MLB

Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays
64-69, 30-36 Away
Final
3 - 4
Cleveland Guardians
66-66, 33-32 Home

Guardians end Rays' winning streak at 7 with 7-1 victory

Kyle Manzardo walks it off for the Guardians in the 10th

The Guardians won for the fourth time in 14 games to reach .500 at 70-70 and keep their wild-card hopes alive. The Rays dropped to 71-69.

Cleveland broke through after the Rays, credited with beginning the opener trend in baseball, used an opener for the first time this season.

Griffin Jax worked a clean first, but Ian Seymour (3-1) quickly ran into trouble. He bobbled Gabriel Arias’ bunt for an error, then hit a batter and walked another to load the bases. Kwan singled in two runs, Ramírez followed with a two-run double, and David Fry added an RBI single to make it 5-0. Ramirez was 3 for 5 with the two RBI.

Austin Hedges homered for Cleveland in the fifth.

Gavin Williams (10-6) gave Cleveland seven solid innings, allowing one run on seven hits. He walked three and struck out three.

Williams' allowed Junior Caminero’s 41st homer in the sixth, the rookie’s AL-leading 14th since Aug. 1.

Key moment Seymour’s misplay on Arias’ bunt set up Cleveland’s five-run second.

Key stat Eight: The Guardians have homered in eight straight games, their second-longest streak of the season.

Up next RHP Tanner Bibee (9-11, 4.77 ERA) was set to start for Cleveland on Saturday night against RHP Shane Baz (9-11, 4.98).

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Scoring Summary

10th Inning Manzardo singled to center, Martínez scored, Kwan to third.
10th Inning Rocchio struck out swinging.
10th Inning Kwan to second on fielder's indifference.
10th Inning Kwan intentionally walked.
10th Inning Naylor hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Martínez to third.
10th Inning Jax relieved Fairbanks

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
11 Ground Balls 7
10 Strikeouts 11
3 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 2
7 Hits 8
0 Stolen Bases 1
2 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 4
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 34
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
10 Runners Left On Base 14
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 1
2 Doubles 0
14 Fly Balls 18
0 Caught Stealing 1
161 Pitches 141
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
12 Total Bases 11
37 Plate Appearances 39
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
3 Extra Base Hits 1
2.5 Runs Created 3.3
.200 Batting Average .235
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.343 Slugging Percentage .324
.200 Secondary Average .176
.243 On Base Percentage .297
.586 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .621
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
2.3 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 3.1
26.0 Batter Rating 28.0
35.0 At Bats Per Home Run 34.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.50
4.35 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.62
.143 Isolated Power .088
0.20 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.27
.054 Walks Per Plate Appearance .077
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.059
6.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
75.0 MLB Rating 78.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Progressive Field

Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 23,316 | Capacity:

2025 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Toronto - 61 L2 0.57342654 82
New York 2 63 W2 0.55944055 80
Boston 3 65 W2 0.55172414 80
Tampa Bay 11 72 L3 0.4965035 71
Baltimore 16 77 L1 0.46153846 66

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit - 62 L1 0.5694444 82
Cleveland 8.5 70 W4 0.5104895 73
Kansas City 9 71 L2 0.5069444 73
Minnesota 18 80 W2 0.44444445 64
Chicago 27 89 W1 0.38194445 55
Full Standings