The Cleveland Guardians beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Jul 18, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Pirates.
- Khristian Curtis pitched 5.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Travis Bazzana went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Franco Aleman pitched 1.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 0 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
Pittsburgh Pirates 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Mangum | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Esmerlyn Valdez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jared Triolo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khristian Curtis | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gregory Soto | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Yohan Ramirez | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Eisert | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis Santana | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Petey Halpin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Bazzana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Patrick Bailey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Hedges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Fry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franco Aleman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Armstrong | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Colin Holderman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Dion | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Before and after
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