The Cleveland Guardians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 on Aug 8, 2023 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Whit Merrifield went 3-for-4 for the Blue Jays.
- Yusei Kikuchi pitched 7.0 innings for the Blue Jays, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Ramon Laureano went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Tanner Bibee pitched 7.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
Toronto Blue Jays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Belt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| George Springer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Jansen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavan Biggio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Chapman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Kirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yusei Kikuchi | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Genesis Cabrera | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Cleveland Guardians box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Laureano | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Myles Straw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Arias | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bo Naylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andres Gimenez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Bibee | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Stephan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Blue Jays · 2023 season · Previous Aug 7, 2023: TOR 3, CLE 1 · Next Aug 9, 2023: TOR 1, CLE 0
- Guardians · 2023 season · Previous Aug 7, 2023: TOR 3, CLE 1 · Next Aug 9, 2023: TOR 1, CLE 0