MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Steven Kwan tied a season high with four RBIs, Logan Allen pitched a career-best eight innings and the Cleveland Guardians made it 10 straight wins by beating the Minnesota Twins 8-0 on Saturday to sweep a day-night doubleheader without giving up a run.
Winners in 15 of their past 16 games, the Guardians are one game back of first-place Detroit in the AL Central after trailing by 11 on Sept. 4. The Tigers were beaten 6-5 by Atlanta on Saturday afternoon.
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Cleveland Guardians' Kyle Manzardo (9) hits a single against the Minnesota Twins in the third inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Cleveland Guardians shortstop Gabriel Arias (13) tags out Minnesota Twins' Carson McCusker (60) in the second inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Minnesota Twins pitcher Bailey Ober (17) works against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Cleveland Guardians' Petey Halpin (0) bats in the in the third inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Cleveland Guardians pitcher Logan Allen (26) works against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
The Guardians also are tied with Houston for the last American League wild card, a game behind Boston. They won the opener 6-0, hitting five home runs in a game for the first time since April 10, 2021.
It was the 11th time Cleveland pitched shutouts in both ends of a doubleheader and first since Sept. 30, 1964, against Boston. The only other time the Twins went scoreless for 18 innings in a twinbill came against Cleveland on May 21, 1961.
Minnesota was blanked twice in Oakland on April 20, 2021, but those were seven-inning games due to rules in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Limited to one hit through four innings, Cleveland sent 10 batters to the plate in the fifth.
A one-out single by Kwan scored Brayan Rocchio and Petey Halpin. With two outs, Kyle Manzardo and C.J. Kayfus had RBI singles around a two-run double by Gabriel Arias to the wall in right-center field.
Kwan added a two-run single in the eighth.
That was more than enough for Allen (8-11), who earned his first win since July 29 by scattering four hits and striking out seven.
Guardians starters have allowed no more than two earned runs in 15 straight games since Sept. 5, the longest streak in franchise history.
Bailey Ober (5-9) permitted six runs and eight hits in five innings for the Twins. After going 4-1 in his first seven starts, he is 1-8 in 19 starts since May 8. He missed 26 games from June 29 to Aug. 2 with a left hip impingement.
Halpin’s single was his first career hit. The 23-year-old outfielder was called up from the minors earlier in the day when outfielder Nolan Jones was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained right oblique.
The Twins had seven hits in the doubleheader, falling to 2-7 in their past nine games and 4-15 in September.
Sunday’s series finale has Cleveland LHP Joey Cantillo (5-3, 3.27 ERA) scheduled to face Minnesota RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (7-4, 4.31).
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Cleveland Guardians' Kyle Manzardo (9) hits a single against the Minnesota Twins in the third inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Cleveland Guardians shortstop Gabriel Arias (13) tags out Minnesota Twins' Carson McCusker (60) in the second inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Minnesota Twins pitcher Bailey Ober (17) works against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Cleveland Guardians' Petey Halpin (0) bats in the in the third inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Cleveland Guardians pitcher Logan Allen (26) works against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City Council employee was arrested in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, enraging city officials and drawing protesters Tuesday to the Manhattan detention center where he was being held.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez had long overstayed a tourist visa, had once been arrested for assault, and “had no legal right to be in the United States.”
City Council Speaker Julie Menin disputed that, telling reporters that Rubio Bohorquez, a data analyst for the city legislative body, was legally authorized to work in the U.S. until October.
Menin, a Democrat, said the council employee signed a document as part of his employment confirming that he had never been arrested and cleared the standard background check conducted for all applicants.
The New York Immigration Coalition and New York Legal Assistance Group filed a petition after Rubio Bohorquez's arrest Monday asking a court to order his release, Menin and Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., said in a statement.
ICE confirmed Rubio Bohorquez’s name. Menin and Goldman referred to him only as a council employee. She said she was doing so to protect his identity.
“We are doing everything we can to secure his immediate release,” Menin said at a Monday evening news conference. She decried the arrest as “egregious government overreach.”
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat, said he was “outraged” by what he called “an assault on our democracy, on our city, and our values.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, also a Democrat, said: “This is exactly what happens when immigration enforcement is weaponized.” Detaining people during routine appearances “doesn’t make us safer. It erodes trust, spreads fear, and violates basic principles of fairness,” she said.
Menin said officials were attempting to reach Rubio Bohorquez’s family and obtain contact information for his immigration lawyer.
Rubio Bohorquez, originally from Venezuela, was detained at an immigration appointment in Bethpage, on Long Island, authorities said. Menin called it a regular check-in that “quickly went awry.”
“This staffer, who chose to work for the city and contribute his expertise to the community, did everything right by appearing at a scheduled interview, and yet ICE unlawfully detained him,” Lisa Rivera, the president and CEO of New York Legal Assistance Group, said in a statement.
Rivera said the organization represents dozens of people who have been wrongfully detained by ICE and hundreds who are following immigration procedures in hopes of staying in the U.S.
According to ICE, Rubio Bohorquez entered the U.S. in 2017 on a B2 tourist visa and was required to leave the country by Oct. 22, 2017. He has been employed by the City Council for about a year, Menin said. His position pays about $129,315 per year, according to city payroll data.
“He had no work authorization,” ICE said in a statement confirming Rubio Bohorquez’s arrest. The agency, part of the Department of Homeland Security, said that under Secretary Kristi Noem “criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the United States. If you come to our country illegally and break our law, we will find you and we will arrest you.”
Several dozen people protested Tuesday outside the Greater New York Federal Building, where Rubio Bohorquez was being held. Some carried signs that said “Abolish ICE” and “No Human Is Illegal.”
Disputes over an immigrant’s work authorization have arisen before, in part because many employers rely on a robust but flawed government system called E-Verify. The tool compares information entered by an employer from an employee’s documents with records available to Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration.
Experts say the system is generally accurate in terms of matching documents, but it doesn’t automatically notify an employer if an employee’s right to work is revoked after it has already been verified.
A 2021 Inspector General review concluded that until the government addresses E-Verify’s shortcomings, “it cannot ensure the system provides accurate employment eligibility results.”
Matthew Malloy, Executive Board Member with the Association of Legislative Employees, speaks during a news conference outside Greater New York Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Alexa Avilés, New York City Council member, speaks during a news conference outside Greater New York Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Chi Ossé, New York City Council member, speaks during a news conference outside Greater New York Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Carlos Calzadilla, President of Brooklyn Young Democrats, speaks during a news conference outside Greater New York Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
People raise signs during a news conference outside Greater New York Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
