Hedges and Halpin hit sac flies in the 6th, Guardians beat Twins 5-2 for third straight victory

CLEVELAND (AP) — Austin Hedges and Petey Halpin hit sacrifice flies in the sixth inning as the Cleveland Guardians, a night after hitting seven homers, used small ball to beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Tuesday for a third straight victory.

Cleveland starter Parker Messick allowed two runs — one earned — on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six and didn't walk a batter before leaving with a runner on second. Colin Holderman (5-2) got the final out in the inning to qualify for the win.

Hunter Gaddis pitched a scoreless 1 1/3 innings before Cade Smith closed it out in the ninth for his 29th save — tops in the majors.

Ryan Jeffers hit his ninth homer, a two-out shot off Messick in the first for a 1-0 lead.

Hedges walked leading off the third against Kendry Rojas and scored on a double by Steven Kwan to tie it. Mike Paredes (0-3) replaced Rojas and surrendered an RBI single to Brayan Rocchio to put Cleveland up 2-1.

Josh Bell doubled and scored when Messick mishandled a comebacker from Royce Lewis to tie it 2-all in the fourth.

Cleveland loaded the bases in the sixth and Paredes yielded a go-ahead sac fly to Hedges. Taylor Rogers entered and surrendered a sac fly to Halpin after Travis Bazzana and Arias pulled off a double steal for a 4-2 lead.

Rogers also gave up a two-out RBI single to Bazzana in the seventh.

Rojas allowed two runs in 2 1/3 innings on a hit and two walks for Minnesota, which has lost four straight. Paredes gave up two runs on six hits in three innings. Rookie Jack Anderson pitched a scoreless 1 1/3 innings in his Twins debut.

Twins RHP Bailey Ober (7-3, 4.32) starts Wednesday opposite Guardians RHP Slade Cecconi (4-6, 4.55).

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Minnesota Twins' Kendry Rojas pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Cleveland Guardians' Steven Kwan, right, is congratulated by Chase DeLauter (24) after scoring in the third inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Cleveland Guardians' Travis Bazzana, left, scores under the tag of Minnesota Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers, right, in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Minnesota Twins' Ryan Jeffers (27) celebrates his home run with Josh Bell (56) in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Cleveland Guardians' Parker Messick pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The head of Indonesia's multi-billion-dollar free meals program resigned on Wednesday just 45 days after taking over from a predecessor who was removed over corruption allegations. Nanik S. Deyang cited health reasons, but her abrupt departure leaves the future of the troubled program in doubt.

Deyang was inaugurated in early June after Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto dismissed the National Nutrition Agency's previous head, Dadan Hindayana, because of his involvement in a corruption case related to the ambitious program. Hindayana was arrested shortly after his dismissal.

The program aimed to deliver on a key campaign promise of President Prabowo Subianto, promising to fight malnutrition by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant women. But it has come under steep criticism due to high costs and cases of food poisoning among schoolchildren, in addition to corruption allegations.

Deyang wrote on Facebook that she was resigning because needs to undergo heart treatment abroad.

“I also conveyed to the president with my deepest apologies that it seemed I would have to step down as Head of the National Nutrition Agency, for the sake of my health, and because the president was concerned and sympathetic toward me, he agreed, though he asked that I continue to help oversee the agency,” Deyang said on Wednesday.

During Deyang's 45 days as head of the agency, the government reduced the annual budget for the program from 268 trillion rupiah ($15 billion) to 229 trillion rupiah (around $12 billion).

The agency says it has has conducted an evaluation of the recipients of free nutritious meals, emphasizing that its primary focus at this time is not merely to cut the budget, but to make the program’s distribution management more effective and targeted.

FILE - The head of Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency, Nanik Sudaryati Deyang, talks to journalists after her swearing-in ceremony at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)