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May 3, 2026 · AL West

Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics

May 3, 2026Sutter Health ParkCloudy 64°F · 11 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Cleveland Guardians
18-17
1
vs
HOME
Oakland Athletics
18-16
7

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Colby Thomas Colby Thomas homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. CLE 0, ATH 1
T5 Chase DeLauter Chase DeLauter homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. CLE 1, ATH 1
B5 Zack Gelof Zack Gelof homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. CLE 1, ATH 2
B5 Tyler Soderstrom Tyler Soderstrom homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field. CLE 1, ATH 3
B5 Brent Rooker Brent Rooker singles on a ground ball to shortstop Brayan Rocchio. Darell Hernaiz scores. Jacob Wilson to 2nd. CLE 1, ATH 4
B6 Jeff McNeil Jeff McNeil doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Zack Gelof scores. Tyler Soderstrom scores. Austin Wynns scores. CLE 1, ATH 7

Box score

  123456789 R
CLE 000010000 1
ATH 010033000 7

Pitching & bullpen

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

Guardians AWAY 1

Parker Messick started for Guardians, leaving trailing 1–4. Out of the bullpen, Peyton Pallette took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Parker Messick Starter 5.0 78 4 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Parker Messick threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 67% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 30 38% 8 5 9 6 2
    Changeup 18 23% 4 0 2 7 5
    Cutter 10 13% 1 0 2 4 3
    Slider 9 12% 1 2 2 1 3
    Sinker 7 9% 0 2 0 3 2
    Curveball 4 5% 0 2 0 2 0
  • Peyton Pallette Reliever 1.0 36 3 1
  • Colin Holderman Middle 2.0 27 0 2
Athletics HOME 7

Aaron Civale started for Athletics, leaving with a 4–1 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Aaron Civale Starter 6.0 93 1 3 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Aaron Civale threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 69% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Cutter 29 31% 1 6 6 11 5
    Curveball 18 19% 1 5 4 3 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 17% 1 5 2 4 4
    Splitter 15 16% 0 1 1 10 3
    Sinker 11 12% 0 4 3 2 2
    Slider 4 4% 0 0 0 2 2
  • Justin Sterner Setup 1.0 12 0 1
  • Mark Leiter Jr. Middle 1.0 10 0 1
  • Joel Kuhnel Reliever 1.0 12 0 0

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 5th · off Messick
  • Gelof HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Steven Kwan LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 .319 .288 .607
Chase DeLauter RF 4 1 2 1 0 1 .304 .392 .554 .946 HR (6)
José Ramírez DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 .217 .340 .419 .759
Kyle Manzardo 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .280 .284 .564
Daniel Schneemann 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .298 .366 .524 .890
Travis Bazzana 2B 3 0 2 0 1 0 .188 .409 .188 .597 SB
Petey Halpin CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Brayan Rocchio SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .344 .384 .728
Austin Hedges C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .310 .348 .476 .824
Bo Naylor C 1 0 0 0 1 0 .135 .200 .203 .403
HOME · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jacob Wilson SS 4 0 1 0 1 0 .295 .313 .396 .709
Brent Rooker DH 5 0 1 1 0 2 .162 .234 .294 .528
Nick Kurtz 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .244 .412 .412 .824
Lawrence Butler RF 2 0 0 0 0 2 .180 .268 .290 .558
Zack Gelof CF 3 2 1 1 1 0 .250 .286 .425 .711 HR (2)
Tyler Soderstrom LF 4 2 3 1 0 1 .221 .304 .426 .730 HR (4)
Austin Wynns C 3 1 0 0 1 1 .086 .158 .086 .244
Darell Hernaiz 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .224 .321 .286 .607
Jeff McNeil 2B 4 0 2 3 0 0 .314 .379 .422 .801 2B
Colby Thomas RF 2 1 1 1 0 0 .267 .353 .467 .820 HR (1)

Pitching lines

AWAY · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Parker Messick 5.0 6 4 4 0 6 3 78 2.40 L
Peyton Pallette 1.0 2 3 3 3 1 0 36 5.27
Colin Holderman 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 27 1.80
HOME · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Aaron Civale 6.0 7 1 1 2 3 1 93 2.95 W
Justin Sterner 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 4.58
Mark Leiter Jr. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 5.79
Joel Kuhnel 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 2.13

Manager comparison

AWAY · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 1.3 R IBBs 1.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · CLE
4-5 L2 -2 run diff
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HOME · ATH
5-5 L2 -13 run diff
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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.