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April 21, 2026 · AL Cent

Houston Astros vs Cleveland Guardians

April 21, 2026Progressive FieldCloudy 69°F · 11 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Houston Astros
9-16
5
vs
HOME
Cleveland Guardians
14-11
8

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 George Valera George Valera singles on a ground ball to left fielder Dustin Harris. José Ramírez scores. Kyle Manzardo to 2nd. HOU 0, CLE 1
B2 Angel Martínez Angel Martínez homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. HOU 0, CLE 2
T5 Brice Matthews Brice Matthews singles on a line drive to center fielder Steven Kwan. Isaac Paredes scores. Brice Matthews out at 2nd on the throw, center fielder Steven Kwan to first baseman Kyle Manzardo to shortstop Brayan Rocchio. Yainer Diaz to 3rd. HOU 1, CLE 2
T5 Yordan Alvarez Guardians challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Yordan Alvarez singles on a fly ball to left fielder Angel Martínez. Yainer Diaz scores. Dustin Harris scores. Yordan Alvarez out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Angel Martínez to shortstop Brayan Rocchio to second baseman Daniel Schneemann. Carlos Correa to 3rd. HOU 3, CLE 2
T7 Carlos Correa Carlos Correa singles on a pop up to second baseman Daniel Schneemann. Cam Smith scores. Yainer Diaz to 3rd. Daniel Johnson to 2nd. HOU 4, CLE 2
B8 Brayan Rocchio Brayan Rocchio singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Daniel Johnson. Daniel Schneemann scores. Angel Martínez to 2nd. HOU 4, CLE 3
B8 Chase DeLauter Chase DeLauter triples (1) on a line drive to left fielder Brice Matthews. Angel Martínez scores. Brayan Rocchio scores. Steven Kwan scores. HOU 4, CLE 6
B8 Kyle Manzardo Kyle Manzardo singles on a line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Chase DeLauter scores. José Ramírez scores. HOU 4, CLE 8
T9 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez doubles (8) on a fly ball to left fielder Angel Martínez. Brice Matthews scores. HOU 5, CLE 8

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 000030101 5
CLE 110000060 8

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Astros AWAY 5

Ryan Weiss started for Astros, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, Enyel De Los Santos took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Ryan Weiss Starter 3.1 86 2 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Ryan Weiss threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 37% 4.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 34 40% 0 4 9 17 4
    Sweeper 29 34% 3 8 5 10 3
    Changeup 16 19% 3 1 1 9 2
    Sinker 5 6% 1 1 1 1 1
    Curveball 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Colton Gordon Reliever 1.0 17 0 1 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Kai-Wei Teng Middle 2.2 31 0 2 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Enyel De Los Santos Middle 0.1 15 3 0 L
  • Bryan King Setup 0.2 15 3 0 BS inherited 2, all 2 scored
Guardians HOME 8

Parker Messick started for Guardians, leaving trailing 2–3. Out of the bullpen, Connor Brogdon took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Parker Messick Starter 5.0 85 3 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Parker Messick threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 67% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 25 29% 0 6 6 11 2
    Changeup 20 24% 5 0 3 7 5
    Sinker 14 16% 2 3 2 3 4
    Cutter 10 12% 3 2 1 4 0
    Curveball 9 11% 1 1 3 2 2
    Slider 7 8% 1 1 0 4 1
  • Shawn Armstrong Setup 1.0 11 0 0
  • Connor Brogdon Reliever 0.1 11 1 0
  • Tim Herrin Setup 0.2 16 0 0 inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Peyton Pallette Reliever 1.0 21 0 0 W
  • Cade Smith Closer 1.0 18 1 1

Where the game turned

3 runs Bottom 8th · off King
  • DeLauter 3B (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carlos Correa SS 4 0 2 1 1 1 .286 .371 .381 .752
Yordan Alvarez DH 5 0 2 3 0 0 .330 .456 .747 1.203 2B
Jose Altuve 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 .266 .367 .426 .793
Christian Walker 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .353 .511 .864
Isaac Paredes 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 .225 .337 .366 .703
Cam Smith RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 .250 .337 .417 .754
Yainer Diaz C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .197 .224 .282 .506 2B
Brice Matthews LF 3 1 2 1 0 1 .176 .263 .353 .616 2B
Daniel Johnson CF 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Dustin Harris LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .375 .222 .597
HOME · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Steven Kwan CF 3 1 1 0 2 0 .223 .308 .287 .595
Chase DeLauter DH 4 1 1 3 1 0 .221 .322 .506 .828 3B
José Ramírez 3B 3 2 1 0 2 0 .233 .367 .489 .856 SB
Kyle Manzardo 1B 4 0 2 2 1 0 .200 .282 .257 .539
George Valera RF 5 0 1 1 0 1 .273 .304 .364 .668
Daniel Schneemann 2B 2 1 1 0 2 1 .309 .387 .527 .914
Angel Martínez LF 4 2 2 1 0 2 .275 .324 .464 .788 HR (3)
Bo Naylor C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .137 .200 .216 .416
Brayan Rocchio SS 4 1 1 1 0 1 .284 .384 .446 .830
Austin Hedges C 2 0 1 0 0 1 .267 .303 .333 .636

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Ryan Weiss 3.1 5 2 2 4 4 1 86 6.50
Colton Gordon 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 17 8.59
Kai-Wei Teng 2.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 31 1.65 HLD
Enyel De Los Santos 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 0 15 4.50 L
Bryan King 0.2 2 3 3 2 0 0 15 4.22 BS
HOME · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Parker Messick 5.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 85 1.76
Shawn Armstrong 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.22
Connor Brogdon 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 6.52
Tim Herrin 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.00
Peyton Pallette 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 3.38 W
Cade Smith 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 18 4.50

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU
Joe Espada
Joe Espada
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 0.5 R
HOME · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · HOU
6-4 L1 -5 run diff
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HOME · CLE
4-5 L2 -2 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with HOU listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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