer to right off Taj Bradley. Bailey, who hit one home run in 30 games with the San Francisco Giants, has gone deep four times in 40 contests since being acquired in a trade.

Guardians starter Gavin Williams struck out a season-high-tying 11 over seven shutout innings, only giving up singles to Byron Buxton and Kody Clemens while not issuing a walk. He threw 97 pitches in his third consecutive double-digit strikeout performance.

Williams threw the fifth immaculate inning in franchise history in the fourth, striking out Buxton, Ryan Jeffers and Josh Bell on nine straight pitches. The right-hander has made two consecutive starts with 11 strikeouts and zero walks.

Bradley matched the longest start of his career with seven innings of two-hit ball. He struck out five and walked three, allowing a homer for the fourth straight game.

Guardians rookie Chase DeLauter extended his on-base streak to 15 games, matching his career high.

Minnesota’s Victor Caratini (right knee contusion) did not play after fouling a pitch off his knee Wednesday. He is considered day to day.

Braves power
past Padres
in series finale

Four Braves hit home runs, and Chris Sale earned his 11th victory when Atlanta took a 6-5 win against the visiting San Diego Padres on Thursday afternoon.

Michael Harris II, Ozzie Albies, Dominic Smith and Drake Baldwin each went deep for the Braves, who won the series 3-1. Atlanta is 5-2 since the All-Star break and has scored at least five runs in 11 of its past 13 home games.

Sale (11-6) pitched six innings and allowed three runs on five hits and one walk. He matched his season high with 11 strikeouts and improved his career record against the Padres to 5-0.

Raisel Iglesias pitched the ninth to earn his 21st save. He gave up a pair of two-out singles but came back to strike out Luis Rengifo to end the game.

Griffin Canning (1-9) took his fourth consecutive loss. He pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits with four strikeouts.

The Padres jumped on Sale for three runs in the second, ending his scoreless streak at 11 innings. Fernando Tatis Jr. drew a bases-loaded walk, a plate appearance kept alive by a successful ABS challenge that reversed a strike. Rengifo followed with a two-run single.

With the Braves using a heavy left-handed lineup at the top of the order, San Diego opted to use southpaw Kyle Hart as an opener. He retired the Braves in order in the first and gave way to Canning, the scheduled starter.

The strategy backfired when Harris hit the second pitch from Canning for a solo homer, his 19th of the season. The 420-foot shot settled deep into the right-field stands.

The Braves went deep twice more off Canning in the fourth. Albies added a solo shot, his 16th home run of the year, and Smith launched a three-run shot, his seventh homer.

Atlanta got another solo homer from Baldwin, his 19th, in the seventh inning against reliever Matt Waldron.

The Padres cut the lead to 6-5 in the eighth when Ty France hit his 16th home run of the season, a two-run shot, against reliever Tyler Kinley. It was the fifth home run for France since the All-Star break.

D-backs take
makeup game
with Cardinals

Brandon Pfaadt threw six quality innings and Tyler Locklear went 3-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs on Thursday to help the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks earn a 10-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

The standalone game was a make-up from June 25, when the clubs had their series finale postponed due to weather.

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Pfaadt (5-1) won his fifth straight game, allowing two runs on seven hits, walking two and striking out one for the Diamondbacks, who won their third straight and ninth of their last 11. Gabriel Moreno tallied three hits and drove in two runs for Arizona, which posted a five-run eighth inning and had 16 total hits. Adrian Del Castillo and Ildemaro Vargas also finished with three hits apiece.

Michael McGreevy (4-8) threw 6 1/3 innings of four-run, seven-hit ball, striking out three and walking three for St. Louis, which dropped its sixth game in eight tries. Lars Nootbaar drove in three runs for the Cardinals.

Arizona threatened in the opening inning, as Geraldo Perdomo walked and Moreno singled to place runners on the corners with one out. McGreevy escaped, though, getting Max Kepler to ground into an inning-ending double play.

St. Louis began the bottom of the first with JJ Wetherholt’s leadoff single before Jordan Walker’s RBI double gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. Alec Burleson followed with a base hit before Nootbaar’s single to center doubled the margin.

Arizona answered in the top of fourth. Kepler drew a leadoff walk before advancing to third on Del Castillo’s double. Tim Tawa then drove in the visitors’ first run with a sacrifice fly. After McGreevy retired Vargas, Locklear hit his first home run of the season to give the Diamondbacks a 3-2 lead.

Arizona tacked on in the fifth, as Corbin Carroll began the frame with his 12th triple of the year, before scoring on Moreno’s sac fly.

After McGreevy retired Ryan Waldshmidt for the first out of the seventh, Justin Bruihl entered in relief.

In the top of the eighth, Moreno doubled and Del Castillo slashed an RBI single off Bruihl, pushing the Arizona lead to 5-2. Matt Svanson then entered for St. Louis, walking Tawa and allowing Vargas’ single to load the bases.

The Diamondbacks then blew the game open, as Locklear and Nolan Arenado hit back-to-back run-scoring singles, before Carroll’s sac fly extended the lead to 8-2. Moreno continued the parade with an RBI single, his second hit of the inning.

Arenado drove in another run with a two-out single in the ninth.

Ryan Thompson allowed Bryan Torres’ and Nootbaar’s two-run singles in the ninth, but retired Masyn Winn to end the game.

Dingler, Tigers
rally past Royals

Dillon Dingler gave the Detroit Tigers the lead with a two-out RBI double in the eighth and they held on for a 4-3 win against the visiting Kansas City Royals in the opener of their four-game series on Thursday evening.

Dingler also singled and scored on a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning by James Outman and Zach McKinstry contributed two hits for the Tigers, who have won five of seven coming out of the All-Star break.

Tigers right-hander Troy Melton, who had allowed one earned run in his previous three outings (17 1/3 innings), was tagged for two runs and five hits over five-plus innings. He struck out five and walked four.

Detroit followed with relievers Tyler Holton, Jacob Waguespack, Drew Anderson (4-4) and Drew Sommers before Kyle Finnegan got the final two outs on a double play for his second save.

Royals starter Randy Dobnak threw five shutout innings to put himself in position for his first major league win in more than five years. Dobnak limited the Tigers to four hits, all singles, struck out three and walked one.

Isaac Collins hit a two-run homer to break a scoreless tie in the sixth for Kansas City, which had won three in a row. Michael Massey had two hits and scored a run, and Josh Rojas contributed two hits and an RBI for the Royals.

Steven Cruz (2-3) came out for the eighth for Kansas City with the score tied 3-3 and allowed a one-out single up the middle to Hao-Yu Lee, who moved to second on a groundout. Dingler then lined a double down the left-field line to score Lee for a 4-3 lead.

Kansas City put its leadoff batter on base for the third time when Massey singled to start the sixth. Collins followed and lifted a 1-2 slider over the fence in right for a 2-0 lead.

The first homer allowed by Melton in his past four outings ended his night.

Dingler and Kerry Carpenter greeted Royals reliever John Schreiber with back-to-back singles to start the seventh, putting runners on the corners. Schreiber nearly escaped the jam, but Outman lifted a two-out, two-strike pitch over the fence in right for a three-run homer and a 3-2 lead.

Anderson came out to protect the one-run lead, but gave up a leadoff single to Massey. Tyler Tolbert ran for Massey, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single to center by Rojas that tied the game at 3.

Before that at-bat, the Royals were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

Royals manager Matt Quatraro missed the game for a personal matter. He’s expected to return soon, the team announced. Paul Hoover served as acting manager Thursday night.

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