The Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Sep 4, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Kevin McGonigle went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Andrew Sears pitched 5.2 innings for the Tigers, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
- Travis Bazzana went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Guardians.
- Foster Griffin pitched 6.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin McGonigle | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eduardo Valencia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Clark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gleyber Torres | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Peck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Malgeri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brett Callahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 38 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Sears | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Beau Brieske | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jacob Waguespack | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 9.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jo Adell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Genao | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kwan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Travis Bazzana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Martinez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chase DeLauter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Fry | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Schneemann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Patrick Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Griffin | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Hunter Gaddis | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Espino | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous Sep 4, 2026: DET 6, CLE 7 · Next Sep 5, 2026: DET 6, CLE 0
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Sep 4, 2026: DET 6, CLE 7 · Next Sep 5, 2026: DET 6, CLE 0