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Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays

· Major League Baseball
Cleveland Guardians
70-70, 35-37 Away
Final
7 - 1
Tampa Bay Rays
71-70, 38-34 Home

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

Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Highlights

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

9th Inning Pereira grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Williams struck out looking.
9th Inning Feduccia flied out to left.
9th Inning Smith relieved Herrin
9th Inning Noel flied out to center.
9th Inning Arias grounded out to second.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
9 Ground Balls 13
10 Strikeouts 5
7 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
12 Hits 7
2 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
7 Runs 1
0 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
40 At Bats 32
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
22 Runners Left On Base 16
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 2
21 Fly Balls 14
0 Caught Stealing 0
170 Pitches 135
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
1 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
16 Total Bases 12
43 Plate Appearances 36
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
2 Extra Base Hits 3
6.1 Runs Created 3.2
.300 Batting Average .219
1.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.400 Slugging Percentage .375
.200 Secondary Average .281
.349 On Base Percentage .306
.749 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .681
0.4 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.9
5.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 3.2
47.0 Batter Rating 18.0
40.0 At Bats Per Home Run 32.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.95 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.75
.100 Isolated Power .156
0.20 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.80
.047 Walks Per Plate Appearance .111
-.100 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .063
14.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.2
92.8 MLB Rating 73.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

George M. Steinbrenner Field

Location: Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 8,836 | Capacity:

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 82 62 .569 - L1
Cleveland 73 70 .510 8.5 W4
Kansas City 73 71 .507 9 L2
Minnesota 64 80 .444 18 W2
Chicago 55 89 .382 27 W1

2025 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Toronto 82 61 .573 - L2
New York 80 63 .559 2 W2
Boston 80 65 .552 3 W2
Tampa Bay 71 72 .497 11 L3
Baltimore 66 77 .462 16 L1
Full Standings