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Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg AL League Championship Series, Game 1 Final

Final score

The Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7–3 on Monday, October 12, 2026 on the road.

Team Runs 2026 record
Cleveland Guardians 7 85-77
at Tampa Bay Rays 3 98-64

Line score

Team
Cleveland Guardians 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 7 14 0
Tampa Bay Rays 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 0
  • W: Hunter Gaddis (1-0)
  • L: Tyler Wells (0-1)

Home runs

  • Cleveland Guardians: Chase DeLauter (1), Patrick Bailey (2)
  • Tampa Bay Rays: Cedric Mullins (1)

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

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Bottom 1st Tampa Bay Rays Junior Caminero singles on a ground ball to center fielder Petey Halpin. Yandy Díaz scores. 0–1
Bottom 1st Tampa Bay Rays Jonny DeLuca singles on a line drive to center fielder Petey Halpin. Junior Caminero scores. Victor Mesa Jr. to 3rd. 0–2
Top 6th Cleveland Guardians Chase DeLauter homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. 1–2
Top 7th Cleveland Guardians Patrick Bailey homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. 2–2
Top 8th Cleveland Guardians Nathaniel Lowe singles on a ground ball to center fielder Cedric Mullins. José Ramírez scores. Chase DeLauter scores. 4–2
Bottom 8th Tampa Bay Rays Cedric Mullins homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. 4–3
Top 9th Cleveland Guardians Guardians challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: José Ramírez singles on a line drive to left fielder Jonny DeLuca. Angel Martínez scores. 5–3
Top 9th Cleveland Guardians Jo Adell doubles (1) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Jonny DeLuca. José Ramírez scores. Chase DeLauter scores. 7–3

Box score

Cleveland Guardians

Batter
Steven Kwan CF 5 0 1 0 0 1 .208
José Ramírez 3B 5 2 3 1 0 1 .348
Chase DeLauter RF 4 3 3 1 1 0 .333
Jo Adell DH 5 0 1 2 0 1 .250
Nathaniel Lowe 1B 5 0 2 2 0 0 .250
Travis Bazzana 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .150
Angel Genao 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Patrick Bailey C 4 1 2 1 0 2 .368
Petey Halpin CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Angel Martínez LF 2 1 1 0 0 1 .059
Brayan Rocchio SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 .111
Totals 40 7 14 7 1 10
Pitcher
Foster Griffin 4.0 5 2 2 0 3 0 63 4.05
Daniel Espino 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 3.86
Joey Cantillo 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 3.38
Hunter Gaddis (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00
Erik Sabrowski (H, 2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14 7.71
Cade Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.17

Tampa Bay Rays

Batter
Yandy Díaz DH 5 1 2 0 0 1 .294
Jonathan Aranda 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Junior Caminero 3B 4 1 1 1 0 2 .286
Ryan Vilade LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .250
Cedric Mullins CF 1 1 1 1 0 0 .333
Victor Mesa Jr. RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .214
Jonny DeLuca LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .286
Ben Williamson 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Taylor Walls SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .077
Chandler Simpson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Nick Fortes C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Liam Hicks C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Totals 33 3 7 3 2 8
Pitcher
Drew Rasmussen 6.0 8 2 2 0 7 2 91 1.29
Cam Booser 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00
Tyler Wells (L, 0-1) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 6 54.00
Ian Seymour 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 1.80
Cole Sulser 0.2 2 3 3 1 1 0 27 40.50
Kevin Kelly 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00

Game info

Weather
72 degrees, Dome
Wind
0 mph, None
First pitch
8:08 PM
Time of game
2:57
Attendance
35,361
Umpires
Home Plate: Nestor Ceja, First Base: Bill Miller, Second Base: Mark Ripperger, Third Base: Jordan Baker, Left Field: Chad Fairchild, Right Field: Adam Hamari

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