Houston Astros 2, Cleveland Guardians 0 — April 22, 2026

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
T1	Yordan Alvarez	Yordan Alvarez homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field. Carlos Correa scores.	HOU 2, CLE 0

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
HOU	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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 2

Peter Lambert started for Astros, leaving with a 2–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Peter Lambert Starter 6.0 96 0 8 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Peter Lambert threw

CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 63% 4.0 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Changeup	26	27%	3	2	4	11	6
Four-Seam Fastball	25	26%	2	7	6	8	2
Cutter	20	21%	3	3	4	9	1
Slider	19	20%	4	4	5	4	2
Slurve	6	6%	1	0	0	3	2

AJ Blubaugh Middle 1.0 17 0 1 HLD
Steven Okert Setup 0.2 16 0 0 HLD
Enyel De Los Santos Setup 1.1 24 0 1 SV inherited 1, stranded 1

Guardians HOME 0

Tanner Bibee started for Guardians, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Tanner Bibee Starter 6.0 95 2 3 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Tanner Bibee threw

CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 58% 4.0 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	26	27%	0	2	6	11	7
Cutter	20	21%	4	2	2	9	3
Changeup	19	20%	2	3	3	7	4
Curveball	16	17%	1	5	3	5	2
Sinker	14	15%	2	2	3	4	3

Matt Festa Setup 1.0 18 0 2
Hunter Gaddis Setup 1.0 5 0 0
Erik Sabrowski Reliever 1.0 17 0 1

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 1st · off Bibee

Alvarez HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Carlos Correa SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	.284	.366	.386	.752	2B
Yordan Alvarez DH	4	1	3	2	0	0	.347	.466	.779	1.245	HR (11)
Jose Altuve 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.354	.408	.762
Christian Walker 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.264	.358	.505	.863
Isaac Paredes 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.227	.333	.360	.693
Cam Smith RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.239	.324	.398	.722
Daniel Johnson CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333
Christian Vázquez C	3	0	0	0	1	1	.343	.425	.629	1.054
Brice Matthews LF	2	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.268	.333	.601

HOME · CLE

BATTER	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Steven Kwan CF	3	1	1	0	.227	.315	.289	.604
Chase DeLauter RF	4	2	0	0	.235	.330	.506	.836
José Ramírez DH	4	1	0	2	.234	.363	.479	.842
Rhys Hoskins 1B	1	0	0	1	.211	.348	.351	.699
George Valera LF	4	0	0	0	.231	.259	.308	.567
Daniel Schneemann 3B	3	1	1	2	.310	.394	.517	.911
Angel Martínez PH	1	0	0	0	.271	.320	.457	.777
Bo Naylor C	3	0	1	1	.130	.203	.204	.407
Brayan Rocchio SS	4	0	0	0	.269	.367	.423	.790
Kyle Manzardo 1B	2	0	1	2	.194	.284	.250	.534
Juan Brito 2B	3	0	0	2	.159	.229	.227	.456

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU

PITCHER	IP	H	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Peter Lambert	6.0	3	3	8	96	3.27	W
AJ Blubaugh	1.0	0	0	1	17	6.19	HLD
Steven Okert	0.2	1	0	0	16	3.00	HLD
Enyel De Los Santos	1.1	1	1	1	24	3.86	SV

HOME · CLE

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Tanner Bibee	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	95	4.45	L
Matt Festa	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	18	5.84
Hunter Gaddis	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4.50
Erik Sabrowski	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	3.09

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU

Joe Espada

Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 0.5 R

HOME · CLE

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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