The Cleveland Guardians spotted the Minnesota Twins a 3-0 lead on Monday night but fought back in the late innings to steal a 4-3 victory and move that much closer to an American League Central crown. Rookie Kyle Manzardo blasted a titanic, two-run shot in the bottom of the 8th to take the lead and the unhittable Emmanuel Clase took care of the rest as Cleveland extended its buffer over the Kansas City Royals to five games with less than two weeks remaining in the regular season.
“Everyone that grows up wanting to play baseball has pretended that moment has happened from the time they could walk,” Vogt said of Manzardo's blast postgame. The first-year skipper than got emotional talking about watching his team celebrate the big moment together—a microcosm for what has already been a special year.
