Game Report - May 18, 2026 - Guardians 8, Tigers 2
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Steve Bielawski
May 20, 2026, 6:11:42 PM (21 hours ago) May 20
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> Cleveland Guardians 8, Detroit Tigers 2 - final
Although the Tigers scored the first run of the game, they lost the lead in the top of the third, and just kept falling further behind.
In the bottom of the first, Kevin McGonigle singled, Dillon Dingler was safe at first on a force out of Mr. McGonigle at second base, and Riley Greene doubled to drive in Mr. Dingler.
In the top of the third, Brayan Rocchio tripled, Jose Ramirez walked, Mr. Rocchio scored as the Tigers got the force out on Mr. Ramirez at second base, and Rhys Hoskins doubled to drive in Chase DeLauter, who had been safe at first on the force out.
In the top of the fifth, Brayan Rocchio walked, Angel Martinez singled, Jose Ramirez singled, Chase DeLauter was safe on a force out of Mr. Ramirez at second base as Mr. Rocchio scored, and Rhys Hoskins hit a sacrifice fly to drive iN Mr. Martinez.
In the top of the sixth, Travis Bazzana singled, Steven Kwan walked, Austin Hedges moved the runners along with a sacrifice bunt, Brayan Rocchio walked to load the bases, Angel Martinez singled to drive in Mr,. Bazzana, and Jose Ramirez doubled to drive in Mr. Kwan and Mr. Rocchio.
Matt Vierling led off the bottom of the eighth with a home run.
In the top of the ninth, Jose Ramirez added a home run for the Guardians.
The Tigers have three games in a row, and nine of their ten most recent games. Make it stop!
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> C. Keith DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .293 .333 .353
Hit an infield single in the third.
> K. McGonigle 3B-SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .291 .396 .419
Hit an infield single in the first.
Walked in the third.
> D. Dingler 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .247 .323 .467
Was safe on a force out of Mr. McGonigle in the first and scored.
Grounded into a double play to end the third.
Walked in the ninth.
> R. Greene LF 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 .327 .422 .485
Doubled to right in the first
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
Singled to right in the fourth, but was picked off.
Walked in the seventh.
Was hit by a pitch in the ninth.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .191 .308 .363
Grounded into a double play in the seventh.
In the KIITI club.
> Z. McKinstry 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .173 .239 .247
nothing.
> M. Vierling CF 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .211 .281 .395
Homered to left in the eighth.
> W. Perez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .163 .212 .245
nothing.
> Z. Short SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .267 .000
In the KIITI club.
> G. Workman PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .217 .217 .565
> team 29 2 5 2 1 3 5
Not enough.
> 2B: Greene (15, Cecconi)
> HR: Vierling (4, 8th inning off Cecconi 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Vierling (19), Greene (24)
> 2-Out RBI: Greene, R.
> GIDP: Dingler; Torkelson
> Team LOB: 4
> Team RISP: 0-4 (McKinstry 0-1, Dingler 0-1, Torkelson 0-2)
> Picked Off: Greene (1st base, Hedges)
> DP: 1 (McGonigle-McKinstry-Torkelson)
> Cleveland Guardians AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> A. Martinez LF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 .270 .314 .507
> J. Ramirez 3B 4 1 3 3 1 1 0 .240 .369 .430
> C. DeLauter RF 4 1 0 2 0 1 2 .275 .362 .481
Contained to a walk, a run scored, and two runs batted it.
> P. Halpin PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .143 .100
> R. Hoskins 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .188 .353 .376
> D. Fry DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .227 .346 .394
Collared. Though he looked good in _Dracula_.
> T. Bazzana 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .281 .410 .344
> S. Kwan CF 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 .200 .328 .255
> A. Hedges C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .324 .367
Caught.
> B. Rocchio SS 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 .288 .375 .412
> team 33 8 9 8 1 7 7
To much for the Tigers to overcome.
> 2B: Ramírez (10, Seabold); Hoskins (7, Valdez)
> 3B: Rocchio (1, Valdez)
> HR: Ramírez (8, 9th inning off De Jesús 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Ramírez 3 (22), Hoskins 2 (18), Martínez (25), DeLauter 2 (30)
> 2Out RBI: Hoskins.
