Game Report - May 19, 2026 - Guardians 4, Tigers 3
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Steve Bielawski
May 20, 2026, 6:12:39 PM (21 hours ago) May 20
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> Cleveland Guardians 4, Detroit Tigers 3 - final
The Tigers held the lead for a while, early in this game. It tells you something about how this team is doing that I am mentioning that they held a lead for a brief while early in the game.
The Guardians manufactured a run in the top of the second, when Kyle Manzardo singled, went to second on a walk to Travis Bazzana, went to third base on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Steven Kwan.
In the bottom of the second, Riley Greene walked, and Spencer Torkelson homered.
In the top of the fourth, Kyle Manzardo walked, and Travis Bazzana homered.
In the bottom of the fourth, Riley Greene singled, went to second base on a single by Hao-Yu Lee, and scored on a throwing error by Austin Hedges.
In the top of the seventh, Steven Kwan doubled, went to third on a bunt by Austin Hedges, and scored on a ground out by Brayan Rocchio.
The Tigers have lost four games in a row, and ten of their last eleven games. This is so depressing.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> M. Vierling CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .212 .286 .390
Walked in the fifth.
Singled up the middle in the ninth.
> K. McGonigle 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .288 .391 .412
Singled to right in the ninth.
> J. Jones DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .182 .250 .327
Walked in the third.
Grounded into a double play to end the fifth.
Walked again in the eighth.
> D. Dingler C 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .239 .314 .452
In the KIITI club, with two strikeouts.
> R. Greene LF 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 .335 .433 .491
Walked in the second and scored.
Singled to left in the fourth and scored.
Singled up the middle in the sixth.
Was hit by a pitch in the eighth.
> S. Torkelson 1B 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 .194 .309 .381
Homered to left-centre in the second
to drive in Mr. Greene.
He also struck out twice.
> C. Keith PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .331 .351
> W. Perez RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .168 .222 .248
Singled up the middle in the second.
Walked in the eighth.
> H. Lee 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .204 .259 .333
Singled to right in the fourth.
> Z. McKinstry PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 .236 .244
> Z. Short SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .278 .000
Walked in the seventh.
> G. Workman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .208 .208 .542
> team 33 3 7 2 1 6 13
The offense looked a little better in this game, but still not good enough to win.
> HR: Torkelson (7, 2nd inning off Messick 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Torkelson 2 (19)
> Team LOB: 10
> Team RISP: 0-5 (Jones 0-1, Short 0-1, McKinstry 0-1, Dingler 0-1, Keith 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Short-Keith)
> Cleveland Guardians AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> D. Schneemann CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .326 .405
Curtailed.
> J. Ramirez 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236 .367 .423
Contained.
> C. DeLauter DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268 .354 .470
Collared.
> K. Manzardo 1B 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 .226 .307 .361
> T. Bazzana 2B 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 .299 .427 .403
> A. Martinez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .309 .497
Cornered.
> S. Kwan LF 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 .204 .332 .263
> A. Hedges C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 .314 .355
Caught.
> B. Rocchio SS 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .282 .369 .404
> team 27 4 4 4 1 4 4
Just enough to win this game.
> 2B: Kwan (7, Holton)
> HR: Bazzana (2, 4th inning off Montero 1 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Rocchio (27), Kwan (11), Bazzana 2 (9)
> SF: Kwan
> SH: Hedges; Martínez
> GIDP: Martínez
> Team LOB: 3
> Team RISP: 0-2 (Hedges 0-1, Rocchio 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Bazzana-Manzardo)
> E: Hedges (2, throw)'
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cleveland Guardians (28-22, 13-12 away) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 4 1
> Detroit Tigers (20-29, 13-10 home) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yet another loss for the Tigers.
They are now nine games under .500.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> K. Montero 5.0 2 3 3 4 1 1 85-53 3.83
Not a quality start, but not bad.
> T. Holton (L, 0-3) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22-13 4.50
Not what the Tigers hoped for.
> W. Vest 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12-9 5.68
> B. Smith 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11-8 2.76
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 4 4 4 4 4 1 130-83
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Montero 15/21;
> Holton 3/7; Vest 3/3; Smith 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Montero-11-6-20-15;
> Holton-4-3-1-5; Vest-2-1-4-2; Smith-4-0-1-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Montero 5-9;
> Holton 4-0; Vest 0-2; Smith 1-1
> Game Scores: K Montero 48
> Cleveland Guardians IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> P. Messick 5.0 4 3 2 3 6 1 81-45 2.45
Also not a quality start, but not bad.
> C. Holderman (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13-10 1.56
> E. Sabrowski (H, 17) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15-9 1.74
> T. Herrin (H, 3) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 12-4 1.15
> H. Gaddis (H, 5) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10-5 5.73
> C. Smith (S, 15) 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 22-15 2.78
Did their job.
> team 9.0 7 3 2 6 13 1 153-88
> HBP: Greene (by Herrin)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Gaddis 1/3; Herrin 0/3; Messick 10/21;
> Holderman 2/4; Smith 4/5; Sabrowski 2/4
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Gaddis-1-1-1-2; Herrin-2-1-1-0; Messick-7-11-15-12;
> Holderman-1-3-3-2; Smith-3-6-4-2; Sabrowski-4-0-4-1
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Gaddis 2-0; Messick 2-6; Holderman 1-1; Sabrowski 0-1
> Game Scores: P Messick 52
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 21,239
> Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 8 m.p.h., out to left
> Time of Game: 2:27
The Tigers held the lead for a while, early in this game. It tells you something about how this team is doing that I am mentioning that they held a lead for a brief while early in the game.
