The Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-0 on Sep 5, 2026 at Progressive Field.
Final · Progressive Field
Top performers
- Riley Greene went 4-for-5 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Tigers.
- Framber Valdez pitched 7.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Angel Genao went 1-for-3 for the Guardians.
- Parker Messick pitched 6.0 innings for the Guardians, allowing 3 earned runs with 12 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Malgeri | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Riley Greene | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Gleyber Torres | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Javier Baez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dillon Dingler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| John Peck | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Brieske | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Kwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Martinez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Genao | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayan Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Fry | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Hedges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jo Adell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Petey Halpin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Messick | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Matt Festa | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous Sep 4, 2026: DET 3, CLE 4 · Next Sep 6, 2026: DET 2, CLE 3
- Guardians · 2026 season · Previous Sep 4, 2026: DET 3, CLE 4 · Next Sep 6, 2026: DET 2, CLE 3