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April 28, 2026 · AL Cent

Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians

April 28, 2026Progressive FieldPartly Cloudy 61°F · 8 mph, L To R
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
18-11
1
vs
HOME
Cleveland Guardians
15-16
0

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T5 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Angel Martínez. Taylor Walls scores. Ben Williamson to 2nd. TB 1, CLE 0

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 000010000 1
CLE 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

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

Rays AWAY 1

Nick Martinez started for Rays, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nick Martinez Starter 7.0 78 0 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nick Martinez threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 76% 3.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 24 31% 0 8 2 8 6
    Changeup 22 28% 4 0 2 8 8
    Cutter 20 26% 2 2 6 5 5
    Curveball 7 9% 0 3 0 3 1
    Four-Seam Fastball 4 5% 1 1 2 0 0
    Slider 1 1% 0 1 0 0 0
  • Ian Seymour Middle 0.2 10 0 1 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Kevin Kelly Setup 0.1 2 0 0 HLD inherited 3, stranded 3
  • Cole Sulser Middle 1.0 16 0 2 SV
Guardians HOME 0

Tanner Bibee started for Guardians, leaving trailing 0–1.

workload · innings pitched
  • Tanner Bibee Starter 5.0 93 1 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Tanner Bibee threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 59% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 38 41% 7 5 8 13 5
    Changeup 16 17% 3 0 1 9 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 14 15% 0 4 3 7 0
    Sinker 11 12% 0 6 1 1 3
    Curveball 11 12% 1 0 5 3 2
    Sweeper 3 3% 0 1 1 1 0
  • Tim Herrin Setup 1.2 22 0 0
  • Connor Brogdon Reliever 1.1 19 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Peyton Pallette Reliever 1.0 17 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Top 5th · off Bibee
  • Aranda 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Chandler Simpson LF 4 0 1 0 1 0 .307 .344 .351 .695 2B, SB
Ben Williamson 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .318 .338 .656
Jonathan Aranda 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .229 .344 .467 .811
Yandy Díaz DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .324 .419 .477 .896
Jake Fraley RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .250 .333 .464 .797 2B
Cedric Mullins CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .132 .192 .242 .434
Nick Fortes C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .321 .382 .703
Richie Palacios 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .233 .382 .326 .708
Taylor Walls SS 1 1 0 0 3 0 .196 .308 .232 .540 SB
Junior Caminero 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .331 .496 .827
HOME · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Steven Kwan LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .220 .306 .284 .590 2B
Chase DeLauter DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 .330 .480 .810
José Ramírez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .221 .343 .434 .777
Kyle Manzardo 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .193 .280 .253 .533
Daniel Schneemann CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .311 .386 .568 .954
Angel Martínez RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .278 .316 .511 .827 2B
Travis Bazzana 2B 2 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
George Valera PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .237 .297 .534
Brayan Rocchio SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .346 .389 .735
Bo Naylor C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .188 .188 .376
Rhys Hoskins PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .203 .353 .319 .672

Pitching lines

AWAY · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nick Martinez 7.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 78 1.70 W
Ian Seymour 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 6.75 HLD
Kevin Kelly 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.26 HLD
Cole Sulser 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 16 3.24 SV
HOME · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Tanner Bibee 5.0 4 1 1 3 6 0 93 4.08 L
Tim Herrin 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 0.00
Connor Brogdon 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 5.25
Peyton Pallette 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 3.55

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 2.8 R
HOME · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
3-7 L1 -5 run diff
LWLWLLLWLL
HOME · CLE
4-5 L2 -2 run diff
LLWLWLL?WW

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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.

Read the full methodology.