The Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Sep 28, 2024 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Justin Verlander pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Jose Ramirez went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Guardians.
- Ben Lively pitched 4.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Houston Astros 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Tucker | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Pena | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Heyward | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Singleton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Grae Kessinger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hector Neris | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Naylor | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andres Gimenez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bo Naylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lively | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Clase | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Walters | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2024 season · Previous Sep 27, 2024: HOU 5, CLE 2 · Next Sep 29, 2024: HOU at CLE
- Guardians · 2024 season · Previous Sep 27, 2024: HOU 5, CLE 2 · Next Sep 29, 2024: HOU at CLE