Athletics

4thin AL West · 61-93

Ugh, no.

Athletics lost to the Cleveland Guardians

61-93 3 – 5

79-75

Final · Fri, Sep 18

Game Details

Progressive Field (Cleveland) · 35,391 fans · WKYC 3, NBC Sports CA, MLB.TV, CLEGuardians.TV

Recap

José Ramírez homers, reaches 1,000 RBIs as Guardians down A's 5-3, move into first alone in Central

José Ramírez and rookie Travis Bazzana homered and Joey Cantillo pitched six scoreless innings as the Cleveland Guardians rallied to beat the Athletics 5-3 on Friday night and moved one game ahead of Chicago in the AL Central.

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
CLE	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0		5	10	0

Win Probability · Athletics

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Athletics

Zack Gelof · 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, 1 RBatting
Scott Blewett · 1.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 K (L, 2-1)Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Jose Ramirez · 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Joey Cantillo · 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K (W, 10-9)Pitching

2026 American League West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Houston	81	81	.500	-	W2
Texas	80	82	.494	1	L1
Seattle	76	86	.469	5	W2
Athletics	64	98	.395	17	L2
Los Angeles	62	100	.383	19	L2

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

Scoring

Bot 6th

HR Ramírez homered to right (401 feet).3–5

Bot 5th

HR Bazzana homered to center (411 feet).3–4

Bot 4th

1B Ramírez singled to center, Rocchio scored.3–3

Bot 4th

2B Rocchio doubled to right, Halpin scored and Bailey scored.3–2

Top 1st

HR Gelof homered to center (393 feet), Bolte scored and Butler scored.3–0

Team Stats

AthleticsCleveland Guardians

Batting

3 Hits 10

1 Home Runs 2

4 Walks 5

8 Strikeouts 9

0 Stolen Bases 2

7 Left on Base 16

Pitching & Fielding

144 Pitches Thrown 133

0 Errors 0

2 Double Plays 6

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
H. BolteCF	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	.274	15	.359	.400
S. LangeliersDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.263	16	.329	.487
L. ButlerRF	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	.230	19	.321	.389
Z. GelofLF	4	1	1	3	1	0	2	.247	16	.312	.456
J. McNeil1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.268	14	.315	.369
T. White3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	11	.270	.331
J. HeimC	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.203	12	.259	.368
M. Stefanic2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.304	20	.360	.348
A. WilliamsSS	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.259	6	.299	.418
D. WaltonSS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	4	.360	.435
Team	27	3	3	3	1	4	8		133

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
M. Barnett	3.1	7	3	3	4	4	0	79-45	7.16
S. Blewett(L, 2-1)	1.2	1	1	1	0	3	1	22-13	2.70
S. Johnson	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	19-11	6.35
L. Medina	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	3.25
E. Alvarado	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14-5	4.06
Team	8.0	10	5	5	5	9	2	144-81

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
S. KwanLF	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.275	25	.376	.342
J. Ramirez3B	5	1	2	2	1	0	1	.232	24	.320	.372
C. DeLauterRF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.289	10	.363	.452
J. AdellDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.240	16	.295	.402
T. Bazzana2B	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.250	13	.343	.414
N. Lowe1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.255	12	.323	.454
P. BaileyC	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	.207	17	.274	.323
P. HalpinCF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.218	8	.256	.324
B. RocchioSS	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	.250	19	.312	.379
Team	32	5	10	5	2	5	9		144

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D. Espino	1.0	1	3	3	3	1	1	27-14	4.73
J. Cantillo(W, 10-9)	6.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	81-54	3.74
H. Gaddis(H, 30)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-6	2.70
C. Smith(S, 38)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-9	2.06
Team	9.0	3	3	3	4	8	1	133-83

Injury Report

Cleveland Guardians

Rhys Hoskins 1B10-Day-IL
Colin Holderman RP15-Day-IL
Andrew Walters RPOut

Athletics

Alika Williams SSDay-To-Day
J.T. Ginn SP60-Day-IL
Max Muncy 3B10-Day-IL
Brent Rooker DH60-Day-IL
Nick Kurtz 1B60-Day-IL

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