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July 26, 2026 · AL East

Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays

July 26, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Cleveland Guardians
54-53
0
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
62-43
1

Game Highlights

Published July 26, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B5 Cedric Mullins Cedric Mullins singles on a bunt pop to first baseman Kyle Manzardo. Chandler Simpson scores. CLE 0, TB 1

Box score

  123456789 R
CLE 000000000 0
TB 000010000 1

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 0

Parker Messick started for Guardians, leaving trailing 0–1.

workload · innings pitched
  • Parker Messick Starter 7.2 94 1 6 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Parker Messick threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 72% 3.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 62 66% 6 11 17 20 8
    Changeup 21 22% 2 3 2 5 9
    Sinker 5 5% 0 2 0 0 3
    Curveball 3 3% 0 0 0 2 1
    Slider 2 2% 0 0 0 0 2
    Cutter 1 1% 0 1 0 0 0
  • Colin Holderman Setup 0.1 4 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
Rays HOME 1

Drew Rasmussen started for Rays, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Drew Rasmussen Starter 7.0 87 0 9 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Drew Rasmussen threw
    CSW 34% 1st-pitch strike 75% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 29 33% 5 7 8 7 2
    Sinker 21 24% 2 3 3 10 3
    Changeup 17 20% 5 1 1 5 5
    Cutter 16 18% 3 0 5 5 3
    Curveball 3 3% 1 2 0 0 0
    Sweeper 1 1% 1 0 0 0 0
  • Garrett Cleavinger Setup 1.0 11 0 1 HLD
  • Bryan Baker Closer 1.0 28 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 5th · off Messick
  • Mullins 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Steven Kwan CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .248 .351 .308 .659 2B
José Ramírez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .335 .405 .740
Chase DeLauter DH 2 0 0 0 2 2 .282 .352 .447 .799
Brayan Rocchio SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .268 .328 .398 .726
Travis Bazzana 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .239 .335 .400 .735
Angel Martínez RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .228 .264 .422 .686
David Fry LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .184 .299 .340 .639
Austin Hedges C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .281 .342 .417 .759
Rhys Hoskins 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .174 .304 .369 .673
Kyle Manzardo 1B 2 0 0 0 0 2 .209 .298 .358 .656
Petey Halpin CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191 .215 .315 .530 SB
HOME · TB
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Yandy Díaz DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .303 .378 .461 .839
Ryan Vilade 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .260 .324 .474 .798
Junior Caminero 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .372 .543 .915
Jonny DeLuca RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .299 .433 .732
Chandler Simpson LF 3 1 2 0 0 0 .296 .329 .359 .688
Ben Williamson 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .249 .312 .328 .640
Cedric Mullins CF 3 0 1 1 0 1 .203 .282 .352 .634
Nick Fortes C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .281 .321 .390 .711 2B
Taylor Walls SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 .223 .313 .296 .609
Richie Palacios 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .232 .328 .341 .669

Pitching lines

AWAY · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Parker Messick 7.2 6 1 1 0 6 0 94 2.59 L
Colin Holderman 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.80
HOME · TB
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Drew Rasmussen 7.0 1 0 0 1 9 0 87 3.07 W
Garrett Cleavinger 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 3.48 HLD
Bryan Baker 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 28 1.56 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 2.5 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · TB
Kevin Cash
Kevin Cash
Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 3.7 R IBBs 3.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · CLE
3-6 L3 -10 run diff
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HOME · TB
7-3 W3 +0 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with CLE 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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