Naylor drives in 4 as Guardians beat Twins 6-2 for eighth straight victory

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bo Naylor snapped an eighth-inning tie with his second two-run single of the game, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Friday night for their eighth straight victory.

The Guardians (82-71) won for the 13th time in 14 games to pull within 2 1/2 games of the first-place Tigers in the AL Central. Cleveland was coming off a three-game sweep of Detroit, which lost 10-1 to the visiting Braves on Friday with three games looming in Cleveland next week.

José Ramírez had a two-out double off Cole Sands (4-6) in the eighth and Kyle Manzardo was intentionally walked. Ramírez stole his 40th base and Manzardo followed with his second to set the table for Naylor, who lined a full-count pitch to right field for a 4-2 lead.

Steven Kwan and Angel Martínez had two-out RBI doubles in the ninth off Michael Tonkin to cap the scoring.

Kwan led off the game with a single off Pablo López and Ramírez walked with one out. Both advanced a base when Manzardo flied out to left and Naylor followed with a two-out single to right for a 2-0 lead.

The Twins tied it in the sixth on a wild pitch by Parker Messick and Royce Lewis' RBI single off Matt Festa.

Messick struck out nine in 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on five hits. Jakob Junis (4-1) struck out four in two hitless innings for the win.

Lopez left after four innings with right forearm tightness. He allowed two runs on three hits in his third start since missing three months with a right shoulder strain.

Minnesota (66-87) has dropped seven of 10 to the Guardians this season.

Naylor's second go-ahead base hit also kept the Guardians within 1 1/2 games of the final AL wild card.

Ramírez played his 1,600th game for Cleveland, third in franchise history behind Terry Turner (1,619) and Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie (1,614).

Guardians RHP Slade Cecconi (6-6, 4.39) will start the first game of Saturday's doubleheader opposite Twins RHP Joe Ryan (13-8, 3.35). Guardians LHP Logan Allen (7-11, 4.36) and Twins RHP Bailey Ober (5-8, 5.12) will square off in the nightcap.

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Cleveland Guardians' Kyle Manzardo celebrates scoring off the bat of Bo Naylor in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez (11) celebrates scoring off the bat of Bo Naylor in the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Minnesota Twins Austin Martin (16) scores on a loose ball against Cleveland Guardians catcher Bo Naylor (23) in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez, left and Angel Martínez look toward the dugout in the nineth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Cleveland Guardians' Bo Naylor (23) hits a two-RBI single against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow on Friday began considering a lawsuit filed by the central bank against Euroclear, the Brussels-based clearing house that holds the bulk of Russian assets frozen by the European Union.

The lawsuit seeks to recover 18.2 trillion rubles ($232 billion) in damages incurred when Russia was barred from managing and disposing of its Euroclear funds and securities, the bank said. The case is being heard behind closed doors.

The EU has frozen 210 billion euros ($244 billion) worth of Russian assets as part of the sanctions imposed on Moscow after it sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. Euroclear holds around 193 billion euros of the seized funds.

Moscow's Arbitration Court picked up the case even though the EU last month set aside its initial plan to use frozen Russian assets to assist Ukraine after failing to convince Belgium that it would be protected from Russia's retaliation. The bloc opted instead for borrowing 90 billion euros on capital markers to provide an interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years.

Russia's Central Bank has condemned the use of frozen assets to aid Ukraine as “illegal, contrary to international law,” arguing that they violated “the principles of sovereign immunity of assets.”

Participants gather in Moscow's Arbitration Court to hold a hearing to consider a lawsuit by Russia's Central Bank against Belgium-based financial clearinghouse Euroclear in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Participants gather in Moscow's Arbitration Court to hold a hearing to consider a lawsuit by Russia's Central Bank against Belgium-based financial clearinghouse Euroclear in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Participants gather in Moscow's Arbitration Court to hold a hearing to consider a lawsuit by Russia's Central Bank against the Euroclear Group in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Participants gather in Moscow's Arbitration Court to hold a hearing to consider a lawsuit by Russia's Central Bank against Belgium-based financial clearinghouse Euroclear in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)