The Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Guardians 9-2 on Apr 20, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Isaac Paredes went 3-for-5 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Spencer Arrighetti pitched 5.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Rhys Hoskins went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Slade Cecconi pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 6 earned runs with 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Walker | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Paredes | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Harris | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Trammell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Arrighetti | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Manzardo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Naylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Brito | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slade Cecconi | 5.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Festa | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Apr 19, 2026: STL 7, HOU 5 · Next Apr 21, 2026: HOU 5, CLE 8
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Apr 19, 2026: BAL 4, CLE 8 · Next Apr 21, 2026: HOU 5, CLE 8