Cleveland Guardians
The detail-first club that expects every close game to become useful
A resourceful team whose small margins become uncomfortable when the pitching cracks.
Cleveland led 2-0 before Baltimore scored eight runs in the third and finished with a 9-5 win.
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Orioles 9, Guardians 5: The eight-run third decided it
Baltimore erased Cleveland's early lead with an eight-run third inning, then held off a Guardians lineup that never found another answer.
Guardians 9, Orioles 5: Bazzana answered the comeback
Cleveland built a six-run lead, watched Baltimore cut it to one, then restored order with a three-run seventh inning.
Blue Jays 11, Guardians 0: Toronto turned pressure into a parade
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in five runs, Dylan Cease blanked Cleveland for six innings, and Toronto made a wild-card game look alarmingly simple.
Tigers 3, Guardians 0: Three runs locked the door
Detroit scored in three separate innings, and Keider Montero turned a small lead into a shutout Cleveland could never threaten.
Guardians 6, Tigers 4: Cleveland kept answering
Angel Martinez collected three hits and Cleveland used three separate two-run bursts to beat Detroit 6-4.
Mets 13, Guardians 6: Eight runs made the answer impossible to miss
New York turned a three-run second into an eight-run lead by the eighth, using 18 hits to turn Cleveland's brief push into background noise.
Mets 6, Guardians 5: New York won the extra question
New York and Cleveland traded answers through nine innings before the Mets scored once in the 10th to take a 6-5 win that never felt safe.
Mets 6, Guardians 2: New York kept the punches coming
New York scored three in the second and kept adding small answers until Cleveland's counterpunches stopped mattering.
Guardians 5, Twins 2: Cleveland won with the less glamorous tools
Cleveland broke a 2-2 tie with two sacrifice flies and beat Minnesota 5-2 behind steady pitching and late contact.
Guardians 13, Twins 4: Cleveland scored for seven straight innings
Cleveland collected 19 hits and seven home runs while scoring in each of the first seven innings of a 13-4 win over Minnesota.
Pirates 7, Guardians 1: Skenes finally received a proper cushion
Paul Skenes allowed one run over seven innings and Pittsburgh scored six unanswered runs to win the series finale in Cleveland.
Guardians 5, Pirates 3: Bazzana stole the doubleheader split
Cleveland scored three runs in the eighth before Travis Bazzana hit a two-run walk-off homer in the ninth to beat Pittsburgh 5-3 in Game 2.
Pirates 7, Guardians 1: Jones built the runway for three home runs
Jared Jones struck out nine over five innings before Pittsburgh's three-homer attack finished a 7-1 win over Cleveland in Game 1.