> SF: Hoskins
> SH: Hedges
> GIDP: Hedges
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 3-10 (Hedges 0-1, Ramírez 2-2, Hoskins 0-1,
> Fry 0-1, Martínez 1-2, DeLauter 0-3)
> DP: 2 (Rocchio-Bazzana-Hoskins, Ramírez-Bazzana-Hoskins)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cleveland Guardians (27-22, 12-12 away) 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 - 8 9 0
> Detroit Tigers (20-28, 13-9 home) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 5 0
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Another day, another loss.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> F. Valdez (L, 2-3) 5.0 5 4 4 4 3 0 89-52 4.58
His pitch count rose faster than it should have.
He also gave up four runs.
> B. Hurter 0.1 1 3 3 2 0 0 13-5 3.18
Not a good performance.
> C. Seabold 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 36-25 3.07
The best of the relievers on this night.
> E. De Jesus 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 1 26-16 6.75
One pitch sure went far.
> team 9.0 9 8 8 7 7 1 164-98
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Valdez 13/23;
> Hurter 2/4; Seabold 8/10; De Jesús 3/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Valdez-14-4-18-16;
> Hurter-1-1-1-2; Seabold-5-3-9-7; De Jesús-6-3-5-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Valdez 5-6;
> Hurter 1-0; Seabold 1-5; De Jesús 0-1
> Game Scores: F Valdez 40
> Cleveland Guardians IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> S. Cecconi (W, 3-4) 7.1 5 2 2 2 4 1 96-62 5.16
A quality start, and the win.
> M. Festa 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6-5 4.71
> P. Pallette 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29-15 5.49
Did their jobs, unfortunately.
> team 9.0 5 2 2 3 5 1 131-82
> HBP: Greene (by Pallette)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Festa 2/2; Cecconi 18/26; Pallette 2/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Festa-1-1-2-1; Cecconi-22-7-13-20; Pallette-4-1-7-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Festa 0-1; Cecconi 7-8; Pallette 2-1
> Game Scores: S Cecconi 62
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 18, 913
> Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 12 m.p.h., out to left
> Time of Game: 2:44
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Although the Tigers scored the first run of the game, they lost the lead in the top of the third, and just kept falling further behind.
In the bottom of the first, Kevin McGonigle singled, Dillon Dingler was safe at first on a force out of Mr. McGonigle at second base, and Riley Greene doubled to drive in Mr. Dingler.
In the top of the third, Brayan Rocchio tripled, Jose Ramirez walked, Mr. Rocchio scored as the Tigers got the force out on Mr. Ramirez at second base, and Rhys Hoskins doubled to drive in Chase DeLauter, who had been safe at first on the force out.
In the top of the fifth, Brayan Rocchio walked, Angel Martinez singled, Jose Ramirez singled, Chase DeLauter was safe on a force out of Mr. Ramirez at second base as Mr. Rocchio scored, and Rhys Hoskins hit a sacrifice fly to drive iN Mr. Martinez.
In the top of the sixth, Travis Bazzana singled, Steven Kwan walked, Austin Hedges moved the runners along with a sacrifice bunt, Brayan Rocchio walked to load the bases, Angel Martinez singled to drive in Mr,. Bazzana, and Jose Ramirez doubled to drive in Mr. Kwan and Mr. Rocchio.
Matt Vierling led off the bottom of the eighth with a home run.
In the top of the ninth, Jose Ramirez added a home run for the Guardians.
The Tigers have three games in a row, and nine of their ten most recent games. Make it stop!
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> C. Keith DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .293 .333 .353
Hit an infield single in the third.
> K. McGonigle 3B-SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .291 .396 .419
Hit an infield single in the first.
Walked in the third.
> D. Dingler 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .247 .323 .467
Was safe on a force out of Mr. McGonigle in the first and scored.
Grounded into a double play to end the third.
Walked in the ninth.
> R. Greene LF 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 .327 .422 .485
Doubled to right in the first
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
Singled to right in the fourth, but was picked off.
Walked in the seventh.
Was hit by a pitch in the ninth.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .191 .308 .363
Grounded into a double play in the seventh.
In the KIITI club.
> Z. McKinstry 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .173 .239 .247
nothing.
> M. Vierling CF 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .211 .281 .395
Homered to left in the eighth.
> W. Perez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .163 .212 .245
nothing.
> Z. Short SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .267 .000
In the KIITI club.
> G. Workman PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .217 .217 .565
> team 29 2 5 2 1 3 5
Not enough.
> 2B: Greene (15, Cecconi)
> HR: Vierling (4, 8th inning off Cecconi 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Vierling (19), Greene (24)
> 2-Out RBI: Greene, R.
> GIDP: Dingler; Torkelson
> Team LOB: 4
> Team RISP: 0-4 (McKinstry 0-1, Dingler 0-1, Torkelson 0-2)
> Picked Off: Greene (1st base, Hedges)
> DP: 1 (McGonigle-McKinstry-Torkelson)
> Cleveland Guardians AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> A. Martinez LF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 .270 .314 .507
> J. Ramirez 3B 4 1 3 3 1 1 0 .240 .369 .430
> C. DeLauter RF 4 1 0 2 0 1 2 .275 .362 .481
Contained to a walk, a run scored, and two runs batted it.
> P. Halpin PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .143 .100
> R. Hoskins 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .188 .353 .376
> D. Fry DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .227 .346 .394
Collared. Though he looked good in _Dracula_.
> T. Bazzana 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .281 .410 .344
> S. Kwan CF 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 .200 .328 .255
> A. Hedges C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .324 .367
Caught.
> B. Rocchio SS 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 .288 .375 .412
> team 33 8 9 8 1 7 7
To much for the Tigers to overcome.
> 2B: Ramírez (10, Seabold); Hoskins (7, Valdez)
> 3B: Rocchio (1, Valdez)
> HR: Ramírez (8, 9th inning off De Jesús 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Ramírez 3 (22), Hoskins 2 (18), Martínez (25), DeLauter 2 (30)
> 2Out RBI: Hoskins.
> SF: Hoskins
> SH: Hedges
> GIDP: Hedges
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 3-10 (Hedges 0-1, Ramírez 2-2, Hoskins 0-1,
> Fry 0-1, Martínez 1-2, DeLauter 0-3)
> DP: 2 (Rocchio-Bazzana-Hoskins, Ramírez-Bazzana-Hoskins)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cleveland Guardians (27-22, 12-12 away) 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 - 8 9 0
> Detroit Tigers (20-28, 13-9 home) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 5 0
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Another day, another loss.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> F. Valdez (L, 2-3) 5.0 5 4 4 4 3 0 89-52 4.58
His pitch count rose faster than it should have.
He also gave up four runs.
> B. Hurter 0.1 1 3 3 2 0 0 13-5 3.18
Not a good performance.
> C. Seabold 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 36-25 3.07
The best of the relievers on this night.
> E. De Jesus 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 1 26-16 6.75
One pitch sure went far.
> team 9.0 9 8 8 7 7 1 164-98
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Valdez 13/23;
> Hurter 2/4; Seabold 8/10; De Jesús 3/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Valdez-14-4-18-16;
> Hurter-1-1-1-2; Seabold-5-3-9-7; De Jesús-6-3-5-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Valdez 5-6;
> Hurter 1-0; Seabold 1-5; De Jesús 0-1
> Game Scores: F Valdez 40
> Cleveland Guardians IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> S. Cecconi (W, 3-4) 7.1 5 2 2 2 4 1 96-62 5.16
A quality start, and the win.
> M. Festa 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6-5 4.71
> P. Pallette 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29-15 5.49
Did their jobs, unfortunately.
> team 9.0 5 2 2 3 5 1 131-82
> HBP: Greene (by Pallette)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Festa 2/2; Cecconi 18/26; Pallette 2/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Festa-1-1-2-1; Cecconi-22-7-13-20; Pallette-4-1-7-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Festa 0-1; Cecconi 7-8; Pallette 2-1
> Game Scores: S Cecconi 62
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 18, 913
> Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 12 m.p.h., out to left
> Time of Game: 2:44
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