The Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 8-2 on May 18, 2026 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Jose Ramirez went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Guardians.
- Slade Cecconi pitched 7.1 innings for the Guardians, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Matt Vierling went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Framber Valdez pitched 5.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Martinez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Fry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Travis Bazzana | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slade Cecconi | 7.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Peyton Pallette | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Festa | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
Detroit Tigers 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Vierling | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wenceel Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Riley Greene | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Zack Short | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Connor Seabold | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Enmanuel De Jesus | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brant Hurter | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: CIN 3, CLE 10 · Next May 19, 2026: CLE 4, DET 3
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: TOR 4, DET 1 · Next May 19, 2026: CLE 4, DET 3