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July 28, 2026 · NL Cent

Cleveland Guardians vs Cincinnati Reds

July 28, 2026Great American Ball ParkPartly Cloudy 84°F · 9 mph, Out To RFGame 2 of doubleheader
AWAY
Cleveland Guardians
55-54
0
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
50-56
2

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 JJ Bleday JJ Bleday homers (18) on a fly ball to right field. CLE 0, CIN 1
B5 Ke'Bryan Hayes Ke'Bryan Hayes strikes out swinging. CLE 0, CIN 2

Box score

  123456789 R
CLE 000000000 0
CIN 100010000 2

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

Gavin Williams started for Guardians, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched
  • Gavin Williams Starter 7.0 101 2 12 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Gavin Williams threw
    CSW 36% 1st-pitch strike 54% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 43 43% 16 6 7 11 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 38 38% 7 4 8 14 5
    Curveball 11 11% 1 1 1 8 0
    Sinker 9 9% 0 1 1 4 3
  • Daniel Espino Reliever 1.0 19 0 3
Reds HOME 2

Caleb Ferguson started for Reds, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Caleb Ferguson Starter 1.2 27 0 1
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Caleb Ferguson threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 57% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 12 44% 0 5 2 3 2
    Sinker 8 30% 0 1 2 2 3
    Cutter 5 19% 1 0 2 2 0
    Slurve 2 7% 0 0 1 1 0
  • Julian Garcia Middle 1.1 18 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Jose Franco Reliever 3.2 48 0 2 W
  • Tejay Antone Middle 1.1 25 0 2 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Emilio Pagán Closer 1.0 17 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 1st · off Williams
  • Bleday HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Steven Kwan LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .245 .348 .304 .652
José Ramírez DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .332 .399 .731
Chase DeLauter RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .279 .347 .441 .788
Kyle Manzardo 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .210 .301 .367 .668
Brayan Rocchio SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 .266 .328 .394 .722
Travis Bazzana 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .241 .339 .399 .738
Gabriel Arias 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .252 .289 .400 .689
Patrick Bailey PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .195 .249 .302 .551
Petey Halpin CF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .238 .316 .554
Rhys Hoskins 1B 1 0 0 0 1 0 .173 .306 .367 .673
Austin Hedges C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .282 .342 .415 .757
HOME · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Elly De La Cruz SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 .277 .351 .499 .850
Sal Stewart DH 3 0 0 0 0 3 .254 .332 .475 .807
JJ Bleday LF 3 1 1 1 0 1 .231 .337 .470 .807 HR (18)
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .257 .332 .474 .806
Dane Myers CF 2 1 1 0 1 1 .267 .365 .377 .742 SB
Noelvi Marte RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .189 .236 .351 .587
Ivan Johnson 2B 2 0 1 0 1 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 2 SB
Jose Trevino C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .247 .256 .395 .651
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 3 0 0 0 0 3 .145 .200 .234 .434

Pitching lines

AWAY · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Gavin Williams 7.0 3 2 2 1 12 1 101 3.71 L
Daniel Espino 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 19 4.50
HOME · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Caleb Ferguson 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 27 3.57
Julian Garcia 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 2.70
Jose Franco 3.2 1 0 0 2 2 0 48 4.43 W
Tejay Antone 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 2.16 HLD
Emilio Pagán 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 5.06 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 3.2 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 4.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · CLE
5-5 L1 -14 run diff
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HOME · CIN
5-5 L3 -12 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.