Rays vs Guardians game
The gist
Cleveland beat Tampa Bay 7-3 in ALCS Game 1.
The ALCS is tied 1-1, with the next three games shifting to Cleveland.
How it unfolded
- Oct 12, 2026Cleveland beat Tampa Bay 7-3 in Game 1 of the ALCS at Tropicana Field. Nathaniel Lowe snapped an eighth-inning tie with a two-run single after Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey homered off Drew Rasmussen; Jose Ramirez had three hits and DeLauter finished a triple shy of the cycle as the Guardians totaled 14 hits.
- Oct 12, 2026Five Guardians relievers combined for five innings of one-run, two-hit ball; Hunter Gaddis worked a scoreless seventh for the win and Cade Smith tossed a perfect ninth.
- Oct 13, 2026Tampa Bay evened the ALCS with a Game 2 win at Tropicana Field. Freddy Peralta struck out Chase DeLauter in the first and threw 29 pitches at 97 mph or more, the most of any game in his career; Bryan Baker sealed it by retiring Steven Kwan in the ninth.