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Pittsburgh Pirates at Cleveland Guardians

Progressive Field, Cleveland Regular Season Game 2 of a doubleheader Final

Final score

The Cleveland Guardians beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3 on Saturday, July 18, 2026 at home.

Team Runs 2026 record
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 82-80
at Cleveland Guardians 5 85-77

Line score

Team
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
Cleveland Guardians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 11 1
  • W: Cade Smith (3-1)
  • L: Dennis Santana (2-5)

Home runs

  • Cleveland Guardians: Travis Bazzana (8)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Top 2nd Pittsburgh Pirates Brandon Lowe out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder David Fry. Ryan O'Hearn scores. 1–0
Top 3rd Pittsburgh Pirates Esmerlyn Valdez doubles (7) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder David Fry. Nick Gonzales scores. 2–0
Top 4th Pittsburgh Pirates Guardians challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Jake Mangum singles on a soft ground ball to catcher Austin Hedges. Brandon Lowe scores. Rafael Flores Jr. to 2nd. Throwing error by catcher Austin Hedges. 3–0
Bottom 8th Cleveland Guardians Chase DeLauter singles on a ground ball to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. Steven Kwan scores. Brayan Rocchio to 3rd. 3–1
Bottom 8th Cleveland Guardians Kahlil Watson singles on a line drive to right fielder Esmerlyn Valdez. Chase DeLauter scores. 3–3
Bottom 9th Cleveland Guardians Travis Bazzana homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. Steven Kwan scores. 3–5

Box score

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batter
Jake Mangum CF 5 0 1 0 0 1 .301
Nick Gonzales 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .309
Bryan Reynolds LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 .286
Esmerlyn Valdez RF 4 0 1 1 0 2 .304
Ryan O'Hearn 1B 3 1 0 0 1 0 .282
Marcell Ozuna DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .206
Brandon Lowe 2B 2 1 0 1 1 1 .248
Rafael Flores Jr. C 2 0 0 0 2 1 .333
Jared Triolo SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 .235
Jacob Gonzalez SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Totals 31 3 6 2 5 10
Pitcher
Mason Montgomery 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 4.03
Khristian Curtis 5.0 2 0 0 2 4 0 68 0.00
Yohan Ramírez (H, 6) 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 3.27
Brandon Eisert (H, 2) 0.2 3 3 3 0 2 0 22 6.44
Gregory Soto (BS, 5) 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 19 3.98
Dennis Santana (L, 2-5) 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 1 9 6.20

Cleveland Guardians

Batter
Travis Bazzana 2B 3 1 2 2 2 1 .243
Brayan Rocchio SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 .272
Chase DeLauter DH 4 1 1 1 0 0 .277
Rhys Hoskins 1B 2 0 0 0 0 2 .177
Kahlil Watson RF 2 0 1 1 0 0 .229
Daniel Schneemann CF 3 0 1 0 1 2 .211
David Fry RF 1 0 0 0 1 1 .202
Kyle Manzardo 1B 2 0 0 0 0 2 .210
Petey Halpin CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .188
Gabriel Arias 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .227
Austin Hedges C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .285
Patrick Bailey C 2 0 1 0 0 1 .186
Steven Kwan LF 4 2 3 0 0 0 .237
Totals 33 5 11 4 4 10
Pitcher
Logan Allen 3.1 6 3 2 3 3 0 81 2.45
Shawn Armstrong 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 4.40
Erik Sabrowski 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.54
Franco Aleman 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 1.00
Colin Holderman 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 1.73
Will Dion 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 5.11
Cade Smith (W, 3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 2.78

Game info

Weather
79 degrees, Cloudy
Wind
6 mph, L To R
First pitch
8:25 PM
Time of game
2:53 (1:15 delay)
Attendance
32,997
Umpires
Home Plate: Jim Wolf, First Base: Alex MacKay, Second Base: Alan Porter, Third Base: John Bacon

2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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