The game was decided before most fans had settled into their seats. Cleveland scored three times in the first inning, and Gavin Williams made it stand up, striking out 11 over 5.2 innings as the Guardians beat the Giants 5-2.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| CLE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
Williams allowed 4 hits and 2 runs (2 earned) with 3 walks across 5.2 innings, piling up strikeouts while the early lead gave him room to work. He departed with the decision in hand, and the Cleveland bullpen finished the job, with four relievers combining for 3.1 scoreless innings. Cade Smith worked the ninth for the save, and Erik Sabrowski, Hunter Gaddis and Tim Herrin each recorded a hold along the way.
Cleveland's first inning did the heavy lifting. José Ramírez singled home Steven Kwan to open the scoring and put the Guardians ahead for good, with Travis Bazzana advancing to third on the play. Nathaniel Lowe followed with a sacrifice fly that brought in Bazzana, and Patrick Bailey then singled home Ramírez to make it 3-0 before the Giants had recorded an out that mattered. Cleveland tacked on more in the sixth, when Kwan singled in Bailey, and again in the eighth, when Brayan Rocchio's single drove in Petey Halpin.
San Francisco's lone scoring came in the fourth, when Willy Adames homered to right-center to plate Rafael Devers, cutting the deficit to 2-3. Landen Roupp took the loss for the Giants, allowing 4 runs (3 earned) on 5 hits with 4 walks and 2 strikeouts over 5.1 innings. The Giants' bullpen kept the game from getting further out of hand, with three relievers combining for 2.2 innings and just 1 run allowed, but the early deficit proved too much to overcome.
The win pushed Cleveland to 62-66, snapping in with a first win after its previous result, while San Francisco fell to 52-75. Adames finished a home run shy of 200 for his career, going 1-for-4 with 2 RBIs on the night.