The Cleveland Guardians beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 on May 16, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Dane Myers went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Reds.
- Chris Paddack pitched 5.0 innings for the Reds, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Angel Martinez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Joey Cantillo pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Cincinnati Reds 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Myers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Steer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Bleday | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt McLain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Elly De La Cruz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Dunn | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sal Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Trevino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Paddack | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam Moll | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Connor Phillips | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pierce Johnson | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Mey | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Manzardo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Travis Bazzana | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Angel Martinez | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Petey Halpin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Cantillo | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Colin Holderman | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous May 15, 2026: CIN 7, CLE 6 · Next May 17, 2026: CIN 3, CLE 10
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous May 15, 2026: CIN 7, CLE 6 · Next May 17, 2026: CIN 3, CLE 10