Petey Halpin and Rhys Hoskins each went deep twice and the Cleveland Guardians matched a franchise record for a home game by hitting seven home runs in their 13-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
Bryan Rocchio, Travis Bazzana and Patrick Bailey also homered for Cleveland.
It was the sixth time in the franchise’s 125 seasons that Cleveland went deep at least seven times. Cleveland hit a franchise-best eight homers at Milwaukee on April 25, 1997, and at Seattle on July 16, 2004.
Cleveland also homered seven times at home on April 30, 2013, against Philadelphia.
Minnesota starter Joe Ryan (6-6) tied a major league record and set a franchise mark by allowing six homers. The All-Star right-hander gave up eight runs and a career-high 10 hits in four innings, raising his ERA from 2.85 to 3.38.
Cleveland’s Chase DeLauter had four hits and three RBI. Bailey also had four hits. Halpin added three hits and three RBI and Bazzana also had three hits. The Guardians scored at least 13 runs for the second time this season and had a season-high 19 hits.
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