Cleveland managed only three hits all night. That tells most of the story. The Padres shut out the Guardians 5-0 at Progressive Field, with Casey Mize setting the tone from the mound and the offense building the lead in pieces across three different innings.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Mize was the story on the mound, working six scoreless innings and allowing just three hits with one walk and three strikeouts. He needed only 86 pitches to get through six, and the Padres' bullpen closed it out from there, covering three innings without allowing a run. It added up to a full team shutout of Cleveland's lineup.
San Diego's offense opened the scoring in the second inning, when Rengifo homered to center to break a scoreless tie, a blast that traveled 409 feet and put the Padres ahead for good. Gavin Sheets followed with a home run to right in the same inning, pushing the lead to 2-0. The Padres tacked on in the fourth when Bogaerts singled to center to bring home Merrill, then got a solo shot from Jase Bowen in the eighth and another from Jake Cronenworth in the ninth, both traveling well over 350 feet, to cap the scoring at 5-0.
Tanner Bibee took the loss for Cleveland, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits over 6.0 innings with three walks and three strikeouts. He kept the Padres' lead at three runs through his outing, but Cleveland's bats never found an answer, managing only three hits against Mize and the San Diego bullpen combined. Cleveland's own relief corps allowed 2 runs over three innings in support of Bibee, but with the offense held to three hits total, the deficit never closed.
The result dropped Cleveland to 60-65, snapping any momentum after a loss that extended their skid, while San Diego improved to 67-58 with the win. Mize's outing, backed by a bullpen that didn't allow a run, was more than enough given the way Cleveland's lineup struggled all evening.