The New York Mets beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-5 on Aug 5, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Jorge Polanco went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Mets.
- Christian Scott pitched 5.0 innings for the Mets, allowing 3 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Nathaniel Lowe went 2-for-6 with 2 RBI for the Guardians.
- Tanner Bibee pitched 5.2 innings for the Guardians, allowing 3 earned runs with 10 strikeouts.
New York Mets 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Lindor | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bo Bichette | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Carson Benge | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| A.J. Ewing | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Francisco Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jared Young | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Marcus Semien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brett Baty | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Robert Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 39 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Scott | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Dedniel Nunez | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Duarte | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Lowe | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Bazzana | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Steven Kwan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jo Adell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Patrick Bailey | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Angel Genao | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase DeLauter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Angel Martinez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Petey Halpin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 42 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Bibee | 5.2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Yoho | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Festa | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cade Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
Before and after
- Mets · 2026 season · Previous Aug 4, 2026: NYM 6, CLE 2 · Next Aug 6, 2026: NYM 13, CLE 6
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Aug 4, 2026: NYM 6, CLE 2 · Next Aug 6, 2026: NYM 13, CLE 6