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May 26, 2026 · AL Cent

Washington Nationals vs Cleveland Guardians

May 26, 2026Progressive FieldCloudy 70°F · 4 mph, In From CF
AWAY
Washington Nationals
29-27
6
vs
HOME
Cleveland Guardians
32-25
3

Game Highlights

Published May 26, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Keibert Ruiz Keibert Ruiz singles on a ground ball to center fielder Daniel Schneemann. Daylen Lile scores. Jacob Young scores. WSH 2, CLE 0
T2 James Wood James Wood homers (15) on a fly ball to right field. Keibert Ruiz scores. WSH 4, CLE 0
B5 José Ramírez José Ramírez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder James Wood. Steven Kwan scores. WSH 4, CLE 1
T9 Andrés Chaparro Andrés Chaparro singles on a line drive to left fielder Steven Kwan. Nasim Nuñez scores. James Wood scores. Andrés Chaparro out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Steven Kwan to second baseman Travis Bazzana. WSH 6, CLE 1
B9 Travis Bazzana Travis Bazzana doubles (4) on a ground ball to right fielder Dylan Crews. Steven Kwan scores. Brayan Rocchio to 3rd. WSH 6, CLE 2
B9 José Ramírez José Ramírez grounds out, third baseman Curtis Mead to first baseman Andrés Chaparro. Brayan Rocchio scores. WSH 6, CLE 3

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 040000002 6
CLE 000010002 3

Pitching & bullpen

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

Nationals AWAY 6

Cade Cavalli started for Nationals, leaving with a 4–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Mitchell Parker took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cade Cavalli Starter 6.0 87 1 7 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cade Cavalli threw
    CSW 36% 1st-pitch strike 68% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Knuckle Curve 40 46% 7 7 7 14 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 31 36% 4 11 4 5 7
    Changeup 9 10% 0 1 2 2 4
    Sinker 5 6% 1 0 1 3 0
    Sweeper 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Mitchell Parker Middle 3.0 47 2 5 SV
Guardians HOME 3

Joey Cantillo started for Guardians, leaving trailing 0–4. Out of the bullpen, Will Dion took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Joey Cantillo Starter 2.0 69 4 1 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Joey Cantillo threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 46% 5.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 27 39% 2 5 3 12 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 26 38% 0 6 10 8 2
    Curveball 14 20% 0 3 2 9 0
    Slider 2 3% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Codi Heuer Reliever 2.0 41 0 0
  • Shawn Armstrong Setup 1.0 18 0 1
  • Colin Holderman Middle 1.0 12 0 1
  • Will Dion Middle 3.0 33 2 3

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 2nd · off Cantillo
  • Ruiz 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood LF 4 2 3 2 1 1 .276 .413 .551 .964 HR (15), SB
Curtis Mead 3B 3 0 0 0 2 1 .235 .355 .479 .834
Andrés Chaparro 1B 5 0 1 2 0 1 .158 .333 .211 .544
CJ Abrams SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 .289 .381 .542 .923
Dylan Crews RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 .265 .364 .629
Daylen Lile DH 3 1 1 0 1 0 .262 .320 .434 .754
Jacob Young CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .237 .289 .390 .679
Nasim Nuñez 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .189 .287 .213 .500 2B
Keibert Ruiz C 4 1 2 2 0 1 .262 .277 .486 .763
HOME · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Travis Bazzana 2B 3 0 1 1 2 0 .293 .404 .435 .839 2B
José Ramírez 3B 4 0 1 2 0 0 .229 .344 .400 .744 2B
Chase DeLauter DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 .255 .340 .436 .776
Kyle Manzardo 1B 4 0 1 0 0 3 .219 .303 .363 .666
Angel Martínez RF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .240 .280 .457 .737
Steven Kwan LF 3 2 1 0 1 0 .206 .330 .259 .589
David Fry C 2 0 0 0 0 2 .237 .348 .382 .730
Brayan Rocchio SS 3 1 3 0 0 0 .299 .382 .420 .802
Daniel Schneemann CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 .319 .385 .704
Rhys Hoskins PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .189 .335 .385 .720
Patrick Bailey C 2 0 0 0 0 2 .140 .207 .206 .413

Pitching lines

AWAY · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cade Cavalli 6.0 5 1 1 2 7 0 87 3.62 W
Mitchell Parker 3.0 3 2 2 1 5 0 47 5.33 SV
HOME · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Joey Cantillo 2.0 3 4 4 4 1 1 69 3.57 L
Codi Heuer 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 41 1.93
Shawn Armstrong 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 3.38
Colin Holderman 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 1.40
Will Dion 3.0 5 2 2 0 3 0 33 6.00

Manager comparison

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
6-4 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · CLE
4-5 L2 -2 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with WSH 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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