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September 18, 2026 · AL Cent

Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Guardians

September 18, 2026Progressive FieldPartly Cloudy 70°F · 10 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Oakland Athletics
61-93
3
vs
HOME
Cleveland Guardians
79-75
5

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Zack Gelof Zack Gelof homers (19) on a fly ball to center field. Henry Bolte scores. Lawrence Butler scores. ATH 3, CLE 0
B4 Brayan Rocchio Brayan Rocchio doubles (23) on a line drive to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Patrick Bailey scores. Petey Halpin scores. ATH 3, CLE 2
B4 José Ramírez José Ramírez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Henry Bolte. Brayan Rocchio scores. ATH 3, CLE 3
B5 Travis Bazzana Travis Bazzana homers (15) on a fly ball to center field. ATH 3, CLE 4
B6 José Ramírez José Ramírez homers (12) on a fly ball to right field. ATH 3, CLE 5

Box score

  123456789 R
ATH 300000000 3
CLE 000311000 5

Pitching & bullpen

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

Athletics AWAY 3

Mason Barnett started for Athletics, leaving with the game tied 3–3. Out of the bullpen, Scott Blewett took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Mason Barnett Starter 3.1 79 3 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Mason Barnett threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 55% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 41 52% 1 6 7 18 9
    Changeup 15 19% 2 3 1 7 2
    Curveball 9 11% 1 4 1 2 1
    Slider 7 9% 0 1 2 4 0
    Sweeper 7 9% 0 1 3 3 0
  • Scott Blewett Middle 1.2 22 1 3 L inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Seth Johnson Middle 1.0 19 1 1
  • Luis Medina Middle 1.0 10 0 1
  • Elvis Alvarado Middle 1.0 14 0 0
Guardians HOME 5

Guardians opened with Daniel Espino, then turned the bulk of the game over to Joey Cantillo.

workload · innings pitched
  • Daniel Espino Opener 1.0 27 3 1
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Daniel Espino threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 43% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 14 52% 0 2 4 7 1
    Slider 13 48% 4 1 0 6 2
  • Joey Cantillo Bulk 6.0 81 0 5 W
  • Hunter Gaddis Setup 1.0 11 0 0 HLD
  • Cade Smith Closer 1.0 14 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 5th · off Blewett
  • Bazzana HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Henry Bolte CF 2 1 0 0 1 1 .274 .359 .400 .759
Shea Langeliers DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .329 .487 .816
Lawrence Butler RF 2 1 0 0 2 1 .230 .321 .389 .710
Zack Gelof LF 4 1 1 3 0 2 .247 .312 .456 .768 HR (19)
Jeff McNeil 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .268 .315 .369 .684
Tommy White 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .270 .331 .601
Jonah Heim C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .203 .259 .368 .627
Michael Stefanic 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .304 .360 .348 .708
Donovan Walton SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .360 .435 .795
Alika Williams SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .259 .299 .418 .717
HOME · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Steven Kwan LF 3 0 0 0 2 1 .275 .376 .342 .718
José Ramírez 3B 5 1 2 2 0 1 .232 .320 .372 .692 HR (12), SB
Chase DeLauter RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .289 .363 .452 .815
Jo Adell DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 .240 .295 .402 .697
Travis Bazzana 2B 3 1 1 1 1 0 .250 .343 .414 .757 HR (15)
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .255 .323 .454 .777
Patrick Bailey C 4 1 1 0 0 3 .207 .274 .323 .597
Petey Halpin CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .218 .256 .324 .580
Brayan Rocchio SS 3 1 2 2 1 0 .250 .312 .379 .691 2B, SB

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Mason Barnett 3.1 7 3 3 4 4 0 79 7.16
Scott Blewett 1.2 1 1 1 0 3 1 22 2.70 L
Seth Johnson 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 19 6.35
Luis Medina 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 3.25
Elvis Alvarado 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 4.06
HOME · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Daniel Espino 1.0 1 3 3 3 1 1 27 4.73
Joey Cantillo 6.0 2 0 0 1 5 0 81 3.74 W
Hunter Gaddis 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.70 HLD
Cade Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 2.06 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 4.3 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 3.5 R
HOME · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 3.2 R IBBs 1.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATH
3-7 L6 -34 run diff
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HOME · CLE
7-3 W5 +14 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with ATH 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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