CLE 8, DET 2 | May 18, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Monday, May 18, 2026•Comerica Park•75°F, Partly Cloudy

CLE

Guardians

DET

Tigers

Final

WIN

Slade Cecconi

LOSS

Framber Valdez

The Guardians cruised past the Tigers 8-2 in a dominant performance.

★José Ramírez3-for-4, 3 RBI

⚾Slade Cecconi7.1 IP, 2 ER, 4 K

Key Moment

Bot 8: Matt Vierling homers (4) on a fly ball to left field.

Weather: 75°F, Partly CloudyWind: 12 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 10:40 PM UTCT: 2:44Att: 18,913Venue: Comerica Park

Ump Audit

Tom Hanahan

View full →

91.0%C

15 missed calls

+10.0% CLE

No run favor

Win Probability

DET WinCLE Win

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

Game 824277 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Angel MartínezLF	5	1	2	1	0	0	.270/.314/.507	103	.328	.308
José Ramírez3B	4	1	3	3	1	0	.240/.369/.430	102.8	.549	.672
Petey HalpinRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100/.143/.100	-	-	-
Rhys Hoskins1B	4	0	1	2	0	1	.188/.353/.376	108.3	.350	.322
David FryDH	5	0	0	0	0	3	.227/.346/.394	84.1	.063	.068
Travis Bazzana2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.281/.410/.344	100.6	.445	.579
Steven KwanCF	1	1	0	0	3	0	.200/.328/.255	97.7	.311	.393
Austin HedgesC	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250/.324/.367	100.4	.273	.257
Brayan RocchioSS	2	3	1	0	2	1	.288/.375/.412	100.7	.429	.555
Bench
Chase DeLauterRF	4	1	0	2	1	2	.275/.362/.481	93.5	.053	.047
Slade CecconiP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	33	8	9	8	7	7	-	-	-	-

HR:Ramírez (9th off Jesus, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Ramírez; Hoskins

3B:Rocchio

TB:16

RBI:DeLauter 2; Ramírez 3; Martínez; Hoskins 2

SF:Hoskins

GIDP:Hedges

Team LOB:7

Detroit Tigers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Colt KeithDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	.293/.333/.353	95.2	.303

Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Slade CecconiW	7.1	5	2	2	2	4	1	96-62	88.8	5.16
Matt Festa	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-5	87.4	4.71
Peyton Pallette	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	29-15	89.8	5.49
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	131-82	-	-

HBP:Greene (by Pallette)

Pitches-strikes:Cecconi 96-62; Festa 6-5; Pallette 29-15

Groundouts-flyouts:Cecconi 7-8; Festa 0-1; Pallette 2-1

Detroit Tigers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Framber ValdezL	5.0	5	4	4	4	3	0	89-52	88.1	4.58

Bot 1 • DET

0-1

Riley Greene doubles (15) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Chase DeLauter. Dillon Dingler scores.

EV: 103.3 mph396 ftLA: 30°

Top 3 • CLE

2-1

Rhys Hoskins doubles (7) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Riley Greene. Chase DeLauter scores.

EV: 108.3 mph314 ftLA: 16°

1-1

Chase DeLauter grounds into a force out, second baseman Zach McKinstry to shortstop Zack Short. Brayan Rocchio scores. José Ramírez out at 2nd. Chase DeLauter to 1st.

EV: 71.7 mph7 ftLA: -22°

Top 5 • CLE

4-1

Rhys Hoskins out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Riley Greene. Angel Martínez scores.

EV: 100.7 mph317 ftLA: 48°

3-1

Chase DeLauter grounds into a force out, second baseman Zach McKinstry to shortstop Zack Short. Brayan Rocchio scores. Angel Martínez to 3rd. José Ramírez out at 2nd. Chase DeLauter to 1st.

EV: 72.6 mph7 ftLA: -15°

Top 6 • CLE

7-1

José Ramírez doubles (10) on a line drive to right fielder Wenceel Pérez. Steven Kwan scores. Brayan Rocchio scores. Angel Martínez to 3rd.

EV: 98.9 mph225 ftLA: 14°

5-1

Angel Martínez singles on a line drive to right fielder Wenceel Pérez. Travis Bazzana scores. Steven Kwan to 3rd. Brayan Rocchio to 2nd.

EV: 73.0 mph179 ftLA: 17°

Bot 8 • DET

7-2

Matt Vierling homers (4) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 103.2 mph💣 400 ftLA: 25°

Top 9 • CLE

8-2

José Ramírez homers (8) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 410 ftLA: 25°

Bench
Zack ShortSS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.267/.000	85.4	.108	.111
Framber ValdezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brant HurterP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Connor SeaboldP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Enmanuel De JesusP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

Ump Audit

Win Probability

Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Detroit Tigers

Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Detroit Tigers

Game Notes