The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-1 on Jul 18, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Jacob Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Pirates.
- Jared Jones pitched 5.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 1 earned run with 9 strikeouts.
- Travis Bazzana went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Gavin Williams pitched 6.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 5 earned runs with 11 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Esmerlyn Valdez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Davis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 32 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Jones | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Isaac Mattson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rhys Hoskins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Bazzana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabriel Arias | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Patrick Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Williams | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Matt Festa | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Jul 17, 2026: PIT at CLE · Next Jul 18, 2026: PIT 3, CLE 5
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Jul 17, 2026: PIT at CLE · Next Jul 18, 2026: PIT 3, CLE 5