Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a home run in his first big-league plate appearance and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Emmanuel Rodriguez homered in his first career at-bat to spark a four-run inning and the Minnesota Twins held off the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 Saturday. Andrew Morris, Kody Funderburk and Jeff Hoffman combined for 2 2-3 innings of scoreless relief before A.

The Minnesota Twins were defeated by the Guardians 5-2 on Friday night after Angel Martínez hit a two-run homer and a ninth-inning double to spark the game-winning rally for Cleveland.

But Franco Aleman, the link between Espino and Cantillo, allowed four runs on five hits in the third inning as the Guardians fell to Twins, 4-3. The loss dropped the Guardians to one game behind the AL Central leading White Sox. Chicago was scheduled to play the Cardinals on Saturday night.

Steven Kwan homered to lead off the game, Tanner Bibee had seven strikeouts in 6 2/3 strong innings, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 9-2 on Sunday to pull within a half-game of the American League Central-leading Chicago White Sox.

Rodriguez became the seventh Twin in team history to hit a home run in his first major league at-bat and first to accomplish the feat since Eddie Rosario did so in his 2015 debut. He did so in a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday afternoon at Target Field.

Jo Adell reached Ryan for Homer No. 2 in the third inning. The 451-foot drive hit the third deck in left field. The last Cleveland player to homer in that vicinity of Target Field was Mike Napoli in 2016. It was Adell’s 21st homer of the season and his fifth with Cleveland since being acquired at the trade deadline.

The Cleveland Guardians took on the Minnesota Twins on the road on Friday, Sept. 11, coming from behind to take home a series-opening victory. The Guardians pulled off a win, 5-2, following a slow start from the offense.