PIT at CLE — 2026-07-18 | The Game Network

PIT 3 — 5 CLE

Final — 2026-07-18

MVP: K. Curtis 5.0 IP, 4 K, 0 ER

Cleveland Guardians defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3. K. Curtis led the way with 5.0 IP, 4 K, 0 ER. Cade Smith earned the win and Dennis Santana took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	11	1

WP Cade Smith (3-1)

LP Dennis Santana (2-5)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Lowe hit sacrifice fly to right, O'Hearn scored. (1-0)

Top 3: Valdez doubled to right, Gonzales scored. (2-0)

Top 4: Mangum reached on infield single to catcher, Lowe scored on throwing error by catcher Hedges, Flores Jr. to second. Cleveland Guardians challenged: call on the field was upheld. (3-0)

Bot 8: DeLauter singled to right, Kwan scored, Rocchio to third. (3-1)

Bot 8: Rocchio scored on Soto wild pitch, DeLauter stole third. (3-2)

Bot 8: Watson singled to right, DeLauter scored. (3-3)

Bot 9: Bazzana homered to center (414 feet), Kwan scored. (3-5)

PIT — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Mangum	CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.301	.354	.377	.731
Gonzales	3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.309	.370	.402	.772
Reynolds	LF	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.286	.402	.482	.884
Valdez	RF	4	0	1	1	1	0	2	.304	.363	.716	1.079
O'Hearn	1B	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.282	.346	.478	.824
Ozuna	DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.206	.287	.333	.620
Lowe	2B	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	.248	.317	.485	.802
Flores	C	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167
Triolo	SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.235	.302	.306	.608
Gonzalez	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.324	.391	.715

CLE — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Bazzana	2B	3	1	2	0	1	2	2	1	0	.243	.337	.410	.747
Rocchio	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.338	.401	.739
DeLauter	DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.277	.343	.443	.786
Hoskins	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.177	.312	.359	.671
Schneemann	CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	.211	.279	.331	.610
Fry	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.202	.318	.372	.690
Halpin	CF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.212	.250	.462
Hedges	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.343	.408	.751
Kwan	LF	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.343	.296	.639
Watson	RF	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.229	.256	.313	.569
Manzardo	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.210	.304	.351	.655
Bailey	C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.186	.239	.273	.512
Arias	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.227	.265	.402	.667

PIT — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Montgomery	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14-9	4.03	1.26
Curtis	5.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	68-42	0.00	0.80
Ramirez	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	3.27	1.36
Eisert	0.2	3	3	3	0	2	0	22-15	6.44	1.36
Soto	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	19-11	3.98	1.11
Santana	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	9-7	6.20	1.52	L, 2-5

CLE — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Allen	3.1	6	3	2	3	3	81-51	2.45	2.05
Armstrong	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	10-10	4.40	1.34
Sabrowski	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	10-5	3.54	1.32
Aleman	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	14-7	1.00	1.10
Holderman	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	15-8	1.73	0.85
Dion	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	14-8	5.11	1.60
Smith	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	13-9	2.78	1.08	W, 3-1

Venue: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio (32,997)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Jim Wolf, First Base Umpire: Alex Mackay, Second Base Umpire: Alan Porter, Third Base Umpire: John Bacon

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