The Cleveland Guardians beat the Houston Astros 8-5 on Apr 21, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Ryan Weiss pitched 3.1 innings for the Astros, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Angel Martinez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Parker Messick pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brice Matthews | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dustin Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Weiss | 3.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Kai-Wei Teng | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Angel Martinez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bo Naylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Hedges | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Messick | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Pallette | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Herrin | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Apr 20, 2026: HOU 9, CLE 2 · Next Apr 22, 2026: HOU 2, CLE 0
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Apr 20, 2026: HOU 9, CLE 2 · Next Apr 22, 2026: HOU 2, CLE 0