Jonah Bride had three of Minnesota's 17 hits, Bailey Ober allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings and the Minnesota Twins rolled to an 11-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.
"Just wonderful," said manager Rocco Baldelli. "The strike throwing, the mixing of of speeds, I think he had it all going and I wanted to watch him just keep pitching like everybody else. He did a fantastic job. He doesn't really lose it. He doesn't get distracted. He just continually just pumps strikes."
Minnesota had 10 players with hits, the first time the Twins had done that since last June against the Athletics. Six players had at least two hits, including Ryan Jeffers, who had a two-run homer and three RBIs.
Edouard Julien also went deep for the Twins, who have won four straight and six of seven.
Ty France and Byron Buxton both had two hits and each drove in a pair of runs.
"The offense came out ready to go," Baldelli said. "The bats were fantastic, you know, sometimes it's like, it's hard not to like what you see, but this was more like I liked everything. I mean, really every guy did something offensively. The at-bats, I mean, I'll just keep saying that the at-bats were fantastic from the start. You make a good starting pitcher throw about 60 pitches in the first two innings and force them out of the game. That's doing your job and these guys are doing their jobs very well right now."
Ober (3-1) has won his last three starts.
Cleveland has allowed 24 runs in the past two games and its taxed pitching staff saw Paul Sewald leave in the fifth inning due to right shoulder inflammation. Shortstop Will Wilson pitched the last two innings, allowing Jeffers' homer.
Starter Gavin Williams (2-2) allowed four runs and seven hits in two innings.
Steven Kwan extended his hitting streak to 11 games for the Guardians, who have lost three straight and four of five.
Key moment
Julien jumped on a fastball by Williams that was up in the strike zone and drove it over the center-field wall for his fourth career leadoff homer. It was the second time in the homestand a Guardians starter allowed a first-pitch homer after the New York Yankees' Ben Rice off Tanner Bibee last Tuesday.
Key stat
Minnesota had a season high in hits and was 8 for 14 with runners in scoring position.
Up next
Right-hander Chris Paddock (0-3, 6.45 ERA) goes for Minnesota. Bibee (2-2, 5.19 ERA) gets the call for Cleveland.