Oakland Athletics 0, Cleveland Guardians 1 — September 20, 2026

Game Highlights

Published September 20, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
B4	Jo Adell	Jo Adell singles on a soft ground ball to pitcher Jack Perkins. José Ramírez scores.	ATH 0, CLE 1

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
ATH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

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 0

Jack Perkins started for Athletics, leaving trailing 0–1.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Jack Perkins Starter 6.0 80 1 4 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Jack Perkins threw

CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 50% 3.6 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Changeup	22	28%	3	1	2	9	7
Cutter	17	21%	2	2	4	5	4
Sweeper	16	20%	1	3	5	5	2
Four-Seam Fastball	13	16%	1	3	4	3	2
Sinker	9	11%	1	3	0	3	2
Slider	3	4%	0	0	1	1	1

Luis Medina Middle 1.0 10 0 1
Elvis Alvarado Middle 1.0 21 0 2

Guardians HOME 1

Gavin Williams started for Guardians, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Gavin Williams Starter 7.0 89 0 9 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Gavin Williams threw

CSW 43% 1st-pitch strike 71% 3.7 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Sweeper	39	44%	14	5	3	12	5
Curveball	20	22%	3	3	5	7	2
Sinker	17	19%	0	8	2	4	3
Four-Seam Fastball	13	15%	4	1	2	3	3

Hunter Gaddis Setup 0.2 14 0 1 HLD
Cade Smith Closer 1.1 20 0 3 SV inherited 2, stranded 2

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 4th · off Perkins

Adell 1B (1)

Game insights

Henry Bolte reaches base in 18 consecutive games

Henry Bolte (ATH) has reached base safely in 18 straight games — past the 15-game watermark.
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Vogt has used 29 different lineups in 30 games

Stephen Vogt (CLE) has run 29 distinct starting lineups across 30 games this season — that's 97% turnover game-to-game. Most managers stay below 14 for the same span.
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Kotsay has used 29 different lineups in 30 games

Mark Kotsay (ATH) has run 29 distinct starting lineups across 30 games this season — that's 97% turnover game-to-game. Most managers stay below 14 for the same span.
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Batting lines

AWAY · ATH

BATTER	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Henry Bolte CF	4	1	0	2	.272	.357	.396	.753
Shea Langeliers DH	4	0	0	2	.263	.329	.483	.812
Lawrence Butler RF	3	0	1	2	.228	.321	.385	.706
Zack Gelof 3B	4	2	0	0	.252	.314	.456	.770
Donovan Walton SS	4	1	0	3	.269	.365	.454	.819
Tommy White 1B	3	0	0	0	.244	.264	.324	.588
Jeff McNeil 2B	1	1	0	0	.266	.313	.367	.680
Carlos Cortes LF	1	0	0	1	.252	.320	.389	.709
Alika Williams SS	2	0	0	2	.261	.300	.425	.725
Jonah Heim C	3	1	0	0	.204	.260	.370	.630	2B
Denzel Clarke CF	2	0	0	1	.159	.247	.174	.421

HOME · CLE

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Steven Kwan LF	4	0	3	0	0	0	.280	.378	.345	.723
José Ramírez 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	.237	.324	.376	.700	2B, SB
Chase DeLauter RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.291	.364	.457	.821
Jo Adell DH	4	0	1	1	0	0	.241	.295	.401	.696
Travis Bazzana 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.246	.338	.407	.745
Nathaniel Lowe 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.320	.450	.770
Patrick Bailey C	3	0	0	0	0	3	.205	.271	.320	.591
Angel Genao SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.215	.280	.298	.578
Angel Martínez LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.253	.289	.463	.752

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATH

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Jack Perkins	6.0	5	1	1	0	4	80	5.90	L
Luis Medina	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10	3.20
Elvis Alvarado	1.0	2	0	0	1	2	21	3.98

HOME · CLE

PITCHER	IP	H	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Gavin Williams	7.0	3	1	9	89	3.63	W
Hunter Gaddis	0.2	2	0	1	14	2.67	HLD
Cade Smith	1.1	1	0	3	20	2.02	SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATH

Mark Kotsay

Lineup 4.3 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 3.3 R

HOME · CLE

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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