Cleveland Guardians

1stin AL Central · 82-75

YES!

Cleveland Guardians beat the Boston Red Sox

82-75 3 – 2

84-73

Final · Tue, Sep 22

Game Details

Fenway Park (Boston) · 37,416 fans · NESN, MLB.TV, CLEGuardians.TV

Recap

Lowe's sacrifice fly breaks tie and lifts Guardians past Red Sox, 3-2, helping them atop AL Central

Nathaniel Lowe had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly off reliever Erik Miller in the ninth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians maintained their slim first-place lead in the AL Central with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

Recap via ESPN

Fenway Park · Boston

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	12	0
BOS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	1

Win Probability · Cleveland Guardians

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Cleveland Guardians

Angel Martinez · 3-4, 1 RBatting
Hunter Gaddis · 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 2 K (W, 5-3, B, 5)Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Mickey Gasper · 1-1, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Erik Miller · 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 0 K (L, 4-2)Pitching

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

2026 American League East Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Tampa Bay	98	64	.605	-	L1
New York	93	68	.578	4.5	W1
Boston	87	75	.537	11	L1
Baltimore	79	82	.491	18.5	L1
Toronto	79	83	.488	19	W1

Scoring

Top 9th

SF Lowe hit sacrifice fly to left, DeLauter scored.3–2

Bot 8th

HR Gasper homered to right (390 feet).2–2

Bot 2nd

GRO Monasterio grounded out to shortstop, Rutschman scored.2–1

Top 2nd

GRO Rocchio grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Fry scored, Hedges out at second, Bazzana to third.2–0

Top 2nd

1B Fry singled to center, Martínez scored.1–0

Team Stats

Cleveland GuardiansBoston Red Sox

Batting

12 Hits 8

0 Home Runs 1

4 Walks 4

9 Strikeouts 12

0 Stolen Bases 1

30 Left on Base 17

Pitching & Fielding

176 Pitches Thrown 158

0 Errors 1

2 Double Plays 3

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
S. KwanLF	4	0	1	0	1	2	.280	19	.378	.345
J. Ramirez3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	.236	25	.323	.374
C. DeLauterRF	4	1	2	0	0	0	.292	13	.367	.459
J. AdellDH	4	0	1	0	1	1	.241	16	.296	.400
A. MartinezLF	4	1	3	0	0	0	.259	6	.294	.469
N. Lowe1B	0	0	0	1	0	0	.253	2	.320	.450
D. Fry1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	.192	12	.312	.349
P. HalpinCF	1	0	1	0	0	0	.222	6	.260	.327
T. Bazzana2B	4	0	1	0	0	3	.246	23	.337	.406
A. Genao2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.213	2	.278	.295
A. HedgesC	3	0	0	0	2	1	.248	19	.325	.367
B. RocchioSS	5	0	1	0	0	1	.250	15	.311	.379
Team	38	3	12	2	4	9		158

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P. Messick	5.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	96-62	2.55
T. Herrin(H, 16)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-10	2.95
C. Yoho(H, 4)	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	13-8	4.50
E. Sabrowski(H, 26)	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	19-12	2.72
H. Gaddis(W, 5-3, B, 5)	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	18-12	2.78
C. Smith(S, 40)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16-11	1.99
Team	9.0	8	2	2	4	12	1	176-115

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
R. AnthonyLF	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.235	18	.329	.375
N. Sogard1B	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	.253	22	.341	.394
J. JonesDH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.205	14	.298	.377
M. GasperDH	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	.259	1	.364	.481
W. AbreuRF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.251	13	.331	.453
A. RutschmanC	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.240	18	.314	.423
C. Durbin3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.254	21	.338	.387
A. Monasterio2B	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	.237	30	.298	.380
I. Kiner-FalefaSS	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.242	17	.318	.314
N. EatonCF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.146	13	.293	.250
J. DuranPH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.204	9	.263	.362
Team	33	2	8	2	1	4	12		176