Baltimore Orioles at Cleveland Guardians

BAL 2 — 4 CLE

Final — 2026-04-16

MVP: Parker Messick 8.0 IP, 9 K, 2 ER

Cleveland Guardians defeated Baltimore Orioles 4-2. Parker Messick led the way with 8.0 IP, 9 K, 2 ER. Parker Messick earned the win and Shane Baz took the loss. Cade Smith recorded the save.

P.M.

Game of the Day

Parker Messick

8.0 IP, 9 K, 2 ER

8 innings pitched with 9 strikeouts and 2 earned runs.

Among the most impactful performances of the day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
CLE	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	x	4	8	0

WP Parker Messick (3-0)

LP Shane Baz (0-2)

SV Cade Smith (4)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Ramírez homered to right center (388 feet), DeLauter scored. (0-2)

Bot 5: Kwan singled to right, Rocchio scored. (0-3)

Bot 6: Valera singled to left, Ramírez scored, Manzardo to second. (0-4)

Top 9: Henderson hit sacrifice fly to right, Taveras scored, Alexander to third. (1-4)

Top 9: Alonso doubled to right, Alexander scored, Ward to third. (2-4)

BAL — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ward	LF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.303	.393	.434	.827
Henderson	DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.213	.289	.500	.789
Alonso	1B	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	.200	.325	.357	.682
Rodriguez	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.286	.000	.286
Basallo	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.259	.333	.592
Jackson	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.321	.328	.571	.899
Mayo	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.156	.255	.200	.455
Taveras	CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	.375	.487	.469	.956
Alexander	SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.227	.292	.250	.542
Cowser	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.311	.237	.548

CLE — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kwan	CF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.253	.325	.333	.658
DeLauter	DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.246	.338	.557	.895
Ramirez	3B	3	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	.224	.322	.434	.756
Manzardo	1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.189	.283	.264	.547
Valera	RF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000
Martinez	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.281	.339	.456	.795
Brito	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.273	.267	.540
Hedges	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.292	.333	.375	.708
Rocchio	SS	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.217	.338	.350	.688

BAL — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Baz	6.0	6	4	4	3	6	1	99-62	4.91	1.36	L, 0-2
Foster	1.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	42-27	0.00	2.78
Wells	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-3	4.91	0.96

CLE — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Messick	8.0	2	2	2	2	9	0	112-78	1.05	1.06	W, 3-0
Smith	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19-13	4.50	1.09	S, 4

Venue: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio (14,748)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Carlos Torres, First Base Umpire: Nate Tomlinson, Second Base Umpire: Mark Wegner, Third Base Umpire: Bruce Dreckman

Broadcast: GDTV | MASN