Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Guardians

TB 3 — 2 CLE

Final — 2026-04-27

MVP: Steven Matz 7.0 IP, 2 K, 2 ER

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Cleveland Guardians 3-2. Steven Matz led the way with 7.0 IP, 2 K, 2 ER. Steven Matz earned the win and Hunter Gaddis took the loss. Bryan Baker recorded the save.

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

WP Steven Matz (4-1)

LP Hunter Gaddis (0-1, B, 1)

SV Bryan Baker (7)

Scoring Plays

Bot 5: Schneemann homered to left center (386 feet), Fry scored. (0-2)

Top 6: Vilade singled to right, Díaz scored. (1-2)

Top 8: Aranda homered to right (373 feet). (2-2)

Top 8: Vilade singled to center, Palacios scored. (3-2)

TB — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Diaz	DH	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.327	.424	.486	.910
Aranda	1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	.228	.347	.475	.822
Caminero	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.259	.333	.500	.833
Vilade	RF	4	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	.344	.400	.406	.806
DeLuca	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.283	.317	.467	.784
Simpson	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.342	.345	.687
Williamson	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.247	.318	.338	.656
Fortes	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.292	.338	.403	.741
Walls	SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.200	.279	.236	.515
Feduccia	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.241	.371	.241	.612
Palacios	2B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.256	.412	.359	.771
Mullins	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.200	.253	.453

CLE — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kwan	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.217	.300	.274	.574
Martinez	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.276	.315	.506	.821
Ramirez	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.354	.450	.804
Hoskins	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.203	.345	.319	.664
DeLauter	RF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.245	.333	.489	.822
Fry	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.222	.364	.333	.697
Schneemann	2B	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	.314	.392	.586	.978
Hedges	C	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.333	.343	.676
Rocchio	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.352	.398	.750
Naylor	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.194	.194	.388
Manzardo	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.292	.266	.558
Valera	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.243	.306	.549

TB — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Matz	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	95-67	4.31	1.33	W, 4-1
Seymour	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	18-10	7.11	1.13
Baker	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	23-15	3.18	0.85	S, 7

CLE — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Messick	5.2	3	1	1	2	9	0	95-58	1.73	1.06
Festa	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	5.27	1.41
Sabrowski	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	20-13	2.70	1.39
Gaddis	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	13-10	6.75	1.42	L, 0-1, B, 1
Holderman	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23-14	2.84	0.85

Venue: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio (18,029)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Jacob Metz, First Base Umpire: Tom Hanahan, Second Base Umpire: Scott Barry, Third Base Umpire: Manny Gonzalez

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