Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

83-76, 42-36 Away

Final

85-74, 39-39 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
S. KwanCF-LF	0-3	0	0	0	.280
J. Ramirez3B	2-4	0	0	0	.237
C. DeLauterRF	0-4	0	0	0	.287
P. HalpinPR-CF	0-0	0	0	0	.224
J. AdellDH	0-4	0	0	0	.238
A. MartinezLF-RF	1-4	1	1	1	.258
D. Fry1B	1-4	0	0	0	.193
T. Bazzana2B	0-3	0	0	0	.243
A. Genao2B	0-0	0	0	0	.211
P. BaileyC	0-3	0	0	0	.205
B. RocchioSS	0-3	0	0	0	.249

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
D. Espino	1.0	0	0	2	17-12	4.40
J. Cantillo	5.0	1	2	4	80-47	3.62
H. Gaddis	1.0	1	1	1	22-12	2.73
E. Sabrowski	1.0	0	1	2	14-9	2.66
C. Smith	1.0	0	0	3	15-11	1.96

According to ESPN Analytics

CLE

BOS

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Fenway Park

6:45 PM, September 24, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV

Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 36,711

Game Time:2:27

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Quinn Wolcott
First Base Umpire - Adrian Johnson
Second Base Umpire - Ramon De Jesus
Third Base Umpire - Paul Clemons

Guardians clinch a playoff spot again, edging the Red Sox 1-0 on Martínez homer

— Angel Martínez homered and Joey Cantillo threw five one-hit innings in a bulk relief role as the Cleveland Guardians clinched a playoff spot for the third straight year with a 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.

Sep 24, 2026, 11:02 pm - AP


CLE
BOS

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

Scoring Summary

Inning				CLE	BOS
		2nd	Martínez homered to right (319 feet).	1	0

Data is currently unavailable.

OpenMLTotalRL

Cleveland GuardiansGuardiansCLE

(83-76)

(83-76, 42-36 Away)

(83-76)

Daniel Espino

(0-0, 4.11)

o7.5

+100

Boston Red SoxRed SoxBOS

(85-74)

(85-74, 39-39 Home)

(85-74)

Ranger Suarez

(8-5, 3.22)

-143

Guardians
3
Red Sox
2

Game 1

9/22

Guardians
0
Red Sox
1

Game 2

9/23

Guardians
1
Red Sox
0

Game 3

9/24

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

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

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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

Guardians clinch a playoff spot again, edging the Red Sox 1-0 on Martínez homer

J. Cantillo11-9

R. Suarez8-5

C. Smith41

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