The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-1 on Jul 19, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Pirates.
- Paul Skenes pitched 7.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
- Steven Kwan went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Guardians.
- Joey Cantillo pitched 5.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nick Gonzales | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Mangum | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Cook | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Henry Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Triolo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Esmerlyn Valdez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 37 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Skenes | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Isaac Mattson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mason Montgomery | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Bazzana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chase DeLauter | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Manzardo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Petey Halpin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabriel Arias | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
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 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Will Dion | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Franco Aleman | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
Before and after
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Jul 18, 2026: PIT 3, CLE 5 · Next Jul 20, 2026: PIT 5, NYY 8
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Jul 18, 2026: PIT 3, CLE 5 · Next Jul 20, 2026: MIN 4, CLE 13