Cleveland Guardians @ Tampa Bay Rays

72-70, 37-37 Away

Final

71-72, 38-36 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
S. KwanLF	1-4	0	0	.275
G. ValeraRF	1-2	0	0	.300
A. MartinezPH-CF	2-3	1	0	.228
J. RamirezDH	1-4	0	1	.283
K. Manzardo1B	1-3	0	0	.234
C. Kayfus1B	0-0	0	0	.190
N. JonesCF	0-2	0	0	.216
D. FryPH	0-0	0	0	.162
J. NoelPR-RF	0-1	1	0	.144
D. Schneemann3B	0-4	0	0	.217
G. AriasSS	1-3	0	1	.222
B. Rocchio2B	0-2	0	0	.229
A. HedgesC	0-4	0	0	.146

pitchers	IP	H	ER	K	PC-ST	ERA
P. Messick	6.0	8	1	4	86-60	1.93
M. Festa	0.2	1	0	2	17-10	4.34
H. Gaddis	1.1	0	0	1	15-11	3.36
C. Smith	1.0	0	0	3	18-13	3.25

According to ESPN Analytics

CLE

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

George M. Steinbrenner Field

12:10 AM, 8 September 2025

Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 8,155

Game Time:2:38

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Malachi Moore
First Base Umpire - Austin Jones
Second Base Umpire - Jansen Visconti
Third Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher

Ramírez passes Thome on Cleveland RBIs list as Guardians beat Rays 2-1

— José Ramírez passed Jim Thome to move into sole possession of second place on the Cleveland's career RBI list, helping the Guardians to a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 Sunday in a game with wild-card race implications.

Sep 8, 2026, 04:12 am - AP


CLE
TB

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

Scoring Summary

		CLE	TB
5th	Williams homered to left center (409 feet).	0	1
6th	Ramírez tripled to left, Martínez scored.	1	1
6th	Arias singled to right, Noel scored, Arias to second, Schneemann to third.	2	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Guardians
2
Rays
4

Game 1

5/9

Guardians
7
Rays
1

Game 2

6/9

Guardians
3
Rays
2

Game 3

7/9

Guardians
2
Rays
1

Game 4

8/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Chicago	76	72	.514	-	W1
Cleveland	75	74	.503	1.5	L1
Minnesota	70	78	.473	6	W1
Detroit	69	79	.466	7	W3
Kansas City	66	83	.443	10.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Tampa Bay	89	59	.601	-	W2
New York	85	63	.574	4	L1
Boston	81	68	.544	8.5	W1
Toronto	74	75	.497	15.5	W1
Baltimore	72	77	.483	17.5	L1

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Cleveland Guardians @ Tampa Bay Rays

Ramírez passes Thome on Cleveland RBIs list as Guardians beat Rays 2-1

P. Messick2-0

G. Cleavinger1-5

C. Smith11

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