The Guardians manufactured a run in the top of the second, when Kyle Manzardo singled, went to second on a walk to Travis Bazzana, went to third base on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Steven Kwan.
In the bottom of the second, Riley Greene walked, and Spencer Torkelson homered.
In the top of the fourth, Kyle Manzardo walked, and Travis Bazzana homered.
In the bottom of the fourth, Riley Greene singled, went to second base on a single by Hao-Yu Lee, and scored on a throwing error by Austin Hedges.
In the top of the seventh, Steven Kwan doubled, went to third on a bunt by Austin Hedges, and scored on a ground out by Brayan Rocchio.
The Tigers have lost four games in a row, and ten of their last eleven games. This is so depressing.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> M. Vierling CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .212 .286 .390
Walked in the fifth.
Singled up the middle in the ninth.
> K. McGonigle 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .288 .391 .412
Singled to right in the ninth.
> J. Jones DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .182 .250 .327
Walked in the third.
Grounded into a double play to end the fifth.
Walked again in the eighth.
> D. Dingler C 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .239 .314 .452
In the KIITI club, with two strikeouts.
> R. Greene LF 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 .335 .433 .491
Walked in the second and scored.
Singled to left in the fourth and scored.
Singled up the middle in the sixth.
Was hit by a pitch in the eighth.
> S. Torkelson 1B 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 .194 .309 .381
Homered to left-centre in the second
to drive in Mr. Greene.
He also struck out twice.
> C. Keith PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .331 .351
> W. Perez RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .168 .222 .248
Singled up the middle in the second.
Walked in the eighth.
> H. Lee 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .204 .259 .333
Singled to right in the fourth.
> Z. McKinstry PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 .236 .244
> Z. Short SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .278 .000
Walked in the seventh.
> G. Workman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .208 .208 .542
> team 33 3 7 2 1 6 13
The offense looked a little better in this game, but still not good enough to win.
> HR: Torkelson (7, 2nd inning off Messick 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Torkelson 2 (19)
> Team LOB: 10
> Team RISP: 0-5 (Jones 0-1, Short 0-1, McKinstry 0-1, Dingler 0-1, Keith 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Short-Keith)
> Cleveland Guardians AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> D. Schneemann CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .326 .405
Curtailed.
> J. Ramirez 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236 .367 .423
Contained.
> C. DeLauter DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268 .354 .470
Collared.
> K. Manzardo 1B 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 .226 .307 .361
> T. Bazzana 2B 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 .299 .427 .403
> A. Martinez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .309 .497
Cornered.
> S. Kwan LF 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 .204 .332 .263
> A. Hedges C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 .314 .355
Caught.
> B. Rocchio SS 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .282 .369 .404
> team 27 4 4 4 1 4 4
Just enough to win this game.
> 2B: Kwan (7, Holton)
> HR: Bazzana (2, 4th inning off Montero 1 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Rocchio (27), Kwan (11), Bazzana 2 (9)
> SF: Kwan
> SH: Hedges; Martínez
> GIDP: Martínez
> Team LOB: 3
> Team RISP: 0-2 (Hedges 0-1, Rocchio 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Bazzana-Manzardo)
> E: Hedges (2, throw)'
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cleveland Guardians (28-22, 13-12 away) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 4 1
> Detroit Tigers (20-29, 13-10 home) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yet another loss for the Tigers.
They are now nine games under .500.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> K. Montero 5.0 2 3 3 4 1 1 85-53 3.83
Not a quality start, but not bad.
> T. Holton (L, 0-3) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22-13 4.50
Not what the Tigers hoped for.
> W. Vest 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12-9 5.68
> B. Smith 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11-8 2.76
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 4 4 4 4 4 1 130-83
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Montero 15/21;
> Holton 3/7; Vest 3/3; Smith 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Montero-11-6-20-15;
> Holton-4-3-1-5; Vest-2-1-4-2; Smith-4-0-1-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Montero 5-9;
> Holton 4-0; Vest 0-2; Smith 1-1
> Game Scores: K Montero 48
> Cleveland Guardians IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> P. Messick 5.0 4 3 2 3 6 1 81-45 2.45
Also not a quality start, but not bad.
> C. Holderman (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13-10 1.56
> E. Sabrowski (H, 17) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15-9 1.74
> T. Herrin (H, 3) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 12-4 1.15
> H. Gaddis (H, 5) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10-5 5.73
> C. Smith (S, 15) 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 22-15 2.78
Did their job.
> team 9.0 7 3 2 6 13 1 153-88
> HBP: Greene (by Herrin)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Gaddis 1/3; Herrin 0/3; Messick 10/21;
> Holderman 2/4; Smith 4/5; Sabrowski 2/4
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Gaddis-1-1-1-2; Herrin-2-1-1-0; Messick-7-11-15-12;
> Holderman-1-3-3-2; Smith-3-6-4-2; Sabrowski-4-0-4-1
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Gaddis 2-0; Messick 2-6; Holderman 1-1; Sabrowski 0-1
> Game Scores: P Messick 52
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 21,239
> Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 8 m.p.h., out to left
> Time of Game: 2:27